TY - GEN
T1 - Waste Tyre Environmental Impacts and Life Cycle Assessment Review for Reuse, Material Recovery, and Energy Recovery Strategies
AU - Nkosi, Nhlanhla
AU - Belaid, Mohamed
AU - Nhubu, Trust
AU - Muzenda,
AU - Mbohwa, Charles
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The utilization of post-consumer tyres in reuse, energy, and material recovery initiatives is perceived as environmentally sound methodologies to reduce waste, provide an affordable energy source, and to provide supplementary materials such as tyre rubber crumb for use in civil and construction applications. However, over the years, scientists have raised concerns over the long-term impact of end-of-life tyres on the environment and human health. This paper identifies the potential environmental and health impacts (including terrestrial, aquatic, and airborne) of reuse, material and energy-recovery waste tyre management options and reviews their life cycle assessment impacts. Despite the potentially hazardous chemicals employed in the manufacturing of tyres, published data reflects inconclusive evidence regarding the risks posed by applying waste tyres or waste tyre-derived rubbers to humans and the environment. The lack of definitive evidence is the motivation for this research, which also aims to contribute to the identification and assessment of ecologically acceptable tyre disposal strategies. To address this issue, many developed and developing countries have explored the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) tools to quantify the environmental loads associated with the life cycle stages of waste tyres, primarily manufacturing, transportation, application, and to identify the best disposal strategy (reuse, material, and energy recovery) that will yield the least environmental impacts.
AB - The utilization of post-consumer tyres in reuse, energy, and material recovery initiatives is perceived as environmentally sound methodologies to reduce waste, provide an affordable energy source, and to provide supplementary materials such as tyre rubber crumb for use in civil and construction applications. However, over the years, scientists have raised concerns over the long-term impact of end-of-life tyres on the environment and human health. This paper identifies the potential environmental and health impacts (including terrestrial, aquatic, and airborne) of reuse, material and energy-recovery waste tyre management options and reviews their life cycle assessment impacts. Despite the potentially hazardous chemicals employed in the manufacturing of tyres, published data reflects inconclusive evidence regarding the risks posed by applying waste tyres or waste tyre-derived rubbers to humans and the environment. The lack of definitive evidence is the motivation for this research, which also aims to contribute to the identification and assessment of ecologically acceptable tyre disposal strategies. To address this issue, many developed and developing countries have explored the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) tools to quantify the environmental loads associated with the life cycle stages of waste tyres, primarily manufacturing, transportation, application, and to identify the best disposal strategy (reuse, material, and energy recovery) that will yield the least environmental impacts.
KW - Environmental Impacts
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Material and energy recovery
KW - Waste tyres
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199215697&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-97-0372-2_55
DO - 10.1007/978-981-97-0372-2_55
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85199215697
SN - 9789819703715
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 671
EP - 693
BT - Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering - Selected Papers from the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering CFEEE 2023
A2 - Wen, Fushuan
A2 - Zhu, Jizhong
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CFEEE 2023
Y2 - 1 September 2023 through 3 September 2023
ER -