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ArticlePolymers2025

The Environmental Analysis of the Post-Use Management Scenarios of the Heat-Shrinkable Film.

Patrycja Walichnowska, Józef Flizikowski, Andrzej Tomporowski, Marek Opielak, Wojciech Cieślik

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Patrycja WalichnowskaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3012-5803
Józef FlizikowskiFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Andrzej TomporowskiFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9860-8748
Marek OpielakFaculty of Transport and Informatic, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin (WSEI), Projektowa 4, 20-209 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1271-2411
Wojciech CieślikFaculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6841-5390

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The post-use management of plastic films, including shrink films, poses a significant environmental and technological challenge for the industry. Due to their durability and difficulty in degradation, these wastes contribute to environmental pollution, generating microplastics and greenhouse gas emissions during improper disposal. This paper examines different post-use management methods for shrink wrap, such as recycling, landfilling, and incineration, and assesses their impact on the environmental impact of the bottle packaging process using a life-cycle analysis (LCA). This study shows that the recycling option has the lowest potential environmental impact. Compared to other post-use management options, recycling reduces the potential environmental impact by more than 50%. The analysis also shows that the tested scenario using recycled film and photovoltaic energy has the lowest potential environmental impact. Using recycled film and powering the process with renewable energy reduces the potential environmental impact by about 95% compared to Scenario 1 and by about 85% in Scenario 3.

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LCApolymer filmpost-use managementrecycling

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PMID40076183
PMCPMC11902642

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