Circular economy of plastics: analysis of flows and stocks of plastic in Europe

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dc.contributor.authorHsu, Wan‐Ting
dc.contributor.authorDomenech, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorMcDowall, Will
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-09T13:02:48Z
dc.date.available2023-01-09T13:02:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPlastic production is continuously growing and accumulated in the socioeconomic system. Plastic in the stock has the potential to become plastic waste in the future, contributing to waste generation or secondary plastics supply. This research applied material flow analysis(MFA) which provides one-year snapshot of the system to then build a dynamic MFA model to estimate the future plastic waste change from 1960 to 2040. The results show that around 66.27±15.4 million tonnes(MT) plastic polymers production in the EU, and about 69.99±11.8 MT consumed across packaging(31%), construction(18%), transport(13%), electrical and electronic products(9%), textiles(6%) and other(23%) applications in 2014. The recycling rate was around 38% but only 9% of this was used as secondary plastics to produce new products. According to the stock modelling, total inflows and outflows are expected to increase in the future, which accounts for 178MT inflows and 131MT outflows in 2040. The amounts of in-use stock in this scenario continue increase and reach to 1282MT in 2040. Construction dominates the stock-in-use for a long time due to its long life span. These results highlight the large quantities of plastics have accumulated in the societal stock and leakage to natural systems. This study provides decision-makers an evidence-based model to plan plastic circular economy strategies. Future research is suggested to combine these results of the stock model into different scenarios which can help in gaining insights about possible future outcomes of plastic circular economy strategies in the EU.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-7983-3125-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/17959
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-16750
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartof10.14279/depositonce-9253
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
dc.subject.ddc600 Technik, Technologie
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.subject.othercircular economyen
dc.subject.othermaterial flow analysisen
dc.subject.otherdynamic modelingen
dc.subject.otherstocksen
dc.subject.otherplasticsen
dc.titleCircular economy of plastics: analysis of flows and stocks of plastic in Europeen
dc.typeConference Objecten
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorNissen, Nils F.
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.editorJaeger-Erben, Melanie
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlinen
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend373
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart369
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.proceedingstitlePLATE – Product lifetimes and the environment : 3rd PLATE Conference, September 18–20, 2019 Berlin, Germany
dcterms.rightsHolder.referenceDeposit-Lizenz (Erstveröffentlichung)
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tub.affiliationFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik::Inst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien::FG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 4 Elektrotechnik und Informatik
tub.affiliation.groupFG Transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Elektronik
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionUniversitätsverlag der TU Berlinen

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