Title :
LCI analysis for treatment processes of disposed office appliances
Author :
Yukumoto, Masao ; Murakami, Misao ; Umeda, Yasushi
Author_Institution :
Environ. Syst. Div., Kawasaki Steel Corp., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Our study evaluates the environmental effects on waste treatment processes of disposed OA appliances with the stages of transportation and recycling processes taken into account. In addition, we ran a comparison of some treatment methods for the rest in a disassembly process involving plastics, metal dusts and others. The following four disposal scenarios that we applied are landfill,. incineration, blast furnace injection, and gasification and melting.. In order,to achieve the fewest in solid waste emission and the smallest in CO2, NOx and SOx emissions. Plastics except PVC could be treated for material recycling by blast furnace injection, and the other unsuitable would be treated for gasification and melting
Keywords :
microcomputers; recycling; waste disposal; LCI analysis; blast furnace injection; disassembly process; disposed office appliances; environmental effects; gasification; incineration; landfill; melting; metal dusts; plastics; recycling; solid waste emission; transportation; waste treatment processes; Aluminum; Copper; Glass; Home appliances; Iron; Personal communication networks; Plastics; Recycling; Steel; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992418