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http://dx.doi.org/10.5322/JESI.2014.23.6.1067

Environmental Impact Evaluation for Glass Bottle Recycle using Life Cycle Assessment  

Baek, Seung-Hyuk (Infrastructure & Environmental Division, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Kim, Hyung-Jin (Infrastructure & Environmental Division, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Kwon, Young-Shik (Department of Environment and Health Science, Suwon Science College)
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Journal of Environmental Science International / v.23, no.6, 2014 , pp. 1067-1074 More about this Journal
Abstract
Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) has been carried out to evaluate the environmental impacts of glass bottle recycle. The LCA consists of four stages such as Goal and Scope Definition, Life Cycle Inventory(LCI) Analysis, Life Cycle Impact Assessment(LCIA), and Interpretation. The LCI analysis showed that the major input materials were water, materials, sand, and crude oil, whereas the major output ones were wastewater, $CO_2$, and non-hazardous wastes. The LCIA was conducted for the six impact categories including 'Abiotic Resource Depletion', 'Acidification', 'Eutrophication', 'Global Warming', 'Ozone Depletion', and 'Photochemical Oxidant Creation'. As for Abiotic Resource Depletion, Acidification, and Photochemical Oxidant Creation, Bunker fuel oil C and LNG were major effects. As for Eutrophication, electricity and Bunker fuel oil C were major effects. As for Global Warming, electricity and LNG were major effects. As for Ozone Depletion, plate glasses were major effects. Among the six categories, the biggest impact potential was found to be Global Warming as 97% of total, but the rest could be negligible.
Keywords
LCA; Glass bottle recycle; Environmental impact; Life cycle inventory;
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