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Life cycle assessment of single-use biodegradable bags produced from cornderived biopolymer

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dc.contributor.author Jayasekara, JHAT
dc.contributor.author Surendra, YW
dc.contributor.author Rathnayake, M
dc.contributor.editor Rathnasiri, PG
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-21T05:00:31Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-21T05:00:31Z
dc.date.issued 2020-03
dc.identifier.citation **** en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20565
dc.description.abstract Single-use biodegradable bags have been recently introduced as an environmental-benign alternative to conventional plastics while addressing a prevailing global issue. Natural corn starch is often used as the key raw material due to the availability in large scale worldwide. Despite the view of the general public over biodegradable alternatives, existing studies regarding the life cycle emissions provide a result opposed to it as polythene is possible to recycle once or more. This study follows the cradle-to-gate life cycle approach focusing on the evaluation of environment emissions/eight impact potentials using the ReCiPe world (H) V1.12 impact assessment method in the SimaPro Life Cycle Assessment software while analysing the degradation pattern of each type with the aid of Scanning Electron Microscope. Key findings from this study quantify the current levels of environmental impacts that support future decision making for environmentally-benign innovative product from a possible alternative source. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Chemical & Process Engineering University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Single-use biodegradable bags en_US
dc.subject Impact assessment en_US
dc.subject Degradation behaviour en_US
dc.title Life cycle assessment of single-use biodegradable bags produced from cornderived biopolymer en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Chemical and Process Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.conference ChemECon 2020 – Solutions Worth Spreading en_US
dc.identifier.place Katubedda en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 26-27 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of ChemECon 2020 – Solutions Worth Spreading en_US
dc.identifier.email mratnayake@uom.lk en_US


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