Case Study

A company has developed a formulation for wood$-$plastic composites $($WPCs$)$ based on post$-$consumer PVC$.$ The final WPC contains $40\%$ r$-$PVC and $60\%$ sawdust. Rank this WPC according to life cycle assessment $($LCA$)$ and green design principles methods.

$\backslash$table$[[$Material$,\backslash$table$[[$Green$],[$Design$],[$Rank$]],\backslash$table$[[$LCA$],[$Rank$]]],[$PLA $($NatureWorks$),1,6],[$PHA $($Utilizing Stover$),2,4],[$PHA $($General$),2,8],[$PLA $($General$),4,9],[$High Density Polyethylene,$5,2],[$Polyethylene Terephthalate,$6,10],[$Low Density Polyethylene,$7,3],[$Bio$-$polyethylene Terephthalate,$8,12],[$Polypropylene$,9,1],[$General Purpose Polystyrene,$10,5],[$Polyvinyl chloride,$11,7],[$Polycarbonate$,12,11]]$