The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector
The present work aims to analyse the environmental advantages of a production process that applies circular economy. The study examines a product that is generated through the use of a certain percentage of recovered secondary materials, thus helping to avoid impacts related to the disposal of these...
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| author | Lucchetti Maria G. Paolotti Luisa Rocchi Lucia Boggia Antonio |
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| description | The present work aims to analyse the environmental advantages of a production process that applies circular economy. The study examines a product that is generated through the use of a certain percentage of recovered secondary materials, thus helping to avoid impacts related to the disposal of these materials and preserving the ecosystems from indiscriminate excessive natural resources extraction. The product analysed is an ecological detergent (“Ri-Detersivo” – Re-Detergent), produced by the company Tea Natura, mainly composed of regenerated vegetable oils coming from food industry. The methodology used in this paper is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A partial LCA will be carried out here, arriving at the saponification phase, and comparing the environmental impacts deriving from the Re-Detergent production process with those of a traditional soap, comparable to that studied in terms of function. The analysis of the case study found that the use of regenerated vegetable oils for the production of soap allows to significantly reduce the environmental impacts compared to the use of coconut oil imported from third countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f8e2232f8984269a2cdb7d650c8f2762022-12-21T18:23:59ZengSciendoEnvironmental and Climate Technologies2255-88372019-11-0123223825710.2478/rtuect-2019-0066rtuect-2019-0066The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents SectorLucchetti Maria G.0Paolotti Luisa1Rocchi Lucia2Boggia Antonio3Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Borgo XX Giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, ItalyThe present work aims to analyse the environmental advantages of a production process that applies circular economy. The study examines a product that is generated through the use of a certain percentage of recovered secondary materials, thus helping to avoid impacts related to the disposal of these materials and preserving the ecosystems from indiscriminate excessive natural resources extraction. The product analysed is an ecological detergent (“Ri-Detersivo” – Re-Detergent), produced by the company Tea Natura, mainly composed of regenerated vegetable oils coming from food industry. The methodology used in this paper is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A partial LCA will be carried out here, arriving at the saponification phase, and comparing the environmental impacts deriving from the Re-Detergent production process with those of a traditional soap, comparable to that studied in terms of function. The analysis of the case study found that the use of regenerated vegetable oils for the production of soap allows to significantly reduce the environmental impacts compared to the use of coconut oil imported from third countries.https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0066circular economydetergentsecological productsenvironmental sustainabilitylcasustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Lucchetti Maria G. Paolotti Luisa Rocchi Lucia Boggia Antonio The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector Environmental and Climate Technologies circular economy detergents ecological products environmental sustainability lca sustainable development |
| title | The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector |
| title_full | The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector |
| title_short | The Role of Environmental Evaluation within Circular Economy: An Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Method in the Detergents Sector |
| title_sort | role of environmental evaluation within circular economy an application of life cycle assessment lca method in the detergents sector |
| topic | circular economy detergents ecological products environmental sustainability lca sustainable development |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2019-0066 |
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