AN APPROACH FOR ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL FOR MATERIAL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT

被引：26

作者：

WORRELL, E

FAAIJ, APC

PHYLIPSEN, GJM

机构：

[1] Department of Science, Technology and Society, Utrecht University, NL-3584 CH Utrecht

来源：

RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING | 1995年 / 13卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

PLASTICS; ENERGY REQUIREMENT; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE EFFICIENCY;

D O I：

10.1016/0921-3449(94)00050-F

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Material efficiency improvement saves energy and reduces the consumption of primary resources and reduces the volume of waste. In this article an approach for analysing the potential for material efficiency improvement is proposed and discussed. In this approach the product functions performed by the materials and various improvement measures are taken into account. The potential for material saving and associated energy saving is assessed and evaluated economically. In this paper the approach is tested in an analysis of the potential for material efficiency improvement with respect to plastic packaging in the Netherlands, The technical reduction potential is found to be 34 +/- 7% (157 +/- 30 ktonne virgin plastics). Realization of this potential would improve the energy efficiency of the lifecycle of plastic packaging by 31% (10 PJ in 1988). From our study we conclude that our approach can indeed be used to investigate the potential for material efficiency improvement. However, a reliable technical and particularly an economical assessment of reduction measures cannot be made until more detailed data become available.

引用

页码：215 / 232

页数：18

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