Post-consumer plastic sorting infrastructure improvements planning: Scenario-based modeling of greenhouse gas savings with sustainable costs
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722021405" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722021405</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116567" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116567</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Post-consumer plastic sorting infrastructure improvements planning: Scenario-based modeling of greenhouse gas savings with sustainable costs
Original language description
With the increasing share of waste material recovery, household plastic waste is one of the biggest problems. In most countries, mainly manual sorting is used. Meanwhile, new automated technologies are being developed to expand the range of classifiable types to increase material recovery. The overall automation of the sorting process can help the EU's established recycling targets to be effectively met. However, the new technologies are feasible only in the case of large-capacity centers, which must be conveniently located in the existing infrastructure. This paper presents a two-stage model aiming to modernize the current sorting infrastructure for plastic waste. The approach uses multi-criteria optimization to minimize environmental impact at a reasonable price. The result is the optimal location of new automatic sorting centers, and waste stream flows using existing manual sorting facilities. The model is applied through an initial case study inspired by the Czech Republic data. Optimization output proposes four new automatic sorting lines with a total capacity of 158 kt per year. In most cases, manual sorting is used to reduce the transported weight of plastic waste, while automatic sorting lines separate the remaining, hardly recognized part. More than 60% of separately collected plastic is sorted and determined for material recovery.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20701 - Environmental and geological engineering, geotechnics
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN
0301-4797
e-ISSN
1095-8630
Volume of the periodical
325
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1-11
UT code for WoS article
000880893800006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85140445280