Pellets life cycle assessment

Life cycle assessments were applied to analyse the degree of ecological damage caused by the production and disposal of loose fills made out of Mater-Bi pellets in comparison to those made of expanded polystyrene. 

Life cycle assessment (LCA) can be used to determine the environmental impacts of producing the biobased polyethylene. The LCA will consider the energy and GHG emission for producing biobased polyethylene from the raw materials to the plastic pellet. The cradle-to-factory gate approach can he useful for plastic packaging, bags, and other products. The cradle-to-gate LCA of biobased polyethylene and petroleum-based polyethylene are Usted in Table 5.3 (Hunter et al. 2008). 

Adams, P.W.R., Shirley, J.E.J., McManus, M.C., 2015. Comparative cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of wood pellet production with torrefaction. Applied Energy 138, 367—380. 

Benetto, E., Jury, C., Kneip, G., Vazquez-Rowe, I., Huck, V., Minette, F., 2015. Life cycle assessment of heat production from grape marc pellets. Journal of Cleaner Production 87, 149-158. 

Charles, R., Jolliet, O., Gaillard, G., Pellet, D., 2006. Environmental analysis of intensity level in wheat crop production using life cycle assessment. Agriculture, Ecosytems and Enyiron-ment 113, 216-225. 

Fantozzi, F., Buratti, C., 2010. Life cycle assessment of biomass chains wood pellet from short rotation coppice using data measured on a real plant. Biomass and Bioenergy 34 (12), 1796-1804. 

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