| Title |
Assessment of wood industrial pollutants based on emission coefficients in China |
| ID_Doc |
16400 |
| Authors |
Chu, J; Kumar, A |
| Title |
Assessment of wood industrial pollutants based on emission coefficients in China |
| Year |
2020 |
| Published |
Holzforschung, 74, 11 |
| DOI |
10.1515/hf-2019-0201 |
| Abstract |
The implementation of circular economy in wood industries is an effective way for future sustainable development. The wood industries in China are not in the direction of circular economy approach due to less availability of assessment/calculation data of pollutants as per life cycle assessment (LCA) criteria. The present study focuses on the calculation of emission and pollutants from wood industries as per LCA; the emission and pollution data were collected from fiberboard Medium-density fiberboard (MDF), plywood and particleboard (PB) production. The comparative analysis of dust emissions, industrial waste gases and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were performed among three wood industries. The results revealed that the fiberboard industry was the highest emitter of dust, industrial waste gas and COD; and particleboard industry was the least emitter. Further, results indicated that pollutant index of wood industries were significantly changed between 2015 and 2017; the industrial waste water discharge increased five folds and the COD, dust and industrial gases increased two times. This study provides with the emission and pollutants data of wood industries as per LCA to promote the sustainable development for circular and low carbon economics. |
| Author Keywords |
circular economy; emission coefficient; LCA; pollution load; wood industry |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000579373200008 |
| WoS Category |
Forestry; Materials Science, Paper & Wood |
| Research Area |
Forestry; Materials Science |
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