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Linoleum Life Cycle AssessmentTRANSCRIPT
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EXTRACTION
- Types of resources used vary from non-renewable to renewable. Sometmes
bot! are used !and n !and.o Renewable" wood# cor$# and ot!er products related to wood
o Non-renewable" lmestone# ol# fossl fuels.
%RO&'CTION
- %roducton process nvolves envronmental to(n emssonso C!loro-or)anc compounds *CI-+OCs,
- Emts varous compounds produced by transportaton and t!e materal
producton tself nto t!e ar.o CO# CO# SO# TO
o All of w!c! are !aardous
- +OC emssono /ormalde!yde from resns
o
/urans produced by burnn) fuelo C!loro0uoro carbons *C/C, from solvents
- 1aste Accumulatono As!
o 2aardous wastes
TRANS%ORTATION
- 3ost raw materals under)o lon) dstance transportatono 3an materals *Ol# wood# cor$# lmestone# ttanum do(de,
o Components
- 'ses !u)e amount of non-renewable ener)y
o %artcularly Ol and %!enolo Consumes 456 of total ener)y related consumpton durn) t!e
7noleum producton process- 1orldwde dstrbuton s by truc$ and contaner s!p.
o On avera)e# every s8uare meter of 3armoleum s transported as
follows" Transport dstance 9:t truc$ 4;9 $m
Transport dstance <.5t truc$ */ne dstrbuton, 5< $m
Capacty utlaton truc$s *ncludn) empty runs, =56
Transport dstance Ocean s!p 9;>4 $m
Capacty utlaton Ocean s!p 9=6
INSTA77ATION AN& 'SE AN& 3AINTENANCE
- 'se of tle ad!esves?)lueso +OCs are possbly present dependn) on ad!esve.
/ormalde!yde
@sp!enola
o 'se low to no +OC as muc! as possble
- 46 of materal s cut of durn) nstallaton as materal waste.
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o Collected and recycle nto new 0oorn) materal
EN& 'SE - /or t!e end of lfe sta)e no landlln) s ta$en nto account# snce t!e
vast maBorty of t!e countres n w!c! 3armoleum s sold !ave a no landll polcy.
3armoleum !as been demonstrated to be compostable wt! no adverse
envronmental or !ealt! mpacts.