Plastic impurities in biowaste treatment: environmental and economic life cycle assessment of a composting plant.

ABSTRACT: The study focuses on an Italian composting plant and aims to investigate the impact of the presence of plastic impurities in the collected biowaste on the environmental and economic performance of the plant. The study is divided into two main steps: firstly, a material flow analysis was conducted to quantify the number of impurities (e.g., conventional plastics and compostable plastics) before and after the composting process. Secondly, a life cycle assessment (LCA) and a complementary life cycle costing (LCC) of the composting process were conducted. The results of the material flow analysis confirmed the initial assumption that conventional plastic remains almost constant before and after the composting treatment, while compostable plastic almost disappears. As far as the life cycle anal

SUBMITTER: Bottausci S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850183 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature