Biopolymers‐ n°2
Title
Bilan environnemental de filières de traitement de
plastiques de différentes origines
Year 2006
Author Bio Intelligence Service
Impact assessment
Incineration with
energy recovery
Landfill Composting
Depletion of abiotic resources (kg Sb eq) ‐3,19 0,0394 0,05
Climate change (kg CO 2 eq) ‐ 437 ‐ 355 ‐ 1009
Cumulative energy demand (MJ) * ‐ 9277 106 217
Water consumption (m^3 )
Eutrophication (kg PO4 eq) 0,52 0,0126 0,0102
Acidification (kg SO2 eq) ‐0,63 0,0433 0,05
Photochemical oxidation (kg ethylene eq) 3,41 0,06 0,13
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11 eq)
Human toxicity (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐15,2 0,51 0,92
Ecotoxicity in water (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐10,72 0,0902 0,15
Exoctoxicity in sediments (kg 1,4‐DB eq) ‐24,43 0,201 0,34
Ecotoxicity in soil (kg 1,4‐DB eq) 12,24 0,00391 0,00863
- The energy demand in this study corresponds to the consumption of non‐renewable energy resources
Indicator not included
2 [PLA]Methodology CML 2002
disposal stage only1000 kg of material