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Multidiscipline LCA application to an experience of industrial symbiosis in South of Italy
2007
The paper presents an application of the Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the planning and environmental management of an “eco-industrial cluster.” A feasibility study of industrial symbiosis in southern Italy is carried out, where interlinked companies share subproducts and scraps, services, structures, and plants to reduce the related environmental impact. In particular, the research focuses on new recycling solutions to create open recycling loops in which plastic subproducts and scraps are transferred to external production systems. The main environmental benefits are the reduction of resource depletion, air emissions, and landfilled wastes. The proposed strategies are also economically v…
Strawberry fields forever: That is, how many grams of plastics are used to grow a strawberry?
2020
Abstract In important areas of the agricultural sector, plastic is one of the most important tools for improving the managerial and economic performance of companies. Horticultural production under protected cultivation, in particular, makes abundant use of plastic polymers—polymers that mostly turn into waste. This study aims to identify similar organisational models among farmers operating in the strawberry production sector in relation to their intention to recycle plastic material and which factors characterize these models (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, and socio-demographic characteristics) and to quantify the plastic used in relation to the different typ…
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT-DRIVEN SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY STRATEGIES
2010
The paper presents an application of the Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the planning and environmental management of an ‘‘eco-industrial cluster.’’ A feasibility study of industrial symbiosis in southern Italy is carried out, where interlinked companies share subproducts and scraps, services, structures, and plants to reduce the related environmental impact. In particular, the research focuses on new recycling solutions to create open recycling loops in which plastic subproducts and scraps are transferred to external production systems. The main environmental benefits are the reduction of resource depletion, air emissions, and landfilled wastes. The proposed strategies are also economically…
Plastmasas atkritumu pārstrāde Latvijā
2022
Bakalaura darbā “Plastmasas atkritumu pārstrāde Latvijā” tika veikts pētījums, par esošajiem uzņēmumiem Latvijā, kas nodarbojas ar plastmasas atkritumu pārstrādi. Konkrēti tika apskatīti četri uzņēmumi AS “PET Baltija”, SIA “Nordic Plast”, SIA “Grindplast”, SIA "Why Recycle". Uz doto mirkli šie četri uzņēmumi ir lielākie uzņēmumu Latvijā, kas nodarbojas ar plastmasas atkritumu pārstrādi. Tomēr uzņēmumi spēj pārstrādāt tikai četru veidu plastmasu PET, LDPE, HDPE un PP (kas ir tieši plēves). Darbā tika apskatīts, kāda veida plastmasas produktus uzņēmumi saražo. Apskatīta sīkāka informācija par uzņēmumu finansiālo stāvokli pēdējos gados, tādā veidā meklējot skaidrojumu vai uzņēmumi ir spējīgi …