Assessment of the environmental break-even point for deposit return systems through an LCA analysis of single-use and reusable cups
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Reusable PET and glass cups should be used at least 18 and 35 times to surpass the disposable PP cups, respectively.
“According to the study, the reusable PET and glass cups should be used at least 18 and 35 times to surpass the disposable PP cups, respectively.”
From Environmental life cycle assessment of single-use and reusable food takeaway containers (2025) · cites this paper as [15]
Table 3 (section 625) gives break-even points of 18 uses for reusable PET cups and 35 for reusable glass cups relative to single-use PP cups, but those figures apply specifically to the climate-change (CC) impact category under the stated washing and end-of-life assumptions. The unqualified claim implies they surpass PP cups generally; the paper reports that single-use PP remains the better option for some other impact categories. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe return rate of used containers can vary significantly based on incentives, convenience, and customer awareness.
“The return rate of used containers can vary significantly based on incentives, convenience, and customer awareness (14,15).”
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The Abstract discusses encouraging deposit return systems, and Section 2.4.3 models cups being dispersed rather than reused. Neither passage addresses whether incentives, convenience, or customer awareness cause return rates to vary; searches for those factors and for return rates found no supporting passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.70)
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Environmental life cycle assessment of single-use and reusable food takeaway containers
Kadabinakatti, S., & Shinde, A. (2025) · Acta Periodica Technologica · doi:10.2298/apt250512018k
- Authors
- Cottafava, D., Costamagna, M., Baricco, M., Corazza, L., Miceli, D., & Riccardo, L. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Cottafava, Dario
- Venue
- Sustainable Production and Consumption
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-07
- Volume
- 27
- Pages
- 228-241
- ISSN
- 2352-5509 (ISSN-L)
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- W3099523421
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- Sustainable Production and Consumption (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Keywords
- deposit-refund systems, reusable cups, circular economy, polypropylene, polylactic acid, polyethylene terephthalate, glass cup, energy recovery, recycling, end of life, climate change impacts, acidification, eutrophication, water scarcity, non-renewable energy consumption
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