PMID- 23131381
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130612
LR  - 20121231
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 114
DP  - 2013 Jan 15
TI  - Environmental and economic assessment of a road safety product made with virgin 
      and recycled HDPE: a comparative study.
PG  - 209-15
LID - S0301-4797(12)00505-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.001 [doi]
AB  - The development of value-added products made from post-consumer plastic 
      recyclates has become an important goal in the quest for a sustainable society. 
      To attain such goal, tools with higher accuracy and wider scope are increasingly 
      necessary. The present work describes the application of a Life Cycle Assessment 
      (LCA)/Life Cycle Costing (LCC) integrated model, with inclusion of externalities 
      (environmental and social costs), to Anti-Glare Lamellae (AGL) made with High 
      Density Polyethylene (HDPE). It compares an AGL currently manufactured from 
      virgin HDPE (current AGL) with an alternative one made with recycled HDPE 
      (optional AGL). The results obtained show that neither the current nor the 
      optional AGL depict the best environmental performance in all impact categories. 
      Nevertheless, there is a clear overall environmental and economic advantage in 
      replacing virgin HDPE with recycled HDPE. The present work also makes evident 
      that the LCA/LCC integrated model allows the identification of economic and 
      environmental win-win and trade-off situations related to the full life cycle of 
      products. As such, its results can be used as valuable guidelines in product 
      development.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - L Simoes, Carla
AU  - L Simoes C
AD  - IPC - Institute for Polymers and Composites/I3N, Minho University, Campus de 
      Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal. csimoes@dep.uminho.pt
FAU - Costa Pinto, Ligia M
AU  - Costa Pinto LM
FAU - Bernardo, C A
AU  - Bernardo CA
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20121103
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MH  - *Environment
MH  - Lighting
MH  - Polyethylene/*economics
MH  - Recycling/*economics
EDAT- 2012/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/13 06:00
CRDT- 2012/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/09/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/10/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0301-4797(12)00505-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2013 Jan 15;114:209-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.001. 
      Epub 2012 Nov 3.