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ArticleHeliyon2024

Enhancing circular plastic waste management: Reducing GHG emissions and increasing economic value in Rayong province, Thailand.

Sutisa Samitthiwetcharong, Orathai Chavalparit, Kultip Suwanteep, Takehiko Murayama, Pratin Kullavanijaya

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sutisa SamitthiwetcharongDepartment of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Orathai ChavalparitDepartment of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Kultip SuwanteepDepartment of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan.
Takehiko MurayamaDepartment of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan.
Pratin KullavanijayaExcellent Center of Waste Utilization and Management, Pilot Plant Development and Training Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluates the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and economic value creation of plastic waste (PW) management in Rayong, Thailand, a city on the eastern Gulf Coast with a significant amount of generated and leaked PW. By analyzing current practices, and developing and evaluating improvement scenarios, the study explores strategies for reducing GHG and enhancing economic benefits across the PW management chain. Four primary routes with varying capacities handle approximately 5,445.55 tonnes of PW via source separation recycling (5.18 %), post-sorting recycling (9.30 %), energy recovery (54.86 %), and landfills or opened dump disposal (30.66 %). About 83.21 % of the 16 ± 6.9 % PW in municipal solid waste (MSW) is recyclable, primarily consisting of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The current management practice generates an economic benefit of approximately 1.68 million USD/yr or 310 USD/t of PW, compared to the proposed scenarios, which enhances recycling efficiency and reduces landfill and energy recovery waste, yielding 2.27-6.48 million USD/yr or 420.64-1200.33 USD/t of PW. The practice emits about 7,028.47 tCO

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Circular economyEconomic value analysisGHG emissionsPlastic waste managementRecycling

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PMID39309876
PMCPMC11416544

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