Life Cycle Assessment of paint

Fichier: 

This brochure presents an overall description of the analyses and the results of the report, Lifecycle Assessment of Paint, IVL

Type: 

ACV complète non disponible sur le web (Résumé)

Comparative: 

oui

Année de publication: 

2004

Langue: 

Anglais

Code: 

Construction/Building

Code: 

Home Care Products

Produit: 

paint

The most important conclusions are summarised below. • It is environmentally advantageous to extend
the working life of products by surface-treating them with paint.
• For solvent-based paint, the solvent, binding agent, pigment and manufacture are responsible for approximately equal proportions of environ- mental loading within the different areas of gre- enhouse effect, low-level ozone, acidification and eutrophication.
• For powder paint, the picture is more diffuse - the greenhouse effect is affected most by bin- ding agents. Low-level ozone originates mainly in the binding agents and the eutrophication effect is caused almost entirely by filler.
• In all cases, transportation accounts for negli- gible environmental loading

The general conclusion of the study is that the greatest part of the environmental impact originates in the actual object which has been painted in most cases, e.g. shelf, kitchen cabinet doors or timber weatherboarding. This applies to most categories for environmental impact. At the same time, the paint’s environmental impact cannot be ignored when the environmental impact of a surface-treated product is analysed.