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Allocation for cascade recycling system

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Allocation in LCA is defined as partitioning the responsibility for environmental burdens from the economic activities to a reference flow or a reference life cycle system in some proper shares. The result of LCA study involving a multi-input/output system or an open loop recycling system is affected significantly by the choice of the allocation method. For the case of allocation in a cascade recycling system, the quality of material as well as the material flow should be considered. Therefore, environmental burdens from the primary material production, the recycling process and the waste management process have to be allocated in proportion to the quality degradation of a material and to the quantity of a material used in each life cycle system. This paper proposes an allocation method for the cascade recycling system that considers both quality and quantity of a material used.

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  1. Seungdo Kim

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  1. Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea

    Seungdo Kim & Taeyoun Hwang

  2. Div. of Environmental and Urban Engineering, Ajou University, 5 Wonchundong, 442-749, Suwon, Korea

    Kun M. Lee

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Kim, S., Hwang, T. & Lee, K.M. Allocation for cascade recycling system. Int. J. LCA 2, 217–222 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02978418

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