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Main Title Resource and environmental profile analysis of nine beverage container alternatives : final report /
Author Hunt, Robert G. ; Franklin, William E. ; Welch, Richard O. ; Cross, James A. ; Woodall., Alan E.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Hunt, Robert G.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA 530/SW-91c; EPA-68-01-1848
Stock Number PB-253 486
OCLC Number 01178086
Subjects Recycling (Waste, etc) ; Containers
Additional Subjects Recycling (Waste, etc) ; Containers ; Solid waste disposal ; Environmental impacts ; Management planning ; Raw materials ; Bottles ; Steels ; Glass ; Aluminum ; Manufacturing ; Electric power consumption ; Plastics ; Refuse disposal ; Scrap ; Extractive metallurgy ; Air pollution ; Water pollution ; Beer ; Beverages ; Beverage containers ; Waste recycling ; Metal recycling ; Glass recycling
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20011L4H.PDF
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100M5VS.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 530-SW-91c Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 07/26/2016
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 530-SW-91c Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 530-SW-91c AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/01/1988
ERAD  EPA 530/SW-91c Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/23/2012 DISPERSAL
ESAD  EPA 530-SW-91c Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-253 486 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This study is a resource and environmental profile analysis (REPA) of nine beverage container options. The analysis encompassed seven different parameters: virgin raw materials use, energy use, water use, industrial solid wastes, post-consumer solid wastes, air pollutant emissions and water pollutant effluents. These parameters were assessed for each manufacturing and transportation step in the life cycle of a container, beginning with extraction of the raw materials from the earth, continuing through the materials processing steps, product fabrication, use and final disposal. The nine container systems encompass four basic raw materials--glass, steel, aluminum and plastic. The specific package selected for study was beer containers. However, resource and environmental profiles of soft drink containers were also made on a basis of 1,000 liters of beverage delivered; although in the case of soft drinks, 16-ounce glass bottles were compared with 12-ounce cans and plastic bottles.
Notes
"EPA/530/SW-91c." Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-178).
Contents Notes
"This study is a resource and environmental profile analysis (REPA) of nine beverage container options. The analysis encompassed seven different parameters: virgin raw materials use, energy use, water use, industrial sold wastes, post-consumer solid wastes, air pollutant emissions and water pollutant effluents. These parameters were assessed for each manufacturing and transportation step in the life cycle of a container, beginning with extraction of the raw materials from the earth, continuing through the materials processing steps, product fabrication, use and final disposal. The nine container systems encompass four basic raw materials: glass, steel, aluminum and plastic. A fifth basic material is also included in packaging of the containers; this material is paper."--P. 1.