Abstract
As the importance of environmental strategy is gaining weight, a number of tire manufacturers are quantifying the environmental aspect of a product in order to reduce the environmental impact of the product and devise an environmental strategy for the product. In this study, the environmental impact of Passenger Car Radial(PCR) tire and Truck Bus Radial(TBR) tire was quantified using Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) and Carbon Footprint which are the two of the main methods for assessing environmental impact. Life cycle in the LCA was divided into 6 categories: raw material extraction and production phase, transportation phase, product manufacturing phase, distribution phase, use phase, disposal and recycle phase. As a result, it was found that the use phase had the highest environmental impact, and the tread showed especially high environmental impact among all parts. This study suggests a direction for environmental strategy for a product in each phases of the LCA method by analyzing case studies and utilizing the LCA and Carbon Footprint assessment done by major tire manufacturers.
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