Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring
This paper describes an assessment of the carbon footprint (CF) of a silver ring, together with an attempt to measure material and energy consumption. The boundary of analyzing CF was defined as Business to Business (B2B). All primary data were obtained from a survey of the case study factory. Acqu...
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This paper describes an assessment of the carbon footprint (CF) of a silver ring, together with an attempt to measure material and energy consumption. The boundary of analyzing CF was defined as Business to Business (B2B). All primary data were obtained from a survey of the case study factory. Acquisition of raw material (silver) was the main GHG contribution to the overall CF and was thus considered as a CF hotspot. Acquisition accounted for 0.9740 kg CO2e or 94.44% of total emissions, followed by production processes (0.0573 kg CO2e) and transportation (0.002 kg CO2e). The total CF amounted to 1.03 kg CO2e per silver ring product. To reduce the CF, it is suggested that choosing low GHG production processes could result in significant reduction in total CF. In addition, the study proposes options for recycling waste and using high performance electronic equipment.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d58281182d5c4da6906a11dc82abd9c32022-12-22T01:37:39ZengEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn UniversityApplied Environmental Research2287-07412287-075X2016-03-01381Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat RingParnuwat Usapein0Chantra Tongcumpou1Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandEnvironmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand This paper describes an assessment of the carbon footprint (CF) of a silver ring, together with an attempt to measure material and energy consumption. The boundary of analyzing CF was defined as Business to Business (B2B). All primary data were obtained from a survey of the case study factory. Acquisition of raw material (silver) was the main GHG contribution to the overall CF and was thus considered as a CF hotspot. Acquisition accounted for 0.9740 kg CO2e or 94.44% of total emissions, followed by production processes (0.0573 kg CO2e) and transportation (0.002 kg CO2e). The total CF amounted to 1.03 kg CO2e per silver ring product. To reduce the CF, it is suggested that choosing low GHG production processes could result in significant reduction in total CF. In addition, the study proposes options for recycling waste and using high performance electronic equipment. https://ph01-ohno.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/40881Carbon footprint productSilver flat ringJewelry industry |
| spellingShingle | Parnuwat Usapein Chantra Tongcumpou Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring Applied Environmental Research Carbon footprint product Silver flat ring Jewelry industry |
| title | Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring |
| title_full | Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring |
| title_fullStr | Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring |
| title_short | Greenhouse Gas Emission in Jewelry Industry: A Case Study of Silver Flat Ring |
| title_sort | greenhouse gas emission in jewelry industry a case study of silver flat ring |
| topic | Carbon footprint product Silver flat ring Jewelry industry |
| url | https://ph01-ohno.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/aer/article/view/40881 |
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