Plastics‐ n°6
Title Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases
Year 2006
Author US EPA
Impact assessment
Recycling Incinerationrecovery^ with^ energy^ Landfill
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq)
Climate change (kg CO 2 eq) ‐ 380 250 10
Cumulative energy demand (million BTU*) ‐50,90 ‐6,37 0,53
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)
- 1 million BTU = 1055,056 MJ
Indicator not included
Functional unit 1 short ton of material6[HDPE]Methodology IPCC
Included stages disposal stage only