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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21322| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Climbing ropes : environmental hotspots in their life cycle and potentials for optimization |
| Authors: | Bradford, Sebastian Rupf, Reto Stucki, Matthias |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13020707 10.21256/zhaw-21322 |
| Published in: | Sustainability |
| Volume(Issue): | 13 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 707 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | MDPI |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Climbing rope; Polyamide; Life cycle assessment; LCA; Greenhouse gas emission; User behaviour; Mountaineering; Outdoor activity; Product development |
| Subject (DDC): | 338.927: Environmental economics and sustainable development |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the environmental impacts of climbing ropes using life cycle assessment (LCA). An online survey was conducted to evaluate users’ behaviour and the potential of an open loop recycling project for old ropes. The results of the LCA study show that the production of the base material, polyamide 6, has, at 50%, the highest impact on the total global warming potential of 46.6 kg CO2-eq. per climbing rope and on most of the other environmental issues. At present, there is no practical alternative for a base material. However, the survey indicated a high willingness of climbers to return their ropes for the purpose of recycling. If all old ropes stored at home or being used for non-climbing purposes in Switzerland were to be recycled, 1170 t CO2-eq. could be saved by substituting primary material and avoiding waste incineration. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/21322 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Bradford, S., Rupf, R., & Stucki, M. (2021). Climbing ropes : environmental hotspots in their life cycle and potentials for optimization. Sustainability, 13(2), 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020707
Bradford, S., Rupf, R. and Stucki, M. (2021) ‘Climbing ropes : environmental hotspots in their life cycle and potentials for optimization’, Sustainability, 13(2), p. 707. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020707.
S. Bradford, R. Rupf, and M. Stucki, “Climbing ropes : environmental hotspots in their life cycle and potentials for optimization,” Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 707, 2021, doi: 10.3390/su13020707.
BRADFORD, Sebastian, Reto RUPF und Matthias STUCKI, 2021. Climbing ropes : environmental hotspots in their life cycle and potentials for optimization. Sustainability. 2021. Bd. 13, Nr. 2, S. 707. DOI 10.3390/su13020707
Bradford, Sebastian, Reto Rupf, and Matthias Stucki. 2021. “Climbing Ropes : Environmental Hotspots in Their Life Cycle and Potentials for Optimization.” Sustainability 13 (2): 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020707.
Bradford, Sebastian, et al. “Climbing Ropes : Environmental Hotspots in Their Life Cycle and Potentials for Optimization.” Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 2, 2021, p. 707, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020707.
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