TABLE OF CONTENTS A comparison of the life cycle inventory results for pellets, loose fills and films/bags is given in Table 13.9. Only those impact categories are listed for which at least one dataset was available by type of product.
| Type of plastic | Functional unit | Cradle-to-grave non-renewable energy use [1)] (MJ/functional unit) | Type of waste treatment assumed for calculation of emissions | GHG emissions (kg CO 2 eq./functional unit) | Ozone precursors (g ethylene eq.) | Acidification (g SO 2 eq.) | Eutrophication (g PO 4 eq.) | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrochemical polymers | ||||||||
| HDPE | 1 kg | 80 | Incineration | 4.84 [2)] | n/a | n/a | n/a | [16] |
| LDPE | 1 kg | 80.6 | Incineration | 5.04 [2)] | n/a | n/a | n/a | [16] |
| LDPE | 1 kg | 91.7 | 80% incineration + 20% landfilling | 5.20 | 13.0 | 17.4 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Nylon 6 | 1 kg | 120 | Incineration | 7.64 [2)] | n/a | n/a | n/a | [16] |
| PET (bottle grade) | 1 kg | 77 | Incineration | 4.93 [2)] | n/a | n/a | n/a | [16] |
| PS (general purpose) | 1 kg | 87 | Incineration | 5.98 [2)] | n/a | n/a | n/a | [16] |
| EPS | 1 kg | 84 | Incineration | 5.88 [2)] | n/a | n/a |
