EVALUATION OF BRAZILIAN SCENARIOS OF REVERSE LOGISTICS OF AIR COMPRESSORS USING THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESMENT
Last modified: 2014-09-11
Abstract
In order to reduce environmental damage on the activity of transporting goods, this article carried out the environmental analysis of reverse logistics for an air compressor. We compared three scenarios: a Hypothetical Scenario (HS), a Possible Scenario (PS) and a scenario suggested in the literature called Reference Scenario (RS), using the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), standardized by the ISO 14040/14044 (2006). The results showed that the possible scenario of reverse logistics which uses almost exclusively railroad has approximately 20% less environmental impacts than the reference scenario.
Keywords
Reverse logistic scenarios; air compressor; Life Cycle Assessment
References
ISO, Environmental Management (2006a) – Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Framework. ISO 14040:2006. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
ISO, Environmental Management (2006b) – Life Cycle Assessment: Requirements and Guidelines. ISO 14044:2006. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
Zanghelini, G. M. (2013). Study of scenarios for post-use of an air compressor based on LCA: Influences of the system boundary in the results. 142p. Master in Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina – Florianópolis. Available on: <http://www.ciclodevida.ufsc.br/publicacoes.php>.
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