129634 20240319080958.0 doi 10.1007/s40684-021-00363-2 sideral 127365 ART-2022-127365 eng Galve, José Eduardo Life cycle assessment of a plastic part injected with recycled Polypropylene: a comparison with alternative virgin materials 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Plastics recycling is becoming a common action to reduce our products and processes'' environmental impact, and it is of the utmost importance to introduce circular economy strategies. However, for most of the different types of thermoplastics, recycling is not currently its usual end of life due to the technical difficulties in the sorting and recycling processes. This paper presents the complete life cycle assessment of an industrial component made with three different thermoplastics; two virgin thermoplastics typically used for similar parts in the market as Polyamide 6 and Polypropylene, and an alternative source of 100% recycled Polypropylene. All life cycle stages are included in the study. After carrying out the life cycle inventory, calculations of the environmental impact of each life cycle steps have been performed with ReCiPe 2016 EndPoint (H/A) v1.03/World and with IPCC 2013 GWP 100a v1.03 methodologies, comparing all three materials under the same conditions. A sensibility assessment has also been performed, calculating a worst-case scenario of the recycled material, and considering higher material acquisition distances. This study shows that recycled Polypropylene contributes to reducing the overall environmental impact of the component life cycle by 29.8% under ReCiPe, and by 42.8% under Carbon Footprint when compared to virgin Polypropylene. For the worst-case scenario, these reductions in the environmental impact of the component life cycle are also significant: 23.2% and 36.4%, respectively, showing that the use of recycled polymers is a key approach to reduce the environmental impact of plastic components. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T08-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/RTC-2017-5965-6 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 4.2 2022 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL 31 / 136 = 0.228 2022 Q1 T1 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING 20 / 50 = 0.4 2022 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 33 / 46 = 0.717 2022 Q3 T3 0.905 2022 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2022 Q1 Materials Science (miscellaneous) 2022 Q1 Mechanical Engineering 2022 Q1 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2022 Q2 Management of Technology and Innovation 2022 Q2 9.3 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Elduque, Daniel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9137-3387 Pina, Carmelo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9277-1309 Javierre, Carlos Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8008-4819 5004 545 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Ingeniería Mecánica 5002 305 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Expresión Gráfica en Ing. 9 (2022), 919–932 Int. j. precis. eng. manuf. green technol. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing - Green Technology 2288-6206 811695 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129634/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 2019143 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129634/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:129634 articulos driver 2024-03-18-13:52:32 ARTICLE