COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PLASTICS UTILIZATION

Authors

  • Jovan Lučić Autor
  • Nemanja Stanisavljević Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24867/02HZ01Lucic

Keywords:

plastic, PET, MFA, LCA, GaBi, STAN, production, incineration and recycling

Abstract

The main purpose of the master's work is to show how does plastic pollute the ecosystem, and, based on the MFA analysis and the available GaBi databases, shows which types of plastics have the greatest impact on the environment, in production phase, incineration phase and recycling, and after that present possible scenarios for solving the problems of PET packaging in Serbia.

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Published

2019-04-28

Issue

Section

Environment and Occupational Safety Engineering