LCA and Eco-design

Consequential and Attributional Approaches for Bio-based Plastics

verfasst von

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

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.

Externe Organisation(en)

Hochschule Hannover (HsH)
Universität Stuttgart

Typ

Konferenzaufsatz in Fachzeitschrift

Journal

Procedia CIRP

Band

69

Seiten

579-584

Anzahl der Seiten

6

ISSN

2212-8271

Publikationsdatum

2018

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Steuerungs- und Systemtechnik, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Fertigungstechnik

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie, SDG 12 – Verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.086 (Zugang: Offen)