A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material

Life cycle of furniture products has been decreased in the last years as a consequence of the continuous improvement of people’s housing conditions. This behavior increases the waste amount in an urban area. The focus of this study was developing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (cradle-to-grave) of a...

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Autores principales:	Luiza Fernandes Carneiro Silva, Maria Elisabete Silva, Isabel Bras, Idalina Domingos, Dulcineia Wessel, Jose Vicente Ferreira
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Publicado:	Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2021
Materias:	recycling life cycle assessment circular economy furniture Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/61dc6933d8624087ad4d0ebcfc39794a
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61dc6933d8624087ad4d0ebcfc39794a2021-11-04T08:03:23ZA Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material2299-899310.12911/22998993/142947https://doaj.org/article/61dc6933d8624087ad4d0ebcfc39794a2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jeeng.net/A-Cradle-to-Grave-Life-Cycle-Assessment-Study-on-a-New-Countertop-Material,142947,0,2.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/2299-8993Life cycle of furniture products has been decreased in the last years as a consequence of the continuous improvement of people’s housing conditions. This behavior increases the waste amount in an urban area. The focus of this study was developing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (cradle-to-grave) of a new product countertop product. Two scenarios for countertop waste management were proposed, one considering landfilling and another considering recycling. The functional unit chosen was 1 m2 of finished panel (countertop) and the boundary system involved the study of raw materials, product packaging, the panel’s production process, the installation process, the panel’s use, and its end of life. The chosen method for impact assessment was EPD (2018) available in SimaPro PhD software. Results showed that recycling has a positive effect in the environmental impacts, with the variation ranging from 0.3% on Abiotic Depletion (FF) to 15.9% on Eutrophication. A comparison between the product studied and products with similar functions was also conducted and although this product was not the worst performer, it has a lot of room for improvement.Luiza Fernandes Carneiro SilvaMaria Elisabete SilvaIsabel BrasIdalina DomingosDulcineia WesselJose Vicente FerreiraPolish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE)articlerecyclinglife cycle assessmentcircular economyfurnitureEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENJournal of Ecological Engineering, Vol 22, Iss 11, Pp 239-245 (2021)
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topic	recycling life cycle assessment circular economy furniture Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	recycling life cycle assessment circular economy furniture Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Luiza Fernandes Carneiro Silva Maria Elisabete Silva Isabel Bras Idalina Domingos Dulcineia Wessel Jose Vicente Ferreira A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material
description	Life cycle of furniture products has been decreased in the last years as a consequence of the continuous improvement of people’s housing conditions. This behavior increases the waste amount in an urban area. The focus of this study was developing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (cradle-to-grave) of a new product countertop product. Two scenarios for countertop waste management were proposed, one considering landfilling and another considering recycling. The functional unit chosen was 1 m2 of finished panel (countertop) and the boundary system involved the study of raw materials, product packaging, the panel’s production process, the installation process, the panel’s use, and its end of life. The chosen method for impact assessment was EPD (2018) available in SimaPro PhD software. Results showed that recycling has a positive effect in the environmental impacts, with the variation ranging from 0.3% on Abiotic Depletion (FF) to 15.9% on Eutrophication. A comparison between the product studied and products with similar functions was also conducted and although this product was not the worst performer, it has a lot of room for improvement.
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author	Luiza Fernandes Carneiro Silva Maria Elisabete Silva Isabel Bras Idalina Domingos Dulcineia Wessel Jose Vicente Ferreira
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author_sort	Luiza Fernandes Carneiro Silva
title	A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material
title_short	A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material
title_full	A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material
title_fullStr	A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material
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publisher	Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE)
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A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment Study on a New Countertop Material

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