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Life Cycle Optimization for Synthetic Rubber Glove Manufacturing
Author(s) -
Poh Gary K. X.,
Chew Irene M. L.,
Tan Jully
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201800476
Subject(s) - life cycle assessment , environmental science , greenhouse gas , carbon footprint , ecological footprint , electricity , production (economics) , waste management , environmental impact assessment , global warming , resource depletion , biodiesel production , biodiesel , engineering , climate change , sustainability , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , electrical engineering , macroeconomics , economics , biology , catalysis
Production of synthetic gloves may cause adverse environmental impacts, including global warming, carbon footprint, acidification, photochemical ozone formation, eutrophication, human toxicity, and water footprint. Thus, life cycle assessment is applied as an environmental management tool to evaluate its environmental impacts. Life cycle optimization is implemented to minimize energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases by proposing five alternative process improvement scenarios. Using electricity generated from biodiesel shows the least environmental impacts as compared to the other alternatives for the production of synthetic gloves. Future economic analysis is needed to evaluate the cost feasibility of these alternatives.