From waste plastics to industrial raw materials: A life cycle assessment of mechanical plastic recycling practice based on a real-world case study

Engineering & Materials Science

• Agricultural wastes 10%
• Automobiles 6%
• Composite materials 25%
• Electric equipment 10%
• Electronic equipment 6%
• Environmental impact 42%
• Extrusion 7%
• Fillers 14%
• Industry 6%
• Life cycle 51%
• Plastic products 10%
• Plastic recycling 100%
• Plastics 43%
• Raw materials 56%
• Recycling 14%
• Sensitivity analysis 6%
• Substitution reactions 7%
• Waste disposal 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• additive 11%
• agricultural waste 7%
• automobile 5%
• centralization 9%
• damage 4%
• electronic equipment 8%
• environmental impact 30%
• extrusion 6%
• industry 4%
• life cycle 48%
• market 4%
• plastic 45%
• plastic waste 72%
• product 6%
• rate 2%
• raw material 48%
• recommendation 4%
• recycled material 8%
• recycling 46%
• sensitivity analysis 5%
• solid waste 6%
• substitution 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Additive 13%
• Biogeochemical Cycle 15%
• Composite Material 29%
• Extrusion 9%
• Filler 16%
• Industry 7%
• Raw Material 48%
• Recycling 53%
• Substitution Reaction 6%
• Time 3%