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Household Food Wraps

Life Cycle Assessment

Betsy Boatner

Rob FrederickHyung Chul Kim

Yasmin Ullah

April 12, 1999


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Goal Definition

Conduct a life cycle assessment of:

• PC !Reynolds Plastic "ra#$• P%C !&aran "ra#$

• P' !Handi("ra#$

• )l !Reynolds )luminum Foil$


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Oerie!

• *ntroduction

• +ife Cycle *n,entory )nalysis

• +ife Cycle *m#act )ssessment

• +ife Cycle *nter#retation


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"#$%OD&C$"O#"#$%OD&C$"O#


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'erformance Characteristics

Consumer ob-ecti,e: co,erage

• )bility to seal.enclose

• Cling

• Resist tearing

• Hot.cold/ clarity/ and gas #ermeability

are outside of the sco#e


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L"F( C)CL( "#*(#$O%)


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System Boundary

Al, PVC,

PVDC, PEProduction

WoodPulp

CardboardProduction

FilmManufactur

e

WrapUse

End of Life

LandllIncinerationec!cle

WrapManufactur

e

"ube # $o%Manufacture

Input

&utput 'uman'ealt(

ec!clin)

$au%ite

Petroleum

a*

MaterialE%traction

Manufacturin) Use End of Life


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'lectrolysis

'mulsionPolymerisation

Reaction

Calendering

0ining '1traction

'*C Food Wrap 'roduction

Rock &alt 0ethane Plastici2er

'*C Food Wrap

Cl3 Chlorination C0

&tabili2er


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'mulsionPolymerisationReaction

Calendering

0ining '1traction

'*DC Food Wrap 'roduction

'lectrolysis Cl3Chlorination inyl

ChlorideChlorination

inylideneChloride '*DC

Food Wrap

Rock salt 0ethane


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'( Food Wrap 'roduction

4il"ell

%rilling

Refinery

4il &teamCracking 'thylene

Polymerisation'1trusion

'olyethylene Food Wrap

"ater

Rolling

&tabili2ers )dditi,es


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Aluminum Foil 'roduction

Cathode.)node0anufacture

NaOH +imestone

5a()l(Ca Fluoride

Bau1ite

)l o1ide0anufacture 'lectrolysis

Carbon

)l metal

CastingRolling.

)nnealing

0ining 0ining

Aluminum Foil Wrap


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Cost Comparison

+-.9 +-.9

+1-/0

+2-09

+.-..

+.-0.

+1-..

+1-0.

+2-..

+2-0.

+-..

+-0.

'*C %eynolds

1.. s3- ft-

'*DC 4aran

1.. s3- ft-

'( Handi Wrap

1.. s3- ft-

Al %eynolds

50 s3- ft-


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Wei6ht Distri7ution

.

0.

1..

10.

2..

20.

..

0.

8..

'*C %eynolds

1.. s3- ft-

'*DC 4aran

1.. s3- ft-

'( Handi Wrap

1.. s3- ft-

Al %eynolds

50 s3- ft-

6 r a m s

6ube

Bo1

"ra#


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aterial Consumption

.

.-2

.-8

.-/

.-:

1

1-2

1-8

'*C

%eynolds

'lastic

Wrap

'*DC

4aran

Wrap

'(

Handi

Wrap

Al

%eynolds

Alum- Foil

9 a s s 1 ; 6 2

crude oil


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(ner6y Consumption

7

87

3797

7

;7


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Air (missions of Criteria 'ollutants

.

0...

1....

10...

2....

20...

'*C %eynolds '*DC 4aran '( Handi?Wrap Aluminum

%eynolds

6 r a m s

'

*OC

CO

4O@

#O@


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Water (missions

. 8... :... 12... 1/...

'*C %eynolds

'*DC 4aran

'( Handi?Wrap

Aluminum %eynolds

6rams

4uspended

4olids

. 2. 8. /. :. 1..

'*C %eynolds

'*DC 4aran

'( Handi?Wrap

Aluminum %eynolds

6rams

#itro6en


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Water (missions contd

4alts and Acids

etals

. 2.... 8.... /.... :.... 1.....

'*C %eynolds

'*DC 4aran

'( Handi Wrap

Aluminum %eynolds

6rams

. 2. 8. /. :. 1.. 12. 18. 1/.

'*C %eynolds

'*DC 4aran

'( Handi Wrap

Aluminum %eynolds

6rams


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Water (missions contd

. 0. 1.. 10. 2.. 20. ..

'*C %eynolds

'*DC 4aran

'( Handi?Wrap

Aluminum

%eynolds

6rams

$otal

Or6anic

Car7ons


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$ransportation (ner6y

7

377

77


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(nd of Life

• )luminum foil has recycle rate

• &cra# aluminum foil is Aorth D87;7 #er ton . D7>@; #er roll

7

;7

877

8;7

377

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977

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PC

!ReynoldsPlastic

"ra#$

P%C

!&aran"ra#$

P'

!Handi"ra#$

)l

!Reynolds )lum> Foil$

W e i 6 h t 1 6 2 p

e r f u n c t i o n a l

u

recycled

incinerated

landfill


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L"F( C)CL( "'AC$ A44(44(#$L"F( C)CL( "'AC$ A44(44(#$


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Critical *olume

.

0,...

1.,...

10,...

2.,...

20,...

.,...

0,...

'*C

%eynolds

'*DC 4aran '( Handi

Wrap

Aluminum

%eynolds

1 . . m

, o

f p o

l l u

t e d a

i r

• Pollutants included are Fl/ Cl/ 5H9/ Pb/ Hg/ HCl/ C4/ &4E/ 54E/ Hydrocarbons/ and %ust.Part>


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GW'1.. %elatie to CO2

.

0..

1,...

1,0..

2,...

2,0..

,...

'*C

%eynolds

'*DC

4aran

'( Handi

Wrap

Aluminum

%eynolds

; 6 o

f C O 2 e 3

u i a

l e n

t

• reenhouse gases included are C43/ 537/ CH/ and Halon(8978>


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Health ConcernsBanufacturin6 of '*C


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Health ConcernsB&se of '*DCC>: %'H) migration limit of 8@ ##m


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Health ConcernsB(nd of Life of '*DC


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"nternational Actionto %educe (liminate '*C?Eased 'roducts,

!ith Focus on Food 'ac;a6in6

( 'n,ironmental uidelines for &ydney 4lym#ics:minimi2e and a,oid use of PC

- erman Parliament: recommended com#lete #hase out

( &Ait2erland: PC containers are banned

( %enmark: reduction in PC #ackaging to @; of Aeight in

8B@= by 3777

( Ka#an: laA #assed reLuiring manufacturers to recycle to1ic materials that #roduce dio1in Ahen burned !3777$

J)merican Public Health )ssociation: call for timed #hase(out


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Health ConcernsB&se of Aluminum Foil

Lin; to Alheimers

- ',idence of aluminum in brains of #atients Aith disease

- 5o e,idence of direct correlation betAeen disease Galuminum

( Content ingested from foil and utensil innocuousM

Aater #rimary source ( used in #urification


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L"F( C)CL( "#$(%'%($A$"O#


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%eport Card

'*C '*DC '( Al

0aterial *ntensi,eness F F ?

'nergy F F ?

Health ? ?

F

)ir Pollutants F ?

"ater Pollutants ?

F ?

F"P F F ?

Critical olume ? F ?

'nd of +ife ? ?

?


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%ecommendations contd

• Reuse or recycle aluminum foil

• ),oid use of hea,y duty foil

• 0inimi2e contact of PC.P%C Ara#Aith food


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