Life Cycle Assessment of Plastic Waste

1. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Study of Plastic
Packaging Products
Gudiya Jaiswal
gudiyajaiswal1111@gmail.com

2. What is LCA?
 Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique for assessing the environmental
aspects and potential impacts associated with a product (over the entire
lifecycle of a product.)
 The study includes all life cycle stages and evaluates a variety of end-of-life
disposal scenarios, with operational budget implications for health care
facilities handling contrast media.
 LCA involves tracing out the major stages and processes involved over
lifecycle of a product/process/system covering raw materials extraction,
manufacture, product use, recycling and final disposal, identifying and
quantifying relevant environmental impacts at each stage.
 In that framework, the present work describes how Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) and economic assessment methodologies can be used for
evaluating environmental and economic impacts of alternative plastic waste
management systems.

4. NEED OF LCA
 Product/project - Development / improvement
 Strategic planning
 Public policy making
 Marketing and eco-declarations
 Improving environmental footprint
 Identify waste reduction
 Capitalize on regulatory changes
 Improve product/corporate image
 Develop metrics, enable comparison across the company, among suppliers &
partners
 Secure market and competitive positions
 Answer customer’s requests for environmental and social information
 Identify cost savings

7. Phases of the LCA study
 Phase of goal and scope definition (ISO-14040)
 The basis and scope of the evaluation are defined
 Phase of inventory analysis (ISO-14014)
 Phase of impact assessment)
 Phase of interpretations 14040:2006.

8. Phase of goal and scope definition
The basic concepts are defined, such as:
 Product system to study I
 The functions of the product system
 The functional unit
 Group Target
 The system limits
 Assumptions
 Limitations
 Data Requirements
 LCA Support

9. Phase of the inventory analysis
 Data collection and quantification of needed input/output
 This means that inputs and outputs of all lifecycle processes have to be
determined in terms of material and energy.
 Next, start collecting the relevant date for each event the emission from
each process and the resources (Back to raw materials) used

10. Phase of impact assessment
Understand and assess the magnitude and importance of potential.

11. Phase of interpretation
 The results of inventory and/or impact assessment are summarized and
discussed as basis for the conclusions, recommendations and decision making
according to the objective and scope defined.
 The final in Life cycle Analysis is to identify area for Improvement.
 Consult the original goal definition for the purpose of the analysis and the
target group.

12. Oure Case study
Collection of data for glass bottles
Energy and water consumption during the LCA of one tone of glass bottles.
Phases (I-IV) Energy Consumption (MJ) Water Consumption (Ltr)
Phase I 3798 N Av.
Phase II 14799.6
35418
Phase III 11667.6
Phase IV 10998 11310
Total 37465.2 46728
Glass Bottles CO2 Eqvt. (in kg)**
Energy 8325.6
CO2 1580
Total 9905.6
Carbon dioxide equivalents corresponding to the total energy
consumed & emissions of gases during the LCA of one tone of
glass bottle

14. 5.3 Collection of data for Milk Pouches
Phases (I-IV) Energy Consumption (MJ) Water Consumption (Ltr)
Phase I 8215.2 1627
Phase II
1526.4 501
Phase III
2304 4
Phase IV
3240 5
Total 15285.6 3005
Milk Pouches CO2Eqvt. (in kg)**
Energy 3396.8
CO2 702.64
Total 4099.44
Carbon dioxide equivalents corresponding to the total energy consumed &
emissions of gases during the LCA of one tone of milk pouch.

16. CO2 equivalent per kilogram of different products

17. Thank you
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