Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

2

2

28

6

43

‐175%

‐150%

‐125%

‐100%

‐75%

‐50%

‐25%

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

125%

150%

175%

Relative difference with recycling according

to the number of cases

>150%

<‐150%

alternative

preferred to

recycling

recycling

preferred to

alternative Depletion^ of^ abiotic^ resources

Incineration with

energy recovery

Landfill Pyrolysis

Figure 15 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. recycling for depletion of natural resources for plastics.
The size of the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.

9

2

24

1

2

1

6

‐175%

‐150%

‐125%

‐100%

‐75%

‐50%

‐25%

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

125%

150%

175%

Relative difference with incineration with energy recovery

according to the number of cases

>150%

<‐150%

incineration with

energy recovery

preferred to

alternative

alternative preferred

to incineration with

energy recovery

Depletion of abiotic resources

Recycling Landfill Pyrolysis

Figure 16 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration for depletion of natural resources for

plastics. The size of the “bubble” is proportional to the number of cases coming up with a value within the same range as another.