PMID- 32310114
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200513
LR  - 20200513
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 266
DP  - 2020 Jul 15
TI  - Comparative life cycle assessment of coffee jar lids made from biocomposites 
      containing poly(lactic acid) and banana fiber.
PG  - 110493
LID - S0301-4797(20)30427-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110493 [doi]
AB  - Composites containing bio-based materials, like banana fiber and poly(lactic 
      acid) (PLA), are potential food-packaging materials. We carried out an 
      environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of coffee jar lids made from high 
      density polyethylene (HDPE), PLA, and banana fiber to assess their environmental 
      performance. We considered differences in the type of blend (content of PLA and 
      banana fiber in the composite), origin of the banana fiber feedstock (considered 
      as either biowaste or as a co-product from banana production) and banana fiber 
      pretreatment conditions (either no pretreatment or pretreatment using chemicals). 
      Irrespective of the scenario, a lid made from 40% banana fiber and equal amounts 
      of HDPE and PLA performed significantly better in all 18 impact categories when 
      compared to a lid made from 100% PLA. By contrast, the same lid performed 
      significantly better in 3 impact categories only (climate change, photochemical 
      oxidant formation and fossil depletion) when compared to a lid made from 100% 
      HDPE. Thus, environmental performance of the biocomposite strongly depends on 
      which polymer base is replaced by the banana fiber in the composite. Replacing 
      PLA with banana fiber is generally expected to bring environmental benefits.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Rodriguez, L Joana
AU  - Rodriguez LJ
AD  - Facultad de Ingenieria y Arquitectura, Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial, 
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Bloque Q, 170003, Manizales, 
      Colombia.
FAU - Fabbri, Serena
AU  - Fabbri S
AD  - Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Group, Division for Sustainability, 
      Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of 
      Denmark, Produktionstorvet, Building 424, DK-2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark.
FAU - Orrego, Carlos E
AU  - Orrego CE
AD  - Instituto de Biotecnologia y Agroindustria, Departamento de Fisica y Quimica, 
      Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Bloque T, 170003, Manizales, 
      Colombia. Electronic address: ceorregoa@unal.edu.co.
FAU - Owsianiak, Mikolaj
AU  - Owsianiak M
AD  - Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Group, Division for Sustainability, 
      Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of 
      Denmark, Produktionstorvet, Building 424, DK-2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200418
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 0 (Coffee)
RN  - 0 (Polyesters)
RN  - 0 (Polymers)
RN  - 459TN2L5F5 (poly(lactide))
SB  - IM
MH  - Coffee
MH  - *Musa
MH  - Polyesters
MH  - Polymers
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Banana fiber
OT  - Biocomposite
OT  - Coffee jar lid
OT  - High density polyethylene
OT  - Life cycle assessment
OT  - Poly(lactic acid)
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/04/21 06:00
MHDA- 2020/05/14 06:00
CRDT- 2020/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/03/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/03/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/05/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(20)30427-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110493 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2020 Jul 15;266:110493. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110493. 
      Epub 2020 Apr 18.