Environmental Assessment of Industrial Bamboo Products: Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Sequestration

Pablo van der Lugt, Joost Vogtländer, J.H. van der Vegte, Han Brezet

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Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the commonly accepted methodology to systematically assess the environmental impact of a material over the full life cycle, from the extraction of resources until the end phase of demolition or recycling (from cradle till grave).
The first objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the environmental impact of industrial bamboo products and its production process in terms of their CO2 equivalent (carbon footprint), toxic emissions, and materials depletion (LCA). The LCA in this paper is based on latest (2015) production and bamboo land-use change figures.
The second objective of this paper is to clarify how carbon sequestration on a global scale can be defined and calculated for industrial bamboo products, and how they can be incorporated in the standard LCA calculations.
The study concludes that industrial bamboo products, if based on best-practice technology (production chain of MOSO International BV), even when used in Europe, are CO2 negative over their full life cycle.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th World Bamboo Congress
PublisherWorld Bamboo Organization
Pages1-16
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event10th World Bamboo Congress - Damyang, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Duration: 17 Sept 201522 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference10th World Bamboo Congress
Abbreviated titleWBC Korea 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Democratic People's Republic of
CityDamyang
Period17/09/1522/09/15

Keywords

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • carbon footprint
  • carbon sequestration
  • industrial bamboo products

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