Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Plastics‐ n°5


Title


LCA: a tool for evaluating and comparing different
treatment options for plastic wastes from old
television sets
Year 2007
Author Dodbiba


Impact assessment


Incineration with energy
recovery

Recycling (33% residue
incinerated)
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq) 1,14E+06 6,98E+05
Climate change (kg CO 2  eq) 4,52E+08 3,35E+08
Cumulative energy demand (MJ)
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq)
Acidification (kg SO2 eq)
Photochemical oxidation (kg ethylene eq)
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11  eq)
Human toxicity (kg 1,4‐DB eq)
Crude oil consumption (g)
Air emissions of organic compounds (g)
Waste production (kg)

Indicator not included

Methodology CML  2002


Included stages full life cycle
Functional unit  10  years use of color TV sets

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