PMID- 21558083
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120215
LR  - 20150921
IS  - 1096-3669 (Electronic)
VI  - 29
IP  - 10
DP  - 2011 Oct
TI  - Influence of the impact assessment method on the conclusions of a LCA study. 
      Application to the case of a part made with virgin and recycled HDPE.
PG  - 1018-26
LID - 10.1177/0734242X11403799 [doi]
AB  - Recent legislation has stressed the need to decide the best end-of-life (EoL) 
      option for post-consumer products considering their full life-cycle and the 
      corresponding overall environmental impacts. The life cycle assessment (LCA) 
      technique has become a common tool to evaluate those impacts. The present study 
      aimed to contribute to the better understanding of the application of this 
      technique, by evaluating the influence of the selection of the life cycle impact 
      assessment (LCIA) method in its results and conclusions. A specific case study 
      was chosen, using previous information related to an anti-glare lamellae (AGL) 
      for highway use, made with virgin and recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE). 
      Five distinct LCIA methods were used: Eco-indicator 99, CML 2 (2000), EPS 2000, 
      Eco-indicator 95 and EDIP 97. Consistent results between these methods were 
      obtained for the Climate change, Ozone layer depletion, Acidification and 
      Eutrophication environmental indicators. Conversely, the Summer smog indicator 
      showed large discrepancies between impact assessment methods. The work sheds 
      light on the advantages inherent in using various LCIA methods when doing the LCA 
      study of a specific product, thus evidencing complementary analysis perspectives.
FAU - Simoes, Carla L
AU  - Simoes CL
AD  - Institute for Polymers and Composites/I3N, University of Minho, 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 - 20110509
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  - Climate Change
MH  - *Environment
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Environmental Pollution/*prevention & control
MH  - Humans
MH  - Industry
MH  - *Manufactured Materials
MH  - Polyethylene/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - *Recycling
MH  - Risk Assessment/methods/standards
MH  - Safety Management/organization & administration/standards
MH  - Transportation
EDAT- 2011/05/12 06:00
MHDA- 2012/02/16 06:00
CRDT- 2011/05/12 06:00
PHST- 2011/05/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/05/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/02/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0734242X11403799 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0734242X11403799 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag Res. 2011 Oct;29(10):1018-26. doi: 10.1177/0734242X11403799. Epub 
      2011 May 9.