对塑料废弃物生命周期评估和管理进行批判性审查:挑战,研究缺口和未来前景
Haixin Jiao1, Sameh S Ali2, Mohammed Husssein M Alsharbaty3
1Biofuels Institute, School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
|January 13, 2024
概括
塑料垃圾是一个日益严重的环境问题. 本综述考察了塑料和微塑料污染的生命周期影响,强调了当前生命周期评估中的数据缺口,以改善塑料管理策略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
背景情况:
- 全球塑料生产和废弃物正在增加,导致环境沉积量显著.
- 进入排水系统的塑料废物 (PW) 的管理不善是微塑料 (MP) 污染的主要来源.
- 塑料在其整个生命周期中的环境影响仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 对塑料在其整个生命周期中的环境影响进行全面的文献审查.
- 评估塑料生命周期评估 (LCAs) 的当前知识状态和数据可用性.
- 探索塑料管理的战略,特别是在LCA框架内解决MP污染问题.
主要方法:
- 对现有关于塑料生产,废弃物,MP污染和LCA的研究进行系统的文献审查.
- 分析数据可用性和确定塑料和MP生命周期库存的关键数据缺口.
- 评估当前的LCA方法及其在解决MP影响方面的局限性.
主要成果:
- LCA被广泛用于比较分析,但由于数据的局限性,通常会产生矛盾的结果.
- 对于对塑料进行全面的LCA,可靠的数据和工具严重缺乏.
- 由于缺乏库存数据和表征因素,微塑料释放和生态毒理影响尚未纳入LCA研究.
结论:
- 解决塑料对环境的影响需要强大的数据和改进的LCA工具.
- 将MP释放和生态毒性纳入LCA对于准确的环境影响评估至关重要.
- 需要进一步的研究来开发标准化的方法和MP表征因子的数据,以实现有效的塑料管理策略.
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