可堆肥塑料包装废弃物的管理实践:影响,挑战和建议
Jorge Cristóbal1, Paola Federica Albizzati1, Michele Giavini2
1Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Unit D3 - Land Resources and Supply Chain Assessment, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
|August 16, 2023
概括
使用常规塑料和回收收集可堆肥塑料包装 (CPP) 提供了最佳的环境和经济效益. 然而,目前的低产量限制了整体优势,这表明需要简化管理标准.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 循环经济是一个循环经济.
背景情况:
- 欧盟绿色协议寻求解决塑料生产和污染挑战的解决方案.
- 生物塑料是一种潜在的解决方案,但它们的废物管理缺乏协调.
- 有效收集和管理可堆肥塑料包装 (CPP) 是至关重要的.
研究的目的:
- 量化不同CPP废物管理方案对环境和经济的影响.
- 为决策者提供有关各种CPP管理策略可行性的信息.
- 确定CPP废物处理的最佳做法.
主要方法:
- 生命周期评估 (LCA) 用于评估环境影响.
- 生命周期成本 (LCC) 来评估经济影响.
- 对不同的CPP废物管理场景进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 使用常规塑料收集CPP,然后进行机械分类和回收,产生最高的效益 (约. 306公斤的二氧化碳等值. t-1节省,净收入为3.7欧元 t-1).
- 使用生物废物和生物处理收集CPP是第二个最佳选择 (约. 69公斤的二氧化碳等值. t-1节省,成本为197欧元 t-1).
- 由于负面影响,强烈建议使用传统塑料收集CPP进行生物处理.
结论:
- 闭环系统是理想的,但取决于CPP数量,公民参与和二次材料市场.
- 目前CPP的低数量意味着管理选择应该优先考虑技术和经济可行性.
- 目前,将监管和管理工作集中在具有更高影响力的废物流上可能更有效.
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