Comparative life cycle assessment study of virgin polyethylene and bio-polyethylene, with recycled polyethylene from uncontaminated post-industrial film
This study applies life cycle assessment to compare virgin polyethylene (PE), bio-based PE, and mechanically recycled PE from clean post-industrial waste for plastic bag production in Japan, showing recycled PE yields the lowest environmental impact.
Authors
- Kei Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-8775)
- Ahdo Kim
- Benjamin Craig McLellan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4802-3864)
- Toshiki Yamamoto
- P CHOU
- Teuku Naraski Zahari
- Nobuteru Edayoshi
Institutions
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Southern Taiwan Science Park (TW)
- Takenaka (Japan) (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Green Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5gc02751a
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.50