Life Cycle Assessment of Ball Bladder Production With and Without Recycled Rubbers

Background: environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion are one ofthe most controversial concerns of scientists due to their several potential impacts on the earthas a result of long-term emission of greenhouse gases, mainly ch4 and co2. evidence ofgreenhouse gas emissions during rubber production provides important and useful data for lifecycle assessment (lca). the present study aimed to reduce the emission rate of greenhousegases in the ball bladder production process using natural rubber in combination with recycledrubber.methods: in this regard, a lca in simapro 8.0.1 software using cml2001 method wasconducted on data related to the resources, chemicals, raw materials and energy consumptionduring ball manufacturing in tanin peak sabalan factory, ardabil, iran.results: our findings revealed that the ball bladder with natural rubber had the largest contributionto the ozone layer depletion (39.2%) and global warming (41.1%), while the bladder with bothrecycled and natural rubbers had an impact of 27.9% and 29.5%, respectively.conclusion: in conclusion, the ball bladder with both recycled and natural rubbers is less ecodestructivethan that the bladder with only natural rubber.