Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment of Pineapple Leaf Fibres

An alternative to non-biodegradable PPE base materials

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211228.016How to use a DOI?

Keywords

LCA; disposable PPE; pineapple leaf fibre

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Indonesia, there had been a steep increase in the need for personal protective equipment (PPE). This phenomenon left a directly proportional yield in solid waste production by 30-50%, generating a total of 1,662.75 tons as of October 2020. However, the capacity of medical waste treatment facilities is still limited. Disposable PPE base material generally comes from polymer blends with a degradation period of hundreds of years. One potential alternative for disposable PPE base material is pineapple leaf fibre. Pineapple leaves are a pineapple by-product. In 2018, pineapple production in Indonesia reached 1.81 million tons. Pineapple leaf fibre has a tensile strength of 2.21 kN/m and cellulose content of 70-80% making its resistance similar to polymer but with a soil degradation period of about 21 days. This study is an open-ended review aiming to compare the resulting impact of the disposable PPE base material surrogated by pineapple leaf fibre. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method is applied to analyse carbon footprint in the cradle-to-gate coverage, with the cradle as the harvest and the gate as the ready-to-ship product. The results of this study can open up various research opportunities regarding other LCAs for the production of fabrics made from pineapple leaf fibre and other applicable natural materials to reduce the period of degradation of medical waste.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Putri Rizky Salsabila
AU  - Altair Boonraksa
AU  - Innamia Indriani
AU  - Sabrina Ilma Sakina
AU  - Benno Rahardyan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/28
TI  - Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment of Pineapple Leaf Fibres
BT  - Proceedings of the ICON ARCCADE 2021: The 2nd International Conference on Art, Craft, Culture and Design (ICON-ARCCADE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 130
EP  - 139
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211228.016
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211228.016
ID  - Salsabila2021
ER  -