Life cycle assessment of CFGF – Continuous Filament Glass Fibre Products
January 19, 2024
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Abstract
GlassFibreEurope, the European Glass Fibre Producers Association commissioned PwC to prepare the following report that presents the cradle–to-gate life-cycle inventory and life-cycle impact assessment results of several continuous filament glass fiber products. Results show that most of the energy consumption, depletion of non renewable resources, increase of greenhouse gas emissions, acidification, air emissions of heavy metals come from the glass melting stage. By contrast, downstream process stages, where Continuous Filament Glass Fibre (CFGF) products are adapted so as to correspond to the customer requirements (coating by chemicals, chopping, …) play a limited role on the LCA results. Consequently, the LCA results of the CFGF products studied are only 10-25% apart.
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PwC – Sustainable Performance and Strategy
Citation
PwC – Sustainable Performance and Strategy. (2016), Life cycle assessment of CFGF – Continuous Filament Glass Fibre Products. GlassFibreEurope.