LCA and Eco-design: Consequential and Attributional Approaches for Bio-based Plastics

Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam; Sebastian Spierling; Rafael Horn; Hans Josef Endres

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.086

LCA and Eco-design: Consequential and Attributional Approaches for Bio-based Plastics

Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam^*, Sebastian Spierling, Rafael Horn, Hans Josef Endres

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Abstract

Against the background of climate change and finite fossil resources, bio-based plastics have been in the focus of research for the last decade and were identified as a promising alternative to fossil-based plastics. Now, with an evolving bio-based plastic market and application range, the environmental advantages of bio-based plastic have come to the fore and identified as crucial by different stakeholders. While the majority of assessments for bio-based plastics are carried out based on attributional life cycle assessment, there have been only few consequential studies done in this area. Also, the application of eco-design strategies has not been in the focus for the bio-based products due to the prevailing misconceptions of renewable materials (as feedstock for bio-based plastics) considered in itself as an 'eco-design strategy'. In this paper, we discuss the life cycle assessment as well as eco-design strategies of a bio-based product taking attributional as well as consequential approaches into account.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	579-584
Seitenumfang	6
Fachzeitschrift	Procedia CIRP
Jahrgang	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.086
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 2018
Extern publiziert	Ja
Veranstaltung	25th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, , CIRP LCE 2018 - Copenhagen, Dänemark Dauer: 30 Apr. 2018 → 2 Mai 2018

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