Dr. Pere Fullana i Palmer

UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate ChangeEscola Superior de Comerç Internacional (ESCI)Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

IDENTIPLAST, Madrid, 3rd October 2011

FENIX – Giving Packaging a New LifeLCA a decision-making tool for waste management

Socis:Coordinador:

Funded by:

1. Introduction and main goals

2. Methodology and preliminary results

3. Communication and dissemination activities

4. Concluding remarks

OUTLINE

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FENIX: Finding Regional environmental life cycle information on packaging waste management through

flexible software tools and databasesObjectives:

– Developing a flexible and easy-to-use LCA software tool to allow a rigorous and quantified evaluation of the life-cycle environmental performance (also including social and economic aspects) of different scenarios of packaging waste management in Spain and Portugal, both at municipality and regional level.

– Demonstrating the usefulness of LCA to make decisions related to packaging waste management issues.

– Compiling data and creating a specific database on waste management processes for Spain and Portugal (ILCD format).

– Producing results that may be transferred to other European regions. – Sharing knowledge on waste management and LCA among Spanish and Portuguese

institutions (universities, technical institutes, etc.), and facilitating the start-up of an Iberian LCA network of experts on such themes.

Budget: 2.6 millions Euros (approx.)

740.000 Euros subcontracting to 13 research groups

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1. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN GOALS

Coordinator: – UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change (ESCI-UPF)

Partners:– ECOEMBES– SOCIEDADE PONTO VERDE– PE International

Collaborators :– 13 Universities and Spanish and Portuguese Technological Centres – 15-20 municipalities (pilot test)

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1. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN GOALS

USJ

CTME UPC

AIMME

USC

UPM

UC

UTAD

IAT

CCIAM/SIM

LNEGAIMPLAS

AIDIMA

2. METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS: PROJECT CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM

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USERS NEEDS ANALYSIS

OTHER SOFTWARE ANALYSIS

DATABASE FORMAT ANALYSIS

DIAGNOSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SOFTWARE AND THE

DATABASEExperts revision

Users revisionDATA SEARCH:

parameters, indicators…

WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS MODELLING: collection, selection,

recycling treatment

SOFTWARE

(FIRST VERSION)

DATABASE

(ELCD Format)

SOFTWARE

FINAL VERSIONExpected

results

Done

1) Validation of the Software Technical Specifications (three LCA experts)• Review of the Software Technical Specifications• Review of the general model

2) Pilot test of the software: review of the ‘beta’ version• Review by two individual independent LCA experts• Review (on-line) by 15 Spanish and Portuguese municipalities• Review by a Panel, formed by 12 experts in LCA and waste management

3) Critical review of the Life Cycle Inventories • Review of the LCIs by 7 LCA critical review experts

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2. METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS: EXTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS

Examples of dissemination activities:• FENIX website www.life-fenix.eu launched

in June 2010 (public and private area) in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

• FENIX: 1st International Conference on Life Cycle Thinking was held at ESCI on September 14th 2010 (+ 200 participants).

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3. COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITES

Expectations:• The green dot holders have high expectations from the results of this

project, as it will put science and sense to packaging waste management decision making in relation to environmental impacts.

• Polititians from municipalities have well responded to testing the tool but we still have doubts as how they will receive it.

• Scientific community is waiting for the database and the conclusions on the combination of life cycle principles and economic and social aspects.

Results up to now:• Lots of enquieries about the project• A new LCA community in Spain and Portugal• A beta version of the tool to be tested in November• A large number of processes modelled within LCA Software GaBi

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4. CONCLUDING REMARKS

Thank you all!

(special thanks to CICLOPLAST and the organization for inviting me)

pere.fullana@esci.upf.edu

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PROJECT FENIX- Giving Packaging a New Life

Collaborators (for data collection and modelling of collection processes, transport and waste treatment):– Universidad San Jorge www.usj.es– Fundación Centro Tecnológico – Miranda de Ebro www.ctme.org – Universidad de Cantabria www.unican.es – Universidad de Santiago de Compostela www.usc.es – Escola d'Enginyeria d'Igualada (UPC) www.euetii.upc.es/– Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología www.iat.es – Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico www.aimme.es – Cátedra Ecoembes de Medio Ambiente (UPM) www.catedraecoembes.com – Instituto Tecnológico del Mueble, Madera, Embalaje y Afines www.aidima.es – Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro www.utad.pt – Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico, www.aimplas.es – INETI – Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovacão www.ineti.pt – Cámara de Valènci, www.camaravalencia.es – CCIAM – Climate Change Research Group www.sim.ul.pt

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1. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN GOALS

Further collaboration with the GREEi Research Group at ESCI-UPF on:

– Analysis of users requirements– Development of economic indicators

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1. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN GOALS

More examples of dissemination activities:• A poster on social indicators was presented in the SETAC Europe 21st

Annual Meeting in May 2011.• FENIX was presented at the Green Week 2011 in Brussels.• A scientific article within the FENIX Project (Integration of Social Aspects in

Decision Support, Based on Life Cycle Thinking) was published in the Journal Sustainability .

• Moreover, training course for collaborators and partners were organised

UP-COMING EVENTS:• Workshop on the LCA and the FENIX project organised by Cámara de

Valencia (November 2011)• Dissemination event, Portugal (December 2011)

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3. COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITES