Evaluating Sustainable Disposal Options for Compostable Biopolymers

评估可堆肥生物聚合物的可持续处置方案

• 批准号: 1246547
• 负责人: Amy Landis
• 金额: $ 30.04万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2015-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1246547&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Evaluating; Sustainable; Disposal; Options; Compostable

1066658 (Landis). The aim of the proposed research is to identify the optimal disposal options and infrastructure for compostable bio-based polymers based on each of the three pillars of sustainability. To this end, the research team will quantify the life cycle environmental impacts of different disposal options (environment), evaluate organizational (society) and economic barriers (economy), quantify stakeholders? willingness to pay for infrastructure (economy), assess consumers? disposal habits (environment) and evaluate methods to alter disposal habits (society). These factors will be used to quantify the environmental end of life profile for biopolymers and to contribute to the development of compostable biopolymer infrastructure. The results of the study will contribute to the scientific understanding of infrastructure development for biopolymers, both from the perspective of best management practices, barriers to infrastructure change, and optimal disposal for compostable biopolymers. In addition, the study will result in a comprehensive analysis of consumer disposal habits in the food services industry and will identify optimum disposal scenarios that result in minimum environmental impact while maximizing ease of implementation through stakeholder based life cycle assessment (SBLCA). The research will contribute significantly to advances in methodological development of novel, integrated approaches to assess the tradeoffs and sustainability of a set of alternatives. The results of the project are targeted to aid in the fundamental development and understanding of models that incorporate aspects of human behavior and survey results into life cycle assessment. The project will contribute to multiple avenues of broader impacts from the proposed collaboration with Sustainable Pittsburgh and local businesses to the PIs? plan for incorporation of the research into curriculum and undergraduate research. Additionally, the PIs are collaborating with Shaler High School and the Carnegie Science Center to create modules that address composting and biopolymers in the environment. The collaboration with Sustainable Pittsburgh will connect local companies to the proposed research. The development of educational materials to be employed during waste audits at local restaurants (e.g. literature and creative methods of sharing information on composting) as well as the development of a Best Practices report and workshop for Sustainable Pittsburgh will provide a unique opportunity for the research to reach a broad range of consumers and business owners

1066658（Landis）。拟议的研究的目的是根据可持续性的三个支柱确定可堆肥基于生物的聚合物的最佳处置选择和基础设施。为此，研究团队将量化不同处置选择（环境），评估组织（社会）和经济障碍（经济）的生命周期环境影响，量化利益相关者？愿意支付基础设施（经济），评估消费者？处置习惯（环境）和评估改变处置习惯（社会）的方法。这些因素将用于量化生物聚合物的生命范围，并为堆肥生物聚合物基础设施的发展做出贡献。 该研究的结果将有助于对生物聚合物基础设施发展的科学理解，这是从最佳管理实践的角度，基础设施变化的障碍以及可堆肥生物聚合物的最佳处置。此外，该研究将导致对食品服务行业中消费者处置习惯的全面分析，并将确定最佳处置场景，从而最大程度地影响环境影响，同时通过基于利益相关者的生命周期评估（SBLCA）最大程度地实施实施。这项研究将对新颖的，综合方法的方法论发展的进步产生重大贡献，以评估一组替代方案的权衡和可持续性。该项目的结果旨在帮助将人类行为和调查结果各个方面的模型的基本发展和理解纳入生命周期评估。 该项目将促进与可持续匹兹堡和当地企业的拟议合作到PIS的多种更广泛影响的途径？计划将研究纳入课程和本科研究。此外，PIS与Shaler高中和卡内基科学中心合作，创建了解决环境中堆肥和生物聚合物的模块。与可持续匹兹堡的合作将将本地公司与拟议的研究联系起来。开发在当地餐馆废物审核期间要使用的教育材料（例如文献和共享堆肥信息的创造性方法），以及开发最佳实践报告和可持续匹兹堡的研讨会，将为这项研究提供独特的机会，以吸引广泛的消费者和企业所有者范围