Life cycle assessment of plastic waste management in eastern India

In this study, the life cycle assessment technique is used to assess and compare the environmental effects of existing plastic waste management scenarios based on the impact categories in India. The study considered end-of-life (gate-to-grave) treatment scenarios for plastic wastes, including landfilling, incineration, recycling, and pyrolysis. All four scenarios were assessed and compared based on their environmental impact using the CML 2001 baseline method in GaBi software. The results proved that landfilling had the least environmental impact in abiotic depletion potential, acidification, global warming, and human toxicity potential, followed by recycling. Pyrolysis and incineration had the most negative impacts on the environment. Transport distance (40 and 100 km) has minor environmental impact (mostly