A Study on Environmental Impact Evaluation of Metallic Can Using Life Cycle Assessment

백승혁,; 김형진,; 권영식,; 김승섭,; 최윤근,; 정찬교,

doi:10.5322/jes.2011.20.11.1395

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“…However, valuation of these environmental impacts is not available. Baek et al (2011) evaluated the environmental impacts of the manufacturing stage of aluminum cans in which recovered material is used, but the recycling stage was not included. Sturges (2003) has advocated CBA focused on environmental assessment.…”

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Revisiting the extended producer responsibility program for metal packaging in South Korea

Kim

Mori

2015

Waste Management

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Recently, developed and emerging countries have increasingly adopted the principle of extended producer responsibility (EPR) to reduce waste. In 2003, South Korea replaced the waste deposit recycling (WDR) program with the EPR program. Previous comparative analyses between the WDR and EPR programs have been qualitative evaluations and have not yet quantitatively shown whether the change has increased benefits. The aim of this paper is to explore which program brings larger net benefits. Because of limited data availability, here we focus on metal packaging exclusively. We find that the recycling rate dropped from 59% in 2000 to 40% in 2011 and recycling volume dropped accordingly. Cost-benefit incidence analysis shows that net social benefits decreased by 2.8 billion won (2.5 million US dollars), while the net benefits to producers increased by 1.9 billion won (1.7 million US dollars) under the EPR program compared with the WDR program. The government of South Korea should set an ambitious recycling target and narrow the scope of the exemption from the mandatory recycling requirement.

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Revisiting the extended producer responsibility program for metal packaging in South Korea

Kim

Mori

2015

Waste Management

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Environmental Impact Evaluation for Glass Bottle Recycle using Life Cycle Assessment

백승혁¹,

김형진²,

권영식³

2014

Journal of Environmental Science International

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Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) has been carried out to evaluate the environmental impacts of glass bottle recycle. The LCA consists of four stages such as Goal and Scope Definition, Life Cycle Inventory(LCI) Analysis, Life Cycle Impact Assessment(LCIA), and Interpretation. The LCI analysis showed that the major input materials were water, materials, sand, and crude oil, whereas the major output ones were wastewater, CO2, and non-hazardous wastes. The LCIA was conducted for the six impact categories including 'Abiotic Resource Depletion', 'Acidification', 'Eutrophication', 'Global Warming', 'Ozone Depletion', and 'Photochemical Oxidant Creation'. As for Abiotic Resource Depletion, Acidification, and Photochemical Oxidant Creation, Bunker fuel oil C and LNG were major effects. As for Eutrophication, electricity and Bunker fuel oil C were major effects. As for Global Warming, electricity and LNG were major effects. As for Ozone Depletion, plate glasses were major effects. Among the six categories, the biggest impact potential was found to be Global Warming as 97% of total, but the rest could be negligible.

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Comparison Analysis of the Environmental Impact of VSL Anchors and RBanchors Using a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Ahn¹,

Lee²,

Min³

et al. 2015

Journal of the Korean society for railway

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In this study, quantitative environmental impact assessments of the VSL anchor and RB(Reaming and Bearing) anchor systems were conducted after a life-cycle assessment (LCA). In addition, improvements which reduce the adverse environmental effects of the RB anchor system were confirmed through comparisons with results with a VSL anchor system. Both results showed that water ecotoxicity and global warming are the most important in environmental influences. To determine the effect of reducing the RB anchor system environment, the result was normalized for the environmental impact category. Most items appeared to have been improved with regard to the RB anchor system. The most significant improvement was a 77% decrease in POC levels(photochemical oxidant creation). Greenhouse gas emissions, related to global warming, were decreased by 44%. It is expected that these quantitative environmental impact assessment results will serve as the basis of an anchor system for civil engineering and environmental impact assessments.

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A Study on Environmental Impact Evaluation of Metallic Can Using Life Cycle Assessment

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Revisiting the extended producer responsibility program for metal packaging in South Korea

Revisiting the extended producer responsibility program for metal packaging in South Korea

Environmental Impact Evaluation for Glass Bottle Recycle using Life Cycle Assessment

Comparison Analysis of the Environmental Impact of VSL Anchors and RBanchors Using a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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