主催: 日本LCA学会
Biomass-derived chemical has been regarded as an alternative material toward sustainability due to the substitution of renewable raw material for fossil resources. An industrialized plant producing biomass-derived polyethylene (bio-PE) from sugarcane ethanol has been constructed in Brazil. In this study, we aim at revealing the environmental performance of the polyethylene production from bio-ethanol using life cycle assessment. In the boundary of bio-PE, it is produced in Brazil, shipped to Japan, and used by consumers as containers and packaging, and then applied Japanese existing recycling system. The results demonstrate that bio-PE has less greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in its life cycle than that in the life cycle of fossil-derived PE.
