{"id":5895,"date":"2026-03-02T16:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/?p=5895"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:15:05","slug":"evaluating-the-environmental-impact-of-wood-plastic-composites-using-recycled-polyethylene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/evaluating-the-environmental-impact-of-wood-plastic-composites-using-recycled-polyethylene\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Wood-Plastic Composites Using Recycled Polyethylene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdf-viewer-block-standard\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uploaded-pdf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/11_EVALUATING-THE-ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPACT-OF-WOOD-PLASTIC-\u0421OMPOSITES-USING-RECYCLED-POLYETHYLENE.pdf\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study evaluates the environmental impact of producing wood plastic composites (WPC) using recycled polyethylene (rPE) compared to virgin polyethylene (PE). The assessment was based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards, applying the Leontief model to quantify environmental performance indicators. Two key parameters were analysed: specific CO2 emissions and the amount of waste destined for landfilling. The findings indicate that the incorporation of rPE into WPC production leads to an approximate 2.7-fold reduction in total CO\u2082 emissions and a tenfold decrease in landfilled waste. Even when accounting for the additional 10% emissions associated with waste collection and sorting, the overall reduction remains above 60%. These findings are consistent with contemporary circular economy strategies and confirm the environmental feasibility of substituting virgin polymers with recycled feedstock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5422],"tags":[5499,1145,5500,5498,4937],"release_year":[],"ppma_author":[5458,1660,5459,718],"class_list":["post-5895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wood-research-volume-71-number-1-2026","tag-circular-economy","tag-environmental-impact","tag-life-cycle-assessment","tag-recycled-polyethylene","tag-wood-plastic-composites"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Katar\u00edna Kalu\u017en\u00e1","author_link":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/author\/kaluznavupc-sk\/"},"authors":[{"term_id":5458,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"pavlo-lyutyy","display_name":"PAVLO LYUTYY","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":1660,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"pavlo-bekhta","display_name":"PAVLO BEKHTA","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":5459,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"galyna-ortynska","display_name":"GALYNA ORTYNSKA","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":718,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"jan-sedliacik","display_name":"J\u00c1N SEDLIA\u010cIK","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5895\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5895"},{"taxonomy":"release_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_year?post=5895"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodresearch.sk\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}