Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Underground Plastic Recharge Chambers in Stormwater Management
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Infiltration Studies Involving RCs
2.2. Water Quality Studies Involving RCs
2.3. Testing of Mechanical Properties of RCs under Loads
2.4. LCA Studies of SCMs Other Than RCs
2.5. RCs as an SCM
3. Methods
3.1. Functional Unit, Goal, Scope, and System Boundary
3.2. Life Cycle Inventory
3.3. Life Cycle Impact Assessment
4. Results
4.1. Plastic Structure
4.2. Backfill Material
4.3. Transportation Distance
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Design Type | LCI | Min (kg) | Max (kg) | Distance (km) | GaBi Thinkstep Dataset |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (Box, Polypropylene, Injection-Molded) | Excavation of moist earth | 1952 | 5192 | GLO: excavator, 100 kW, construction | |
Polypropylene geotextile fabric | 0.12 | 0.61 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene film (PP) PlasticsEurope | |
Backfill material (gravel or sand) | 160 | 4021 | 30–300 | EU-28: limestone, gravel or EU28: sand 0/2 | |
Polypropylene injection-molded structure | 43 | 85 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene injection-molding part | |
2 (Box, Recycled Polypropylene, Injection-Molded) | Excavation of moist earth | 1952 | 5192 | GLO: excavator, 100 kW, construction | |
Polypropylene geotextile fabric | 0.12 | 0.61 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene film (PP) PlasticsEurope | |
Backfill material (gravel or sand) | 160 | 4021 | 30–300 | EU-28: limestone, gravel or EU28: sand 0/2 | |
Recycled Polypropylene injection-molded structure | 43 | 77 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene injection-molding partMinus DE: polypropylene granulateplus recycled regranulated PP 1 | |
3 (Box, Polypropylene, Extruded) | Excavation of moist earth | 1952 | 5192 | GLO: excavator, 100 kW, construction | |
Polypropylene geotextile fabric | 0.12 | 0.61 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene film (PP) PlasticsEurope | |
Backfill material (gravel or sand) | 160 | 4021 | 30–300 | EU-28: limestone, gravel or EU28: sand 0/2 | |
Polypropylene extruded structure | 40 | 44 | 100–1000 | DE: polypropylene granulate (PP) mix and GLO: plastic extrusion profile | |
4 (Box, Polypropylene, Injection-Molded + PVC, Extruded) | Excavation of moist earth | 1952 | 5192 | GLO: excavator, 100 kW, construction | |
Polypropylene geotextile fabric | 0.12 | 0.61 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene film (PP) PlasticsEurope | |
Backfill material (gravel or sand) | 160 | 4021 | 30–300 | EU-28: limestone, gravel or EU28: Sand 0/2 | |
Polypropylene injection-molded structure | 14 | 17 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene injection-molding part | |
Polyvinylchloride extruded structure | 19 | 23 | 100–1000 | RER: polyvinylchloride pipe (PVC) PlasticsEurope | |
5 (Arch, Polypropylene, Injection-Molded) | Excavation of moist earth | 1955 | 4623 | GLO: excavator, 100 kW, construction | |
Polypropylene geotextile fabric | 0.42 | 0.69 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene film (PP) PlasticsEurope | |
Backfill material (gravel) | 611 | 3249 | 30–300 | EU-28: limestone, gravel | |
Polypropylene injection-molded structure | 11 | 37 | 100–1000 | RER: polypropylene injection-molding part |
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Peterson, L.A.; Gallagher, P.M.; Spatari, S. Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Underground Plastic Recharge Chambers in Stormwater Management. Buildings 2022, 12, 867. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12060867
Peterson LA, Gallagher PM, Spatari S. Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Underground Plastic Recharge Chambers in Stormwater Management. Buildings. 2022; 12(6):867. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12060867
Chicago/Turabian StylePeterson, Lisa A., Patricia M. Gallagher, and Sabrina Spatari. 2022. "Life Cycle Environmental Impact of Underground Plastic Recharge Chambers in Stormwater Management" Buildings 12, no. 6: 867. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12060867