Comparisons of four categories of waste recycling in China’s paper industry based on physical input–output life-cycle assessment model
Abstract
Waste recycling for paper production is an important component of waste management. This study constructs a physical input-output life-cycle assessment (PIO-LCA) model. The PIO-LCA model is used to investigate environmental impacts of four categories of waste recycling in China's paper industry: crop straws, bagasse, textile wastes and scrap paper. Crop straw recycling and wood utilization for paper production have small total intensity of environmental impacts. Moreover, environmental impacts reduction of crop straw recycling and wood utilization benefits the most from technology development. Thus, using crop straws and wood (including wood wastes) for paper production should be promoted. Technology development has small effects on environmental impacts reduction of bagasse recycling, textile waste recycling and scrap paper recycling. In addition, bagasse recycling and textile waste recycling have big total intensity of environmental impacts. Thus, the development of bagasse recycling and textile waste recycling should be properly limited. Other pathways for reusing bagasse and textile wastes should be explored and evaluated. Moreover, imports of scrap paper should be encouraged to reduce large indirect impacts of scrap paper recycling on domestic environment.
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Different valuable products can be produced from waste wood-such as veneers lumber, chips, fibers, papers; and a variety of building materials-including plywood, laminated veneer lumber, glue-laminated timber, particleboard, wood-plastic composite, wood-cement composite, and fibreboard.
“Different valuable products can be produced from waste wood-such as veneers lumber, chips, fibers, papers [107,108]; and a variety of building materials-including plywood, laminated veneer lumber, glue-laminated timber, particleboard, wood-plastic composite, wood-cement composite, and fibreboard [45,64,65].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [107]
The exception is Liang et al. (2012), who conclude that textile waste is a questionable feedstock compared to other waste materials for the technological pathways studied.
“The exception is Liang et al. (2012), who study the environmental impact of paper produced from various waste materials and conclude that textile waste is a questionable feedstock compared to other waste materials (for the technological pathways studied).”
From Environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling – A review (2018) · cites this paper as Liang et al., 2012
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- Authors
- Liang, S., Zhang, T., & Xu, Y.
- Affiliations
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (CN)
- China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Tianzhu
- Venue
- Waste Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-03
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 603-612
- ISSN
- 0956-053X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1976182366
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 4.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Waste Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Tongji University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- paper industry, waste recycling, textile recycling, wood utilization, environmental impact, technological progress, China
- MeSH terms
- China, Environment, Models, Theoretical, Paper, Uncertainty, Recycling
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