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Environmental Impact Evaluation for Glass Bottle Recycle using Life Cycle Assessment

LCA를 이용한 유리병 재활용의 환경영향 평가

  • Baek, Seung-Hyuk (Infrastructure & Environmental Division, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Jin (Infrastructure & Environmental Division, Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Shik (Department of Environment and Health Science, Suwon Science College)
  • 백승혁 (현대엔지니어링 인프라환경사업본부) ;
  • 김형진 (현대엔지니어링 인프라환경사업본부) ;
  • 권영식 (수원과학대학교 환경보건과)
  • Received : 2014.01.07
  • Accepted : 2014.05.02
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) has been carried out to evaluate the environmental impacts of glass bottle recycle. The LCA consists of four stages such as Goal and Scope Definition, Life Cycle Inventory(LCI) Analysis, Life Cycle Impact Assessment(LCIA), and Interpretation. The LCI analysis showed that the major input materials were water, materials, sand, and crude oil, whereas the major output ones were wastewater, $CO_2$, and non-hazardous wastes. The LCIA was conducted for the six impact categories including 'Abiotic Resource Depletion', 'Acidification', 'Eutrophication', 'Global Warming', 'Ozone Depletion', and 'Photochemical Oxidant Creation'. As for Abiotic Resource Depletion, Acidification, and Photochemical Oxidant Creation, Bunker fuel oil C and LNG were major effects. As for Eutrophication, electricity and Bunker fuel oil C were major effects. As for Global Warming, electricity and LNG were major effects. As for Ozone Depletion, plate glasses were major effects. Among the six categories, the biggest impact potential was found to be Global Warming as 97% of total, but the rest could be negligible.

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