Life Cycle Inventory for Petroleum-Based Plastics

6 LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY FOR PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS [Pg.60]

LCI can be used to calculate the environmental impacts of producing petroleum-based plastics. The LCI for petroleum-based plastics is based on ISO 14040 and 4044 and provided by the ACC for nine plastic resins and four polyurethane procurer resins. The cradle-to-gate analysis can provide a foundation for understanding the energy requirements, GHG emissions, waste generation, and pollution with the most common petroleum-based plastics. The LCA process for polyethylene terephtha-late (PET) plastic can be used as an example (ACC LCA 2011 Nine resins). [Pg.60]

Ethylene Glycol/ Terephthalic acid 5. Polyethylene Terephthalate [Pg.61]

FIGURE 3A Cradle-to-gate process of producing PET plastic pellet. [Pg.61]

For PET plastic, the pellet production process includes the following [Pg.61]

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