Open AccessAnalysing the Sustainability of Cascade Recycling in Plastic Manufacturing
Author(s) -
Karl Tanti,
Arif Rochman,
Paul Refalo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1196/1/012021
Subject(s) - cascade , carbon footprint , sustainability , ecological footprint , quality (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , footprint , business , environmental economics , environmental science , economics , engineering , mathematics , greenhouse gas , ecology , paleontology , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , chemical engineering , biology
This study ventures to further sustainable manufacturing by showing how a cascade recycling approach can be utilised by a plastic cosmetic packaging company. Three reprocessing cycles were assessed from product quality, environmental, financial and social points of view. It is shown how the cascade approach did not negatively affect the quality of the produced parts and when compared to a no-recycling scenario, the proposed three-cascade recycling approach results in 28.1% less costs and 29.3% less carbon footprint. The labour increases up to a maximum of 7 hours per 50,000 products. When compared to a conventional in-house recycling scenario, the proposed approach would reduce the costs by 11.7% and the carbon footprint by 12.9%.