A comparison of the GHG emissions caused by manufacturing tissue paper from virgin pulp or recycled waste paper

Gemechu, Eskinder; Butnar, Isabela; Gomà-Camps, Jordi; Pons, A.; Castells, Francesc

doi:10.1007/s11367-013-0597-x

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“…), accounted for 75.65% to 86.31% of total emissions. This distribution is similar to other countries in the world [23,29].…”

Section: Lca Ghg Emission Factor Of the Paper Productssupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Figures located in the bottom left corners of Figure 4 to unveil the percentage of GHG emissions contributed from different inputs in the life cycle of Vietnamese paper products. As seen, the emission from electricity use accounted for 23.12% to 32.97% of total GHG emissions, which is similar to the other countries [16,29]. The emission from coal use accounted for 45.02% to 52.47% of total GHG emissions, higher than the other countries normally accounted for 20% to 25% of total GHG emissions [30].…”

Section: Lca Ghg Emission Factor Of the Paper Productssupporting

confidence: 52%

“…Indeed, the numbers of studies have shown similar results [16]. As the case with Spain's tissue production, LCA GHG emission of recycled paper-based products was about 30% lower than that of virgin pulp-based products [29].…”

Section: Lca Ghg Emission Factor Of the Paper Productsmentioning

confidence: 80%

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Determination of life cycle GHG emission factor for paper products of Vietnam

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Green Processing and Synthesis

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The paper industry is an essential but energy-intensive economic sector. This study aims to propose an appropriate inventory method to first determine the GHG emission factor in the life cycle of paper products of Vietnam. The approach overcomes the limitations of the ISO 14067 method by including the environmental burdens from the paper mill’s processes. In 2018, the amount of GHG emitted from cradle to gate when producing a ton of carton box, writing paper, and tissue products ({\text{EF}}_{{\text{CO}}_{\text{2eq}}}) was 1,366 kg CO2eq, 1,224 kg CO2eq, and 751 kg CO2eq, respectively. High energy intensity is identified as the main reason that causes high life cycle analysis (LCA) GHG emission factors and virgin paper-based products often emit higher LCA GHG amounts than recycled paper-based products. To reduce the emission, the Vietnamese paper mills should increase the use of recycled paper and replace fossil fuels with environmentally friendly energy resources.

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“…), accounted for 75.65% to 86.31% of total emissions. This distribution is similar to other countries in the world [23,29].…”

Section: Lca Ghg Emission Factor Of the Paper Productssupporting

confidence: 84%

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confidence: 52%

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Determination of life cycle GHG emission factor for paper products of Vietnam

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“…We included the 16 main types of clothing and 4 types of footwear [26,[35][36][37][38][39]. Following the same method, we listed 13 products in the 'hygiene and cleaning' section [40][41][42][43][44][45].…”

Section: Target Information Of the Co2web Observatorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Carbon Footprint Calculators. New Approaches for Linking Consumer Behaviour and Climate Action

Burgui-Burgui

Chuvieco

2020

Sustainability

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This paper presents a carbon footprint (CF) observatory recently developed within our research group. It aims to introduce a new concept of CF accountability, which focused not just on measuring CF, but also on making users reflect about and eventually change their lifestyles to reduce their personal emissions. With this conception, the CO2web observatory includes not only a CF calculator, but also the CF of different alternative consumption scenarios. Therefore, the user may be more aware of the impact of different personal decisions, such as emissions linked to different food, cars, home appliances or pets. In addition, the CF calculator provides quantitative comparisons of the emissions linked to current habits of users with those of similar cohorts, along with specific advices for those consumption sectors where emissions are significantly higher than their cohort’s average.

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“…Regarding the tissue paper manufactured from the recycled waste paper, the complete life cycle covers the following processes: the collection and pre-treatment of waste paper, the tissue paper production and the treatment of waste from the production processes, the use of tissue paper and, finally, its disposal. Due to the fact that a numerous of former studies proved that all the above enumerated unit processes, despite the production phase, have minor environmental impacts on the life cycle of tissue paper, they were excluded from the analysis [10,15,16]. Figure 3 presents the process flows of tissue paper production from recycled waste paper and the system boundaries that cover the tissue paper production.…”

Section: System Boundaries and Unit Processesmentioning

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Life Cycle Analysis of Tissue Paper Manufacturing From Virgin Pulp or Recycled Waste Paper

Masternak-Janus

Rybaczewska-Błażejowska

2015

Management and Production Engineering Review

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The aim of this work is to compare the environmental impacts of two production processes of tissue paper using virgin pulp (virgin fiber) or waste paper pulp (recycled fiber). This comparison is based on the materials and energy used as well as emissions and waste resulting from the production of tissue paper. Life cycle assessment (LCA), ReCiPe method, was chosen as the analysis tool. The results of the research proved that electricity has the most considerable participation in the overall environmental impacts in both production processes, followed by either virgin pulp or heat. Consequently, these two production processes are the greatest contributors to the following midpoint environmental impact categories: human toxicity, climate change, human health and ecosystems, and fossil depletion. The analysis based on endpoint impact categories proved that the production process based on waste paper is more environmentally friendly than the one based on virgin pulp in all impact categories: human health, ecosystems, resources. This is largely because of its lower material and energy requirements in the entire life cycle. Due to the fact that the tissue paper is the final use of fiber, using recycled waste paper is strongly recommended. The obtained research results are a valuable source of management information for the decision makers at both company and national levels required to improve the environmental performance of tissue paper production.

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A comparison of the GHG emissions caused by manufacturing tissue paper from virgin pulp or recycled waste paper

Cited by 47 publications

References 19 publications

Determination of life cycle GHG emission factor for paper products of Vietnam

Determination of life cycle GHG emission factor for paper products of Vietnam

Beyond Carbon Footprint Calculators. New Approaches for Linking Consumer Behaviour and Climate Action

Life Cycle Analysis of Tissue Paper Manufacturing From Virgin Pulp or Recycled Waste Paper

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