PMID- 20699288
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110613
LR  - 20150921
IS  - 1096-3669 (Electronic)
VI  - 29
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Apr
TI  - Life cycle assessment of a road safety product made with virgin and recycled 
      HDPE.
PG  - 414-22
LID - 10.1177/0734242X10379146 [doi]
AB  - The present study aims at evaluating the potential environmental impact of using 
      recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in the production of an anti-glare 
      lamella (AGL), a road safety device currently manufactured from virgin (not 
      recycled) polymer. The impact was evaluated using the life cycle assessment (LCA) 
      technique and comparing two alternative systems: current AGL, manufactured from 
      virgin HDPE, and optional AGL, made with recycled HDPE obtained from 
      post-consumer packages. The AGL manufacturing phase was found to be responsible 
      for most of the impacts in both systems, with the production of the raw material 
      being the largest contributor for that phase. The present study makes a 
      contribution to the problem of developing value-added products made from 
      post-consumer polymeric recyclates.
FAU - Simoes, Carla L
AU  - Simoes CL
AD  - PIEP-Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Campus de Azurem, Guimaraes, Portugal. 
      csimoes@dep.uminho.pt
FAU - Xara, Susana M
AU  - Xara SM
FAU - Bernardo, C A
AU  - Bernardo CA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100810
PL  - England
TA  - Waste Manag Res
JT  - Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and 
      Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
JID - 9881064
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Carbon Footprint/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources/*methods
MH  - Environment
MH  - Environmental Pollution/analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Glare
MH  - Manufactured Materials/*analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Polyethylene/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Product Packaging
MH  - Protective Devices/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Safety
MH  - Transportation
EDAT- 2010/08/12 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/15 06:00
CRDT- 2010/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2010/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/08/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0734242X10379146 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0734242X10379146 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag Res. 2011 Apr;29(4):414-22. doi: 10.1177/0734242X10379146. Epub 2010 
      Aug 10.