Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass-Derived Polyethylene

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  • バイオマス由来ポリエチレンのライフサイクル評価

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Biomass-derived chemical has been regarded as an alternative material toward sustainability due to the substitution of renewable raw material for fossil resources. An industrialized plant producing biomass-derived polyethylene (bio-PE) from sugarcane ethanol has been constructed in Brazil. In this study, we aim at revealing the environmental performance of the polyethylene production from bio-ethanol using life cycle assessment. In the boundary of bio-PE, it is produced in Brazil, shipped to Japan, and used by consumers as containers and packaging, and then applied Japanese existing recycling system. The results demonstrate that bio-PE has less greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in its life cycle than that in the life cycle of fossil-derived PE.

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  • CRID
    1390282680638300032
  • NII Article ID
    130004598072
  • DOI
    10.11539/ilcaj.2010.0.103.0
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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