Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

Plastics‐ n°7

Title Report^ for^ Life^ Cycle^ Assessment^ for^ paper^ and^
packaging waste management scenarios in Victoria
Year 2001
Author Grant

Case

Material composition

Sub‐scenario Recyclinglandfill)^ (10%^ residue^ to^ Landfill

Virgin material

Material marginal: which? No inf. /

Electricity marginal: which? grid^ Southeastcoal^ Australia)^ (mainly^ /

Steam marginal: which? No inf. /

Co‐products dealt with? No inf. /

Recovered material /

Material marginal: which? No inf. /

Electricity marginal: which? grid^ Southeast^ Australia^ (mainly^

coal)

/

Steam marginal: which? No inf. /

Co‐products dealt with? No inf. /

Material recovery included? Yes /

Type of recycling

Mechanical recycling, closed

loop /

In which ratio does recycled material substitute

virgin material? 1/

General

Technology Sorting,^ ofwashing PVC powder^ and^ extruding^ 55%collection^ biogas^ captation, and treatment^ leachate^

Infrastructures taken into account?

Transport included? Yes Yes

Energy production No Yes

Produced energy substitutes electricity? / grid^ Southeast^ Australia^ (mainly^

coal)

Produced energy substitutes steam? / /

Avoided processes ‐ credits avoided^ virgin^ PVC^ granulates^

production

Material substitutes / /

Carbon sequestration issue taken into account? / /

Waste characteristics

Heating value / /

Degradation rate (over  100  years) / 5%

Incineration

Alternative use of incineration capacity included? / /

Composting

Compost spreading for composting taken into

account? //

Compost leaching after spreading taken into

account?

//

Reference to EN 13432:2000 (Requirements for

Packaging Recoverable Through Composting and

Biodegradation)?

//

Landfill

Methane emissions included? /

Yes,50% of the non‐captured

methane is oxidised to CO2, rest

emitted as methane

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PVC

Material

production

Material

recovery

Material

disposal