Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

A CRADLE-TO-GATE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY CLUSTER OF FIVE CHEMICAL COMPANIES
Frida Røyne, Johanna Berlin, Emma Ringström, Anna Martha Coutiño

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


This paper presents a cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of an industry cluster in Sweden, consisting of five chemical companies. The purpose of the study is to quantify the upstream and onsite environmental impacts, and to identify environmental hot spots in the system. The results show that upstream processes account for higher environmental impacts in all environmental impact categories than onsite processes. A few of the incoming streams account for a large proportion of the environmental impacts compared to their share of total incoming weight, and should therefore be the subject of future emission reduction strategies.

Keywords


life cycle assessment; industry cluster; chemical industry

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