A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines

Various cities in the Philippines have started to prohibit the use of plastic bags and packaging materials in favor of paper products for waste disposal and management reasons. This study evaluated the soundness of these initiatives based on life-cycle analysis (LCA) framework. While a number of stu...

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Main Authors: Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M., Gonzaga, Jeremias A., Ubando, Aristotle T., Tan, Hazel Claire
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-13402021-11-25T05:53:32Z A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M. Gonzaga, Jeremias A. Ubando, Aristotle T. Tan, Hazel Claire Various cities in the Philippines have started to prohibit the use of plastic bags and packaging materials in favor of paper products for waste disposal and management reasons. This study evaluated the soundness of these initiatives based on life-cycle analysis (LCA) framework. While a number of studies have looked at similar issues in other countries, results may not be entirely valid in the Philippines due to different variations in energy and material supply chain and waste disposal practices and system. Considering the usual products being purchased by a Filipino family and the amount, 12 liter sando bags and 14 liter paper bag capacity were used as the functional units for the research. Comparison of the impact assessment was done by looking into the cradle-to-grave processes of the two bag materials. The study covered disposal to land, air and water effluents and included the global warming, acidification, ozone depletion and human toxicity impact areas. A modified EDIP was used for the life-cycle inventory and results show that out of the four impact factors, three favored the use of plastic bags. Future studies may be done on other impact factors as well as on other bag materials. This study was commissioned by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to aid policy development in waste management in the country. © 2015 IEEE. 2016-01-25T08:00:00Z text text/html https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/341 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/1340/type/native/viewcontent Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Environmental impact analysis Life cycle costing Plastic bags Paper bags Environmental Engineering
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
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topic Environmental impact analysis
Life cycle costing
Plastic bags
Paper bags
Environmental Engineering
spellingShingle Environmental impact analysis
Life cycle costing
Plastic bags
Paper bags
Environmental Engineering
Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M.
Gonzaga, Jeremias A.
Ubando, Aristotle T.
Tan, Hazel Claire
A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
description Various cities in the Philippines have started to prohibit the use of plastic bags and packaging materials in favor of paper products for waste disposal and management reasons. This study evaluated the soundness of these initiatives based on life-cycle analysis (LCA) framework. While a number of studies have looked at similar issues in other countries, results may not be entirely valid in the Philippines due to different variations in energy and material supply chain and waste disposal practices and system. Considering the usual products being purchased by a Filipino family and the amount, 12 liter sando bags and 14 liter paper bag capacity were used as the functional units for the research. Comparison of the impact assessment was done by looking into the cradle-to-grave processes of the two bag materials. The study covered disposal to land, air and water effluents and included the global warming, acidification, ozone depletion and human toxicity impact areas. A modified EDIP was used for the life-cycle inventory and results show that out of the four impact factors, three favored the use of plastic bags. Future studies may be done on other impact factors as well as on other bag materials. This study was commissioned by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to aid policy development in waste management in the country. © 2015 IEEE.
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author Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M.
Gonzaga, Jeremias A.
Ubando, Aristotle T.
Tan, Hazel Claire
author_facet Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M.
Gonzaga, Jeremias A.
Ubando, Aristotle T.
Tan, Hazel Claire
author_sort Biona, Jose Bienvenido Manuel M.
title A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
title_short A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
title_full A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
title_fullStr A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed A comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the Philippines
title_sort comparative life cycle analysis of plastic and paper packaging bags in the philippines
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2016
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/341
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