TY - GEN
T1 - Application of Life Cycle Assessment for More Sustainable Plastic Packaging - Challenges and Opportunities
AU - Merschak, Simon
AU - Kneidinger, Christian
AU - Katzmayr, David
AU - Casata, Johanna
AU - Hehenberger, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The European plastics industry is in transition to meet its 2050 net zero and circularity targets. In 2020, the overall European recycling rate for post-consumer plastics packaging reached 46%. The European Union set a target for recycling 50% of plastic packaging by 2025 and 55% by 2030. These targets can only be achieved by increasing the use of recycled materials in packaging. Therefore, it is required to design new plastic packaging products, production processes and recycling processes with a focus on easy recyclability and reduced environmental footprint. This publication points out possible benefits, opportunities and challenges of using the well-known Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for plastic packaging products. First steps towards the development of reduced LCA-based models, which can be used to support the development of plastic packaging products, are presented. One example is a generic recycling process model, which can be used for different packaging materials and provides the basis for further analysis. Another example is the development of an assessment template for current plastic recycling processes. The publication concludes with the identification of open research questions.
AB - The European plastics industry is in transition to meet its 2050 net zero and circularity targets. In 2020, the overall European recycling rate for post-consumer plastics packaging reached 46%. The European Union set a target for recycling 50% of plastic packaging by 2025 and 55% by 2030. These targets can only be achieved by increasing the use of recycled materials in packaging. Therefore, it is required to design new plastic packaging products, production processes and recycling processes with a focus on easy recyclability and reduced environmental footprint. This publication points out possible benefits, opportunities and challenges of using the well-known Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for plastic packaging products. First steps towards the development of reduced LCA-based models, which can be used to support the development of plastic packaging products, are presented. One example is a generic recycling process model, which can be used for different packaging materials and provides the basis for further analysis. Another example is the development of an assessment template for current plastic recycling processes. The publication concludes with the identification of open research questions.
KW - Life Cycle Assessment
KW - Plastic Packaging
KW - Plastic Recycling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200784965&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-62582-4_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-62582-4_6
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200784965
SN - 9783031625817
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 61
EP - 71
BT - Product Lifecycle Management. Leveraging Digital Twins, Circular Economy, and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Innovation - 20th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference, PLM 2023, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Danjou, Christophe
A2 - Harik, Ramy
A2 - Nyffenegger, Felix
A2 - Rivest, Louis
A2 - Bouras, Abdelaziz
PB - Springer
T2 - 20th IFIP WG 5.1 International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, PLM 2023
Y2 - 9 July 2023 through 12 July 2023
ER -
