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Comparison of the environmental impacts of heating systems in Chile by life cycle assessment 通过生命周期评估比较智利供暖系统对环境的影响
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100192
Adrián-Enrique Ortiz-Rojas , Ismaela Magliotto-Quevedo , Leonardo Guerra , Carlos Gaete-Morales , Paula Guerra , Camila Mery-Araya
{"title":"Comparison of the environmental impacts of heating systems in Chile by life cycle assessment","authors":"Adrián-Enrique Ortiz-Rojas ,&nbsp;Ismaela Magliotto-Quevedo ,&nbsp;Leonardo Guerra ,&nbsp;Carlos Gaete-Morales ,&nbsp;Paula Guerra ,&nbsp;Camila Mery-Araya","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study conducts a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of heating technologies commonly used in Chile based on six environmental indicators: Climate Change (CC), Human Toxicity (HT), Formation of Particulate Matter (PM), Formation of Photochemical Oxidants (PO), Ozone Destruction (OD), and Water Depletion (WD). Due to the extensive length of the territory studied, it is demonstrated that the environmental impacts depend on the geographical location where the heating equipment is used. Stoves that use wet firewood presented the highest environmental impact in CC, PM, HT, and PO. Using dry firewood could reduce pollution by 14%–81%, compared to wet firewood. Replacing wood heating with natural gas, LPG, and kerosene stoves reduces the CC and HT indicators. On the other hand, switching to electric heating, such as split inverter heat pumps, could transfer these impacts to areas where electricity is generated using coal. When the pellet is a byproduct of the forestry industry and transportation distances are not very high, the pellet stove stands out for its lower CC. In Magallanes, electric heating appears environmentally attractive due to using natural gas for electricity generation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100192"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000308/pdfft?md5=bd094b47f61269b5fb3dffe1cb2634f3&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000308-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140879686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Analysis of urban metabolism in an informal settlement using the MuSIASEM method in Lima 在利马使用 MuSIASEM 方法分析非正规住区的城市代谢情况
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100189
Alejandra Acevedo-De-los-Ríos , Favio R. Chumpitaz-Requena , Daniel R. Rondinel-Oviedo
{"title":"Analysis of urban metabolism in an informal settlement using the MuSIASEM method in Lima","authors":"Alejandra Acevedo-De-los-Ríos ,&nbsp;Favio R. Chumpitaz-Requena ,&nbsp;Daniel R. Rondinel-Oviedo","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100189","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>By 2050, 68% of the global population will reside in cities, driving rapid urban growth and intensifying demand for scarce ecological resources within the Water-Food-Energy nexus. Social metabolism quantifies energy and material transformations with a social focus, building upon urban metabolism. Its application in resource-scarce informal settlements (ISs) has the potential to enhance their sustainability significantly. As community dynamics evolve, acknowledging society as a dynamic variable within this framework becomes increasingly relevant. Our study employs the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) framework, focusing on key variables: human activity, land use, money, energy, water, waste, and food. Based on surveys, interviews, GIS datasets, and statistical information, the study investigates the Ciudad de Gosen IS in Lima, Peru. The results show that, in the socio-economic dimension, 43% of the time employed is directed to the unpaid work sector. Notably, 71% of women and 29% of men spend a mean of 44 h/week/person caring for children or elderly. In the paid work sector, there are gender asymmetries; men have a salary 54% higher than women. In the ecological dimension, more than 78% of the homes have access to basic services, unlike other informal settlements in Latin America and Africa.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100189"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000278/pdfft?md5=f235f1d68f08468a995ecf3f4051bad1&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000278-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140823108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Life cycle assessment of food consumption in different cities: Analysis of socioeconomic level and environmental hotspots 不同城市食品消费的生命周期评估:社会经济水平和环境热点分析
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100190
Francisca Riveros , Camila López-Eccher , Edmundo Muñoz
{"title":"Life cycle assessment of food consumption in different cities: Analysis of socioeconomic level and environmental hotspots","authors":"Francisca Riveros ,&nbsp;Camila López-Eccher ,&nbsp;Edmundo Muñoz","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100190","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This study presents a comprehensive life cycle assessment of the environmental impacts of dietary patterns in different cities, focusing on the correlation between food consumption and environmental impact. The functional unit was the food required to meet one person's yearly needs (1 Inh/year). To determine the quantity and type of food consumed, as well as the income level of the residents, 523 surveys were conducted in households in four cities in Chile (Iquique, Santiago, Temuco, and Coyhaique). Survey data were complemented with secondary information from national statistics and the Ecoinvent database. The environmental impact assessment was carried out using SimaPro, selecting the categories of global warming, terrestrial acidification, terrestrial ecotoxicity, freshwater ecotoxicity, freshwater eutrophication, land use, and fossil resource scarcity. The results show that higher-income households generate greater environmental impacts attributed to higher per capita food consumption. In the global warming category, the environmental impact can range from 1.08 kg CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; eq/inh/year for the first quintile to 2.15 kg CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; eq/inh/year for the fifth quintile in Santiago. In this category, the impacts in the highest quintiles can be up to 2.2 times greater than those in the lowest quintiles. Similarly, in acidification, this difference can reach 2.3 times. In the freshwater eutrophication category, the highest-income quintiles can double the environmental impacts compared to the lowest (I and II), mainly due to higher consumption of red meat and dairy products. The food production stage was the environmental hotspot across all evaluated impact categories, accounting for 45%–60% of the impacts in global warming, terrestrial ecotoxicity, and fossil resource scarcity; 74%–78% in terrestrial acidification, freshwater eutrophication, and land use; and 68%–71% in freshwater ecotoxicity. Meat was pinpointed as the primary environmental hotspot in global warming (44%), terrestrial acidification (56%), freshwater eutrophication (50%), land use (35%), and fossil resource scarcity (30%). Conversely, cereals are the primary environmental hotspot in terrestrial ecotoxicity (30%) and vegetables in freshwater ecotoxicity (18%). The geographical location of cities also influenced the environmental impacts of food consumption, primarily due to the types of available foods in regions near each city. Food availability conditions, diets, and quantities consumed, thus influencing environmental impacts. Finally, household incomes, the geographical location of cities, and the food production systems in each city determine the environmental impacts of food consumption. Different configurations of these variables create unique environmental impact profiles for each city. Despite this, typical environmental hotspots in food consumption were identified across all cities, enabling the implementation of strategies to minimize environmental impacts o","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100190"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266678942400028X/pdfft?md5=f82eac8394b25b13220027e8451d6b8b&pid=1-s2.0-S266678942400028X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140823107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A data-driven framework to inform sustainable management of animal manure in rural agricultural regions using emerging resource recovery technologies 利用新兴资源回收技术为农村农业地区畜禽粪便可持续管理提供信息的数据驱动框架
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100188
Mohammed T. Zaki , Lewis S. Rowles , Jeff Hallowell , Kevin D. Orner
{"title":"A data-driven framework to inform sustainable management of animal manure in rural agricultural regions using emerging resource recovery technologies","authors":"Mohammed T. Zaki ,&nbsp;Lewis S. Rowles ,&nbsp;Jeff Hallowell ,&nbsp;Kevin D. Orner","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thermochemical conversion technologies are emerging as preferred resource recovery practices for managing animal manure in agricultural regions. Although the implementation of such technologies has been previously studied, difficulties exist in maintaining balance between high rate of resource recovery and low environmental, economic, and social impacts, particularly in rural regions with limited resources. We developed a data-driven framework by integrating machine learning with life cycle thinking that can be used as an open-source tool to help overcome these barriers. The framework was applied to compare two emerging technologies: pyrolysis versus hydrothermal carbonization for managing the excess poultry litter in a rural agricultural region. Among different machine learning models, random forest regression was the most successful to predict resource recovery of both technologies. Next, sustainability analysis indicated that the environmental (global warming), economic (annual worth), and social (system intrusiveness) impacts of pyrolysis was lower than hydrothermal carbonization. Finally, the framework revealed that implementation of pyrolysis at 600 °C for 1 h with the heating rate of 20 °C/min would result in the highest rate of resource recovery that corresponded to the lowest impacts. These results can be helpful in providing operational conditions for implementing emerging resource recovery technologies in rural agricultural regions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000266/pdfft?md5=706adcd01d9925330cc12b6a785600be&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000266-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140622346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A simplified machine learning product carbon footprint evaluation tool 简化的机器学习产品碳足迹评估工具
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100187
Silvio Lang, Bastian Engelmann, Andreas Schiffler, Jan Schmitt
{"title":"A simplified machine learning product carbon footprint evaluation tool","authors":"Silvio Lang,&nbsp;Bastian Engelmann,&nbsp;Andreas Schiffler,&nbsp;Jan Schmitt","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>On the way to climate neutrality manufacturing companies need to assess the Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions of their products as a basis for emission reduction measures. The evaluate this so-called Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) life cycle analysis as a comprehensive method is applicable, but means great effort and requires interdisciplinary knowledge. Nevertheless, assumptions must still be made to assess the entire supply chain. To lower these burdens and provide a digital tool to estimate the PCF with less input parameter and data, we make use of machine learning techniques and develop an editorial framework called MINDFUL. This contribution shows its realization by providing the software architecture, underlying CO<sub>2</sub> factors, calculations and Machine Learning approach as well as the principles of its user experience. Our tool is validated within an industrial case study.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000254/pdfft?md5=3a6305a5578dcdf33b5bb4f13acf306c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000254-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140559060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of data when implementing circular strategies in the built environment: A literature review 在建筑环境中实施循环战略时数据的作用:文献综述
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100183
Alessia Bellini , Allen Tadayon , Bjørn Andersen , Nora Johanne Klungseth
{"title":"The role of data when implementing circular strategies in the built environment: A literature review","authors":"Alessia Bellini ,&nbsp;Allen Tadayon ,&nbsp;Bjørn Andersen ,&nbsp;Nora Johanne Klungseth","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Adopting a circular economy (CE) in the built environment contributes to lower the consumption of natural resources, limiting waste generation, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Effective data management is critical during the implementation of circular strategies; however, the academic literature does not explicitly address the subject, and a shared approach to data governance is still lacking. This study contributes to filling this gap by providing a holistic perspective to the state-of-the-art literature to identify the role of data in the implementation of CE strategies. The findings were obtained through the review of 40 articles. It was found that the literature can be classified into four interrelated thematic groups: the need for information and data, information and data management, the digitalisation of data and information, and digital tools and technologies. The study identifies the highlights for each thematic group and suggests opportunities to improve circularity through the effective use of data. It is important to recognize that accessible, open, and standardised information about construction products can accelerate the implementation of circular strategies in a project, but it is critical to ensure effective data management and interoperability throughout the asset life cycle. Therefore, data management tools and data templates need to be further investigated and adopted in the industry. Digital technologies can support data management and interoperability and, consequently, increase the possibility of successful CE implementation. Finally, future research should investigate a strategic approach to data exploitation that can enhance circularity in the built environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000217/pdfft?md5=adcb4db51d6daf64d5b9466fb50944e2&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000217-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140607322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparative environmental analysis of sugar beet production using a solar-driven robot and conventional systems from a sustainability perspective 从可持续性角度对使用太阳能驱动机器人和传统系统生产甜菜的环境进行比较分析
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100186
Indrė Bručienė, Dainius Savickas, Egidijus Šarauskis
{"title":"Comparative environmental analysis of sugar beet production using a solar-driven robot and conventional systems from a sustainability perspective","authors":"Indrė Bručienė,&nbsp;Dainius Savickas,&nbsp;Egidijus Šarauskis","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the context of rapid global population growth and climate change, balancing agricultural productivity with environmental sustainability has never been more important. Precision farming technologies, including robotics, are touted as having huge potential to increase farm productivity, reduce energy and resource use and compact soil, while reducing the overall environmental impact of on-farm production. This comprehensive study presents, for the first time, a detailed analysis and environmental benchmarking of two organic sugar beet production (SBP) systems, conventional (CONV) and robotic (RBT), based on field experiments in Lithuanian conditions where a solar-powered robot is integrated into the production system to carry out sowing and weeding operations. In order to reduce the potential environmental impact and to understand the consequences of using the robot in agriculture, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the entire SBP process up to the factory gate was carried out. The results of the analysis show that the conventional system has higher total GHG emissions than the robotic system, 36.98 and 27.18 kg CO<sub>2eq</sub> t<sup>−1</sup>, respectively, with poultry manure being the largest contributor. The higher beet yield in the RBT system, mainly due to effective weed control, resulted in a higher GHG emissions ratio (14.72) and a higher sustainability index (13.72). The LCA results showed that the CONV system had a higher negative environmental impact than the RBT in all eleven environmental impact categories assessed, with the most pronounced difference in the Ozone Depletion (OD) category. Diesel fuel was identified as the most important environmental factor for organically growing sugar beet in all considered impact categories, with the most notable environmental impact (about 94%) in the terrestrial ecotoxicity category in both systems. Normalization of the results showed that marine aquatic ecotoxicity (ME) had the greatest (78%) influence of all exposure categories for both cultivation systems, CONV – 22079.82, and RBT 18121.61 kg 1.4-DB<sub>eq</sub> per ton of produced sugar beet. The study found that increasing yields and reducing fossil fuel use in organic farming are the two most promising strategies for achieving sustainability and efficiency in food production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000242/pdfft?md5=edc91a007a35496a890e72b0eaf39680&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000242-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140558947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Conceptual framework for Information and Communication Technology applications to enhance eco-efficiency 应用信息和通信技术提高生态效益的概念框架
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100184
Tibor Princz- Jakovics , Márton Szemenyei
{"title":"Conceptual framework for Information and Communication Technology applications to enhance eco-efficiency","authors":"Tibor Princz- Jakovics ,&nbsp;Márton Szemenyei","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The quality of community decisions about the key characteristics of urban services depends on the level of involvement of local stakeholder groups. The identification of the environmental, economic and social impacts of investments to improve urban services is a critical aspect of the decision preparation phase. Assessment of the main stakeholder groups being affected by the impacts of urban services is required to understand what kind of problems they perceive. Based on their demand, different solutions can be provided to create an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) software system to facilitate environmental cooperations. The aim of this research is to propose an <span>ICT</span> system to support citizens’ active involvement in the transformation of the environment with access to essential information, and enable them to make more effective decisions about the investments. Most of the features of the proposed system have the potential to support eco-effective environmental policy implementations and form part of a sustainable policy toolkit. We explore the different interests and what functions should be provided to make access to information easier and more integrated. Our proposed conceptual framework would fulfill the requirements and gives practical examples how to increase eco-efficiency of products, technologies or investments in urban areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000229/pdfft?md5=5a4918ea27f3a837b7e388294d67be55&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000229-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140551636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assessing the circularity of post-consumer HDPE milk bottles through open-loop recycling and their environmental impact 通过开环回收评估消费后高密度聚乙烯牛奶瓶的循环性及其对环境的影响
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-04-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100185
Aymara Blanco , Rafael Juan , Robert Istrate , Beatriz Paredes , Mario Martin-Gamboa , Carlos Domínguez , Javier Dufour , Rafael A. García-Muñoz
{"title":"Assessing the circularity of post-consumer HDPE milk bottles through open-loop recycling and their environmental impact","authors":"Aymara Blanco ,&nbsp;Rafael Juan ,&nbsp;Robert Istrate ,&nbsp;Beatriz Paredes ,&nbsp;Mario Martin-Gamboa ,&nbsp;Carlos Domínguez ,&nbsp;Javier Dufour ,&nbsp;Rafael A. García-Muñoz","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Plastics are key in the packaging sector, but their widespread use contributes significantly to environmental challenges, such as the short life and high daily production of HDPE milk bottles. This study therefore aims to find a solution to this plastic waste, focusing on mechanical recycling. A comprehensive characterization of this post-consumer recycled HDPE reveals significant PP contamination, which poses a significant barrier due to polyolefin incompatibility, a common challenge in mixed plastics recycling. To mitigate this, blending with virgin HDPE and the use of various compatibilizers were investigated to improve the recyclability of the material. Several extrusion cycles were performed to analyse the thermo-mechanical degradation and to measure the performance and stability of the blends. The environmental impact of incorporating recycled HDPE into new bottles was also evaluated. Comparative evaluations with virgin bottles show that incorporating 25% or 50% recycled HDPE in the bottle yields carbon footprint reductions of 3% and 14%, respectively. These benefits could amplify with a wind-powered supply chain and a 100% recycled content. The findings lay the foundation for future plastic recycling scenarios, including dedicated sorting for this waste stream, providing a pathway to address the environmental impact of HDPE milk bottle disposal through recycling practices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000230/pdfft?md5=434651d9155d8767cf49c7699546f270&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000230-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140547188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚熟料和水泥生产的生命周期评估
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Cleaner Environmental Systems Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100180
Micheal G. Wolde , Dilip Khatiwada , Getachew Bekele , Björn Palm
{"title":"A life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Ethiopia","authors":"Micheal G. Wolde ,&nbsp;Dilip Khatiwada ,&nbsp;Getachew Bekele ,&nbsp;Björn Palm","doi":"10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cement production is a major consumer of energy and the largest source of industrial CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. This study aims to perform an environmental life cycle assessment of clinker and cement production in Ethiopia, using ReCiPe impact assessment method. Inventory data (material, energy, and transportation) is collected from seven major Ethiopian cement industries. The midpoint analysis identified nine hotspot environmental concerns: global warming, ozone formation (human health and terrestrial ecosystem), particulate matter formation, terrestrial (acidification and ecotoxicity), freshwater eutrophication, human carcinogenic toxicity, and fossil resource scarcity. Human health emerged as the most significantly affected endpoint damage category by the midpoint impacts. Among the process stages included in clinker system boundary, clinker production phase (kiln emissions) is a significant contributor to the total score of the hotspot impacts, ranging from 60.7% to 91.8%. The clinker system is responsible for over 81.03% of the overall environmental burden of cement. The sensitivity analysis reveals that a 5% change in kiln energy consumption and transportation burden could lead to a reduction in hotspot impacts ranging from 1.8% to 5%. To foster reliability of this study, uncertainty analysis is also conducted. Overall, the findings indicate the need to enhance environmental sustainability in Ethiopian cement production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34616,"journal":{"name":"Cleaner Environmental Systems","volume":"13 ","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789424000187/pdfft?md5=9ecdf107dd3a88d66b3a78176fe2da1d&pid=1-s2.0-S2666789424000187-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140328646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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