Avaliação do ciclo de vida de um antiparasitário de uso veterinário com adoção de uma nova embalagem
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2022-07-29
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Santos, Jaquelaine Ribeiro de Sousa
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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As atividades humanas necessitam cada vez mais de modelos de gestão com controles de ações que buscam evitar impactos ambientais negativos. Isso é evidenciado na grande demanda de recursos naturais para obtenção de serviços e produtos. Nesse cenário, a avaliação do ciclo de vida (ACV) consiste em uma metodologia de análise de impactos ambientais, que aborda desde etapas iniciais, intermediárias e finais. A presente proposta objetivou avaliar o desempenho ambiental do sistema atual e da troca de embalagem de um produto antiparasitário de uso veterinário por meio da utilização desta metodologia. O primeiro cenário em avaliação é o sistema atual, sua embalagem principal é um frasco dosador de polietileno com 7 itens componentes no total. O cenário proposto possui nova embalagem do tipo bag-in-box e é composta por 3 itens no total. O método se divide em escolha do produto, descrição do seu ciclo de vida, aplicação da ACV e conclusão. No que se refere a avaliação do ciclo de vida, as normas NBR ISO 14040 e 14044, foram utilizadas como base metodológica. O cenário proposto obteve melhor desempenho ambiental em 17 das 18 categorias abordadas pelo método de avalição de impacto Recipe 2016. A categoria uso da terra foi a única em que a nova embalagem não apresentou melhor performance. O quesito decisório para esta categotia foram pontos de compensação de danos devido a realização de reciclagem de papelão, que com a mudança de embalagem evitariam de ser gerados e reciclados. Isto conclui que o novo cenário também é preferível na categoria uso da terra. Em média a nova embalagem obteve cerca de 3,7% melhor desempenho ambiental. As entradas e saídas que mais influenciaram nesses resultados foram: transporte, eletricidade, embalagens de papelão, reciclagem e incineração. O método de ACV possibilitou a identificação do melhor cenário e o direcionamento de pontos críticos ambientais.
Human activities increasingly need management models with action controls that seek to avoid negative environmental impacts. This is evidenced in the great demand for natural resources to obtain services and products. In this scenario, the life cycle assessment (LCA) consists of a methodology for the analysis of environmental impacts, which approaches from initial, intermediate and final stages. The present proposal aimed to evaluate the environmental performance of the current system and the change of packaging of an antiparasitic product for veterinary use through the use of this methodology. The first scenario under evaluation is the current system, its main packaging is a polyethylene dosing bottle with 7 component items in total. The proposed scenario has a new bag-in-box packaging and is composed of 3 items in total. The method is divided into product choice, description of its life cycle, application of LCA and conclusion. Regarding the life cycle assessment, the NBR ISO 14040 and 14044 standards were used as a methodological basis. The proposed scenario obtained better environmental performance in 17 of the 18 categories addressed by the Recipe 2016 impact assessment method. The land use category was the only one in which the new packaging did not perform better. The decisive question for this category were points of compensation for damages due to the recycling of cardboard, which, with the change of packaging, would avoid being generated and recycled. This concludes that the new scenario is also preferable in the land use category. On average, the new packaging achieved about 3.7% better environmental performance. The inputs and outputs that most influenced these results were: transport, electricity, cardboard packaging, recycling and incineration. The LCA method made it possible to identify the best scenario and target environmental critical points.
Human activities increasingly need management models with action controls that seek to avoid negative environmental impacts. This is evidenced in the great demand for natural resources to obtain services and products. In this scenario, the life cycle assessment (LCA) consists of a methodology for the analysis of environmental impacts, which approaches from initial, intermediate and final stages. The present proposal aimed to evaluate the environmental performance of the current system and the change of packaging of an antiparasitic product for veterinary use through the use of this methodology. The first scenario under evaluation is the current system, its main packaging is a polyethylene dosing bottle with 7 component items in total. The proposed scenario has a new bag-in-box packaging and is composed of 3 items in total. The method is divided into product choice, description of its life cycle, application of LCA and conclusion. Regarding the life cycle assessment, the NBR ISO 14040 and 14044 standards were used as a methodological basis. The proposed scenario obtained better environmental performance in 17 of the 18 categories addressed by the Recipe 2016 impact assessment method. The land use category was the only one in which the new packaging did not perform better. The decisive question for this category were points of compensation for damages due to the recycling of cardboard, which, with the change of packaging, would avoid being generated and recycled. This concludes that the new scenario is also preferable in the land use category. On average, the new packaging achieved about 3.7% better environmental performance. The inputs and outputs that most influenced these results were: transport, electricity, cardboard packaging, recycling and incineration. The LCA method made it possible to identify the best scenario and target environmental critical points.
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Avaliação do ciclo de vida, Embalagem, Produto veterinário, Life cycle assessment, Packing, Veterinary product