Microsoft Word - Environmental benefits of recycling 2010 update.doc

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Water consumption

Incineration

with energy

recovery

Landfill Pyrolysis

Figure 19 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. recycling for water consumption 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.

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alternative

preferred to

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Recycling Landfill Pyrolysis

Water consumption

Figure 20 Relative difference between the impacts from the different end-of-life options vs. incineration for water consumption 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.