Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF AN ADHESIVE FOR THE LAYING OF CERAMIC TILES
R. Spinelli, M. Pini, P. Neri, A.M. Ferrari

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


The aim of the study is a comparative assessment of the environmental
damage of an adhesive for the laying of ceramic tiles, obtained by the
manufacturing of waste ceramic tiles and natural aggregates. The LCA
analysis basically shows that the production of the sand by the recycling
process is more impactful because of the energy consumptions required to
reprocess the waste ceramic tiles.

Keywords


Life cycle assessment; adhesive; recycling; co-product

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