PMID- 31150910
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190924
LR  - 20190925
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 245
DP  - 2019 Sep 1
TI  - Evaluation of the environmental impact of plastic cap production, packaging, and 
      disposal.
PG  - 55-65
LID - S0301-4797(19)30698-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.078 [doi]
AB  - This study analysed the impact of the production of high-density polyethylene 
      (HDPE) caps on the environment. To determine the environmental impact of 
      injection moulding production, a life-cycle assessment was performed. The 
      life-cycle assessment results showed that, in the injection moulding tool 
      manufacturing process, the largest amount of environmental loading is 
      attributable to electricity and steel consumption. Additionally, the HDPE cap 
      production phase had the largest environmental impact associated with electricity 
      consumption. However, scenario analysis showed that the environmental impact from 
      electricity consumption can be reduced by up to ten times if cleaner sources of 
      electricity are used. Large differences related to electricity sourcing should 
      help developing countries to better understand the need to increase the use of 
      cleaner sources of electricity.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Agarski, Boris
AU  - Agarski B
AD  - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 
      21000, Novi Sad, Serbia. Electronic address: agarski@uns.ac.rs.
FAU - Vukelic, Djordje
AU  - Vukelic D
AD  - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 
      21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.
FAU - Micunovic, Milana Ilic
AU  - Micunovic MI
AD  - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 
      21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.
FAU - Budak, Igor
AU  - Budak I
AD  - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 
      21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190527
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Electricity
MH  - Environment
MH  - *Plastics
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - *Product Packaging
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Environmental impact
OT  - Life-cycle assessment
OT  - Plastic caps
EDAT- 2019/06/01 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/26 06:00
CRDT- 2019/06/01 06:00
PHST- 2018/09/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/03/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/05/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/06/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/06/01 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(19)30698-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.078 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2019 Sep 1;245:55-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.078. Epub 
      2019 May 27.