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Summary of Research Study SKZ Das Kunststoff-Zentrum Association for the promotion of the Southern German Plastics Center
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Participants
(1) SKZ-KFE gGmbH (2) Karlsruher Institut fr Technologie (KIT) (3) Georg August Universitt Gttingen
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WPC - Background
Product
WPC consists of plastics (PP, PE, PVC), wood (saw dust or wood fiber) and additives (e.g. anti-oxidants, UV protection, biocides, pigments, adhesion promoter)
Market
Biggest market is the US
Overall big growth rates expected including Europe China expected to start producing WPC on big scale in coming years
Applications
Decking (42% of European Production) Automotive
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8 6
Treated pine
4 2 0
Tropical timber Extruded profile WPC Solid profile WPC GWP ODP POCP AP EP KEA total
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+867%
+500%
6 5 4 3
2 1 0
Concerning global warming potential treated timber is the most ecological alternative
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13%
67%
36%
33%
33% 18%
Treated timber deck
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70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Decoloration
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Heating up
Swelling
Distortion
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Cracks
Splinter
Fungi attack
End consumers feel not disturbed by very often observed decoloration of timber
Fungi attack seldom observed but impact is huge
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Fungi attack seen as the most disturbing one (>60% of end consumers)
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90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
very good - good average - sufficient insufficient - poor WPC deck Treated timber deck
Only 38% of WPC deck owners are satisfied 16% are unhappy
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Summary
Home-grown timber is most ecological choice in Sustainability benchmark conducted by the Association to promote WPC
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After 5 years
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BACKUP
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Life Cycle Inventory ... quantification of inputs and outputs Life Cycle Assessment ... evaluation of environmental impacts absolute results
Eco-Efficiency Analysis ... including all life cycle costs comparison of products or processes ecological and economic aspects have equal weight in the assessment normalized results ... method validated by TV and NSF
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