Decision-making support system based on LCA for aseptic packaging recycling.
In Europe post-consumer beverage carton packages are treated in three ways: dumped in a landfill, incinerated for energy recovery, and recycled. In recent years new technologies for beverage carton recycling have been developed and tested. At the same time in Europe the collection of second-hand raw materials is becoming more efficient. In order to facilitate and justify the decision-making process, different possibilities of poly-aluminium handling were analysed. For this reason, the objective of this study was to compare carbon footprints in the whole life cycle of selected technologies and to provide decision-making with data for beverage carton recycling. The paper is based on some of the results of the project 'Sustainable Production through Innovations in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SPIN)'. The SPIN project is providing small- and medium-sized enterprises with a whole set of instruments that put entrepreneurs in a position to innovate their production processes and products leading to improved business and public benefits.
Institute of Environmental Engineering (APINI), Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania. visvarz@ktu.lt
Visvaldas
V
Varžinskas
Jurgis K
JK
Staniškis
Milda
M
Knašyte
D058572:Carbon Footprint; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D018857:Food Packaging; D008097:Lithuania; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis*
D014866:Waste Products