Material flow analysis of a post-consumer plastic packaging recycling system in The Netherlands: a focus on beverage carton-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Material flow analysis of a post-consumer plastic packaging recycling system in The Netherlands: a focus on beverage carton

Published:2022-07-12 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1618-954X
Container-title:Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:Clean Techn Environ Policy

Author:

Schneider Julian Moritz,Ghannadzadeh Ali^ORCID,van der Meer Yvonne^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractDeveloping material flow models of waste and recycling streams can be crucial to determining the inefficiencies of post-consumer plastic packaging recycling systems. Currently, there is no such material flow model of beverage carton packaging waste in The Netherlands because beverage carton management is inherently difficult to measure and calculate. This paper presents a material flow model of beverage carton packaging waste in The Netherlands by calculating potential, collected, sorted, and recycled beverage carton dry weight. The results show that of a potential 60,000 tons of beverage carton material, 47,124 tons are recycled while 12,876 tons end up incinerated. This quantification does not only serve as a starting point for additional research and environmental policy considerations to improve the sustainability of the post-consumer plastic packaging recycling system, but it can also contribute to research in similar settings, leading to a more complete overview of the municipal solid waste recycling system. Graphical abstract

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Environmental Chemistry,Environmental Engineering,General Business, Management and Accounting,Economics and Econometrics

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10098-022-02342-w.pdf

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