Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies

The use of functional fillers can be advantageous in terms of cost reduction and improved properties in plastics. There are many types of fillers used in industry, organic and inorganic, with a wide application area. As a response to the growing concerns about environmental damage that plastics caus...

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Autores: Civancik-Uslu, Didem, Ferrer, Laura, Puig, Rita, Fullana i Palmer, Pere
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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Palavra-chave:Sustainability
Environmental impacts
Life Cycle Assessment(LCA)
Composite
Mineral fiber
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spelling Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studiesCivancik-Uslu, DidemFerrer, LauraPuig, RitaFullana i Palmer, PereSustainabilityEnvironmental impactsLife Cycle Assessment(LCA)CompositeMineral fiberThe use of functional fillers can be advantageous in terms of cost reduction and improved properties in plastics. There are many types of fillers used in industry, organic and inorganic, with a wide application area. As a response to the growing concerns about environmental damage that plastics cause, recently fillers have started to be considered as a way to reduce it by decreasing the need for petrochemical resources. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is identified as a proper tool to evaluate potential environmental impacts of products or systems. Therefore, in this study, the literature regarding LCA of plastics with functional fillers was reviewed in order to see if the use of fillers in plastics could be environmentally helpful. It was interesting to find out that environmental impacts of functional fillers in plastics had not been studied too often, especially in the case of inorganic fillers. Therefore, a gap in the literature was identified for the future works. Results of the study showed that, although there were not many and some differences exist among the LCA studies, the use of fillers in plastics industry may help to reduce environmental emissions. In addition, how LCA methodology was applied to these materials was also investigated.Elsevier B.V2018202020182018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.149http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/64989http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/64989reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.149Science of the Total Environment, 2018, vol. 626, núm. 1, p. 927-940cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.caoai:recercat.cat:10459.1/649892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
title Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
spellingShingle Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
Civancik-Uslu, Didem
Sustainability
Environmental impacts
Life Cycle Assessment(LCA)
Composite
Mineral fiber
title_short Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
title_full Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
title_fullStr Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
title_full_unstemmed Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
title_sort Are functional fillers improving environmental behavior of plastics? A review on LCA studies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Civancik-Uslu, Didem
Ferrer, Laura
Puig, Rita
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
author Civancik-Uslu, Didem
author_facet Civancik-Uslu, Didem
Ferrer, Laura
Puig, Rita
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
author_role author
author2 Ferrer, Laura
Puig, Rita
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sustainability
Environmental impacts
Life Cycle Assessment(LCA)
Composite
Mineral fiber
topic Sustainability
Environmental impacts
Life Cycle Assessment(LCA)
Composite
Mineral fiber
description The use of functional fillers can be advantageous in terms of cost reduction and improved properties in plastics. There are many types of fillers used in industry, organic and inorganic, with a wide application area. As a response to the growing concerns about environmental damage that plastics cause, recently fillers have started to be considered as a way to reduce it by decreasing the need for petrochemical resources. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is identified as a proper tool to evaluate potential environmental impacts of products or systems. Therefore, in this study, the literature regarding LCA of plastics with functional fillers was reviewed in order to see if the use of fillers in plastics could be environmentally helpful. It was interesting to find out that environmental impacts of functional fillers in plastics had not been studied too often, especially in the case of inorganic fillers. Therefore, a gap in the literature was identified for the future works. Results of the study showed that, although there were not many and some differences exist among the LCA studies, the use of fillers in plastics industry may help to reduce environmental emissions. In addition, how LCA methodology was applied to these materials was also investigated.
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