Publication detail

Life Cycle Assessment Approaches of Plastic Recycling with Multiple Cycles: Mini Review

Fan, Y.V., Cucek, L., Klemeš, J.J., Vujanovic, A., Varbanov, P.S.

Original Title

Life Cycle Assessment Approaches of Plastic Recycling with Multiple Cycles: Mini Review

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle Design have been gaining significant attention in minimising the life cycle environmental footprint of a product or service. However, it remains challenging to model multiple cycles where the products could be finitely or infinitely recovered through upcycling or downcycling, depending on the quality changes, and used as a material in the different product life cycles. This study aims to summarise the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods that consider the cascade utilisation and upcycling of a product which will also apply to the case of plastic recycling. The methodological challenges, particularly for secondary and tertiary plastic recycling, are highlighted. The mini-review is intended to identify the limitation of current assessment methods for the subsequent development of an improved LCA in future work.

Keywords

life; cycle; assessment; approaches; plastic; recycling; multiple; cycles

Authors

Fan, Y.V., Cucek, L., Klemeš, J.J., Vujanovic, A., Varbanov, P.S.

Released

1. 9. 2022

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Number

94

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

85

Pages to

90

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/94/014.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT179315,
  author="Yee Van {Fan} and Jiří {Klemeš} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov}",
  title="Life Cycle Assessment Approaches of Plastic Recycling with Multiple Cycles: Mini Review",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2022",
  number="94",
  pages="85--90",
  doi="10.3303/CET2294014",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/94/014.pdf"
}