Life Cycle Assessment for Biobased Poly Lactic Acid

LCI can also be calculated for other plastic resins and used as a comparison. Table 3.1 presents cradle-to-gate analysis of the environmental impacts of four plastic resins that can be used for plastic applications (Cradle to Gate Life Cycle 2011). [Pg.63]

Additional LCAs will be calculated for PET, PP, PS, and other plastic products in Chapter 7. The LCA of plastic products can be used based on the information in Table 3.1 to calculate the cradle to grave of plastic products made. [Pg.63]

7 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR BIOBASED POLY LACTIC ACID [Pg.63]

LCA can be used to calculate the environmental impacts of producing biobased PLA plastic. [Pg.63]

The LCA for the production of PLA pellets in a cradle-to-gate analysis was provided with an LCA on Ingeo PLA. The PLA was produced with the new lactic acid production process with reduced environmental impacts for the Ingeo production system. The LCA provides energy and water requirements, greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, and pollution production (Vink, Davies, and Kolstad in 2010) (Madival, Auras, Singh, and Narayan 2009). [Pg.63]

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