Naslov
Overview of Sustainability of Technologies for Thermochemical Recovery of Plastic Waste From the Sustainable Economy Development Point of View

Autori
Tomić, Tihomir ; Schneider, Daniel Rolph

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Digital Proceedings of the 4th South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems - SDEWES / Ban, Marko - Zagreb, 2020

Skup
4th South East Europe Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (4th SEE SDEWES Conference)

Mjesto i datum
Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina, 28.06.2020. - 02.07.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Sustainable development ; Life cycle assessment ; Cumulative energy demand ; Legislation overview ; Legislation changes

Sažetak
The plastic waste problem is one of the last identified problems by the EU. Even though the EU is tackling this problem through waste management legislation, problems of plastic are also alleviated through the circular economy and other legislative frameworks which tend to increase the efficiency of resource use and increase the sustainability of overall EU economy. In all of this, main focus was put on material recovery and legislation framework for energy recovery is not elaborate enough because of which it classifies all thermochemical conversion technologies in the same category with incineration regardless of what the final products are. Therefore, this research wants to analyse environmental, resource and energy intensity of technologies for energy recovery of plastic waste with a goal of reviewing the existing EU legislation technology classification of thermochemical waste recovery technologies. To give appropriate results, EU legislation on sustainable development was reviewed and most important impact categories from legislation aspect were used in this analysis as well as those identified by previous research as the most suitable for waste management and recovery system analysis. Results show that gasification technologies for treatment of plastic waste can lead to better environmental impacts when compared with plastic waste incineration and can help EU to reach sustainable development goals. Results of this analysis provide overview of environmental sustainability of mixed plastic waste recovery, based on which current views on individual thermochemical recovery technologies may be re- examined.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Strojarstvo, Interdisciplinarne tehničke znanosti

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