Publication detail

A Game Theoretic Approach for Plastic Life Cycle Assessment

Chunyan Si, Yee Van Fan, Lidija Čuček, Monika Dokl, Petar Sabev Varbanov

Original Title

A Game Theoretic Approach for Plastic Life Cycle Assessment

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Plastic production and its end-of-life management pose a significant environmental footprint. The mitigation strategies of the plastic industry are comparatively attainable than the other hard-to-abate sector. However, the involvement of different stakeholders is needed. The life cycle analysis proposed in this study allocated the environmental footprint to stakeholders based on the game theory concept. It addresses the limitation of previous approaches that do not guarantee the stakeholders from different stages will participate in the initiatives with the lowest net environmental footprint due to the dissatisfaction or imbalance in the allocated unburdening footprint (benefit) and burdening footprint. The applicability of the proposed approach is demonstrated through a plastic recycling case study. An allocation of 82 % of environmental benefit to the producer, 14 % to the manufacturer, and 4 % to the user are suggested to achieve efficiency (lowest external interference) and stable cooperation (participation in recycling). This work serves as an initial assessment in demonstrating the integration of the game theory concept in environmental footprint allocation or Life Cycle Assessment.

Keywords

Game Theoretic; Plastic； Life Cycle Assessment

Authors

Chunyan Si, Yee Van Fan, Lidija Čuček, Monika Dokl, Petar Sabev Varbanov

Released

15. 10. 2023

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

Location

Giuseppe Colombo 81/A,20133 Milano, Italy

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Year of study

103

Number

103

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

583

Pages to

588

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/23/103/098.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT196917,
  author="Chunyan {Si} and Yee Van {Fan} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov}",
  title="A Game Theoretic Approach for Plastic Life Cycle Assessment",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2023",
  volume="103",
  number="103",
  pages="583--588",
  doi="10.3303/CET23103098",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/23/103/098.pdf"
}