Question

A Forest Product company is considering imposing its product design by use of LCA. The company produces white paper. It is considering a train processes. by understand the several parameter =, such as energy, air, water, resources, and waste. Which option is most environmentally acceptable? Which option do you think would be the most acceptable to the company management? Why?

Life Cycle Stage Lamination Production of other raw materials Manufacturing Transport End-of-lite 17 Air : Paper Paper Medium Indicator Production Printing Total primary energy consumption Energy Non renewable energy Renewable energy Greenhouse gas emissions Air acidification Chemical photo-oxidants Human toxicity Ecotoxicity Water Consumption Eutrophication Non renewable resource Resources depletion Waste Non hazardous waste production Legend: high (+++): medium (++): low (+); negligible (blank) Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers : || :::

Answer 1

Waste :- Non hazardous waste production is environmentally accetable

Beacause -

1) Paper production emits air pollution, specifically 70 percent more pollution than the production of plastic bags

2) According to certain studies, manufacturing paper emits 80 percent more greenhouse gases And, consider that making paper uses trees that, instead, could be absorbing carbon dioxide.

3)The paper bag making process also results in 50 times more water pollutants than making plastic bags

4)  The paper industry is responsible for 9% of the total emissions of carbon dioxide from manufacturing industries.

• The paper and pulp industry is the 4th largest emitter of greenhouse gases among U.S. manufacturing industries.
• Landfills are the source of 34% of methane released
• Paper industries also pollute water resources of the world by discharging many pollutants into bodies of water. Toxic chemicals like chlorine, iodine, and sulfur dioxide, contribute to the damage of the aquatic eco-system. They also create water acidification and oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon cycle imbalances.
• This is alarming to know that a large number of trees are being cut down for the paper and pulp industries. At this rate of deforestation, the world will soon face severe consequences of losing trees. There will be loss in the ecological balance, increased rate of greenhouse gases, giving rise to severe global warming and climatic changes.
• this all the reasons paper industry focus on waste management .