循环干预措施对欧洲塑料包装行业的影响
Ciprian Cimpan1, Eivind Lekve Bjelle2, Maik Budzinski1
1Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of energy and process engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway.
Environmental science & technology
|June 29, 2023
概括
实现高塑料循环性 (CE) 可以在2030年前显著减少排放. 需求方面的变化提供了与回收目标相比的排放节约,突出显示了环境效益的系统性转变.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 工业生态学 工业生态学
背景情况:
- 目前的低塑料循环 (CE) 带来了重大的环境挑战.
- 系统性变化对于减少塑料行业对环境的影响至关重要.
- 对塑料包装CE干预措施的气候和社会经济效益进行调查是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 分析循环经济 (CE) 干预在塑料包装系统中的潜在气候和社会经济效益.
- 在欧盟28国中,模拟未来的需求和废物管理情景,直到2030年.
- 评估需求侧和寿命终端干预措施对物料流和环境影响的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用混合单位输入-输出 (IO) 模型进行比较场景分析.
- 建模材料流动和评估对需求和废物管理的干预措施.
- 测试了截至2030年的EC战略的不同野心水平.
主要成果:
- 高水平的塑料循环可以在2030年之前每年减少1422万的CO2eq (2018年影响的30%).
- 需求方面的变化 (例如,减少包装强度) 显示了与55%的回收目标相似的减排潜力.
- 大多数场景都显示了适度的就业增长,但由于经济活动的转变而造成的潜在经济损失.
结论:
- 塑料包装中的循环经济干预措施为气候带来了巨大的好处,特别是通过需求侧行动.
- 需要进行系统性变革,以克服当前的挑战,并实现显著的环境改善.
- 虽然CE干预措施显示出减排的希望,但潜在的经济权衡需要仔细考虑.
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