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2012 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
8. General Discussion and Conclusions
verfasst von : Miao Guo
Erschienen in: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Abstract
The initial task of this research was to investigate the cradle-to-grave environmental profiles of novel WBFs and address the question ‘is there a general environmental advantage for WBFs over petrochemical polymers?’ This topic was addressed by developing an LCA model and case studies based on pilot manufacturing of WBFs that was focussed on addressing a number of central issues in conducting LCAs on bio-based materials. During the course of this research, a number of important issues concerning the application of LCA to bio-based materials and for LCA in general emerged as expected. These are essentially ‘lessons learnt from the journey’. These are presented below in parallel with the overall findings, followed by the recommendations for future work and the conclusions from this study.