著者

菊池 康紀 平尾 雅彦 成田 賢治 杉山 英路 Oliveira Sueli Chapman Sonia Marzullo Rita M. Arakaki Mariana M. Novaes Leonora M.

出版者

日本LCA学会

雑誌

日本LCA学会研究発表会講演要旨集 第6回日本LCA学会研究発表会(会場:東北大学)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.103, 2010 (Released:2011-02-14)

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Biomass-derived chemical has been regarded as an alternative material toward sustainability due to the substitution of renewable raw material for fossil resources. An industrialized plant producing biomass-derived polyethylene (bio-PE) from sugarcane ethanol has been constructed in Brazil. In this study, we aim at revealing the environmental performance of the polyethylene production from bio-ethanol using life cycle assessment. In the boundary of bio-PE, it is produced in Brazil, shipped to Japan, and used by consumers as containers and packaging, and then applied Japanese existing recycling system. The results demonstrate that bio-PE has less greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in its life cycle than that in the life cycle of fossil-derived PE.