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Assessment of the Environmental Impact of a Car Tire throughout Its Lifecycle Using the LCA Method

There are numerous threats to the natural environment that pose a significant risk both to the environment and to human health, including car tires. Thus, there is a need to determine the impact of the life cycle of car tires on the environment, starting with the processes of raw materials acquisiti...

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Autores principales: Piotrowska, Katarzyna, Kruszelnicka, Weronika, Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja, Kasner, Robert, Rudnicki, Jacek, Tomporowski, Andrzej, Flizikowski, Józef, Opielak, Marek
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6947500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31842342
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12244177
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author Piotrowska, Katarzyna
Kruszelnicka, Weronika
Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja
Kasner, Robert
Rudnicki, Jacek
Tomporowski, Andrzej
Flizikowski, Józef
Opielak, Marek
author_facet Piotrowska, Katarzyna
Kruszelnicka, Weronika
Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja
Kasner, Robert
Rudnicki, Jacek
Tomporowski, Andrzej
Flizikowski, Józef
Opielak, Marek
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description There are numerous threats to the natural environment that pose a significant risk both to the environment and to human health, including car tires. Thus, there is a need to determine the impact of the life cycle of car tires on the environment, starting with the processes of raw materials acquisition, production, and ending with end-of-life management. Therefore, the authors of this study chose to do research on passenger car tires (size: P205/55/R16). As part of the research, the life cycle assessment (LCA) of traditional car tires was performed with the use of the Eco-indicator 99, cumulative energy demand (CED), and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methods. The level of negative effects was determined for the life cycle of a tire and its particular stages: Production, use, and end of life. The negative impact on the atmosphere, soil, and water, as well as on human health, the environment, and natural resources was also investigated. The results show that the most energy-absorbing stage of a car tire life cycle is the use stage. It was found that the most harmful impact involves the depletion of natural resources and emissions into the atmosphere. Recycling car tires reduces their negative environmental impact during all their life cycle stages.
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spelling pubmed-69475002020-01-13 Assessment of the Environmental Impact of a Car Tire throughout Its Lifecycle Using the LCA Method Piotrowska, Katarzyna Kruszelnicka, Weronika Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja Kasner, Robert Rudnicki, Jacek Tomporowski, Andrzej Flizikowski, Józef Opielak, Marek Materials (Basel) Article There are numerous threats to the natural environment that pose a significant risk both to the environment and to human health, including car tires. Thus, there is a need to determine the impact of the life cycle of car tires on the environment, starting with the processes of raw materials acquisition, production, and ending with end-of-life management. Therefore, the authors of this study chose to do research on passenger car tires (size: P205/55/R16). As part of the research, the life cycle assessment (LCA) of traditional car tires was performed with the use of the Eco-indicator 99, cumulative energy demand (CED), and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methods. The level of negative effects was determined for the life cycle of a tire and its particular stages: Production, use, and end of life. The negative impact on the atmosphere, soil, and water, as well as on human health, the environment, and natural resources was also investigated. The results show that the most energy-absorbing stage of a car tire life cycle is the use stage. It was found that the most harmful impact involves the depletion of natural resources and emissions into the atmosphere. Recycling car tires reduces their negative environmental impact during all their life cycle stages. MDPI 2019-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6947500/ /pubmed/31842342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12244177 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Piotrowska, Katarzyna
Kruszelnicka, Weronika
Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja
Kasner, Robert
Rudnicki, Jacek
Tomporowski, Andrzej
Flizikowski, Józef
Opielak, Marek
Assessment of the Environmental Impact of a Car Tire throughout Its Lifecycle Using the LCA Method
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title_sort assessment of the environmental impact of a car tire throughout its lifecycle using the lca method
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6947500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31842342
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12244177
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