Abstract
In this report, the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of a PET bottle of water will be conducted. This method of analysis must deal with different issues at view to respect the ISO Standard 14040-14044 (Komly, 2012). We have chosen to study a PET bottle because it is one of the most common object of our everyday life.
In the world over 100 million water bottle are used every day:
This study will be carried out in order to answer these questions:
- What is the overall environmental impact of this product and what are the life phases weighting the most in that aspect?
- What is the environmental balance sheet of a PET bottle in terms sustainability? E.g. The recycling of used bottles to create new ones or other products.
- What are the uncertainty parameters in the possible manufacturing and delivering process and how can they interfere in the balance sheet?
- What are the opportunities presently available to decrease the environmental weight of a PET bottle?
To answer the questions displayed above, the functional unit will be defined as below: "Packaging of 0.5L of drinkable water in a PET bottle to bring the content from the production place to the consumption point"..
