Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Plastic Bottles

4 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC BOTTLES [Pg.177]

Sustainable plastic bottles can be made with biobased or recycled plastics, produced without regulated heavy metals or toxins, and made with clean manufacturing principles, and fair employment and safety practices. LCA can be used to provide a sustainable plastic bottle. The LCA process can include key elements of LCA, which features consistent functional units, energy, GHGs, waste, and pollution that include eutrophication, acidification, toxic chemical release, and end-of-life. [Pg.177]

LCA can be used to compare the sustainability of bottles made from PLA, 100% recycled PET, and virgin PET. The sustainability will be evaluated with criteria defined in Chapter 3 as reductions in global warming potential, reductions in waste, and reductions in pollution. [Pg.177]

The first LCA from Franklin and Associates compares the environmental impacts of PET, rPET, and PLA (LCl Summary for PLA 2013). Franklin and Associates use SIM Pro LCA software with a database of LCI data. The LCA used the same methodology as in the report, Life Cycle [Pg.177]

Inventory of Five Products Produced from PLA and Petroleum-Based Resins (Life Cycle Inventory of Five products 2013). [Pg.178]

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