Report BIC Ball Point Pen
Lesecret
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Introduction
02.
Project Plan
03.
LCA
05.
Impact Assessment
04.
Conclusion & Solutions
Introduction
01
Introduction
1 million pens sold every hour
Sold in 160 countries
Writes for 2 kilometers
Bic Ballpoint Pen
Components of the pen
Ball Bearing
Point
Barrel
Cap
Ink
Components of the pen
Effects on Environment
Content of each pen
Each pen contains 5g of plastic, brass and 6.8 ml of crude oil
Waste
Bic factories annual waste productions is 21,179 Tons
Raw Material
BIC attributes 88% of its environmental footprint and pollution to the extraction/production phase of the pen’s life
Project Plan
02
Project Plan
Life Cycle Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Manufacturing Process
Solutions
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Manufacturing Process
Making the ink
Stamping and forming
Final assembly, packaging, and shipping
Molding the housing
Ink filling and assembly
BIC Ball Point Pen Manifaturing
LCA
Environmental Impact Assessment
Bic ballpoint pens are usually thrown in the trash and end up in landfills. But recycling and reusing is always an option.
A study shows that Americans toss 1.6 billion disposable pens annually. These plastic pens end up in landfills and as litter. Some of this plastic waste makes its way to our waterways, where it breaks down into microplastics, polluting our water and harming ocean life.
74% recycled material by weight.
Life Cycle Assessment
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The Scope of the LCA
Ball Bearing
Point
Barrel
Cap
Ink
LCA
Raw Materials
Use
Production
End Of Life
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4
Types of Raw Materials
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Plastic
2
Metal / Brass
3
TUNGSTEN CARBIDE
Plastic
Metal / Brass
TUNGSTEN CARBIDE
Assembly, Use & End Of Life
Life Cycle Assessment
85%
7%
4%
1%
3%
Raw Materials
Production
Distribution
End Of Life Cycle
Usage
Environmental Impact Assessment
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The casings of pens are often made with plastic materials, which are, at best, difficult to recycle, and at worst, not recyclable at all.
Transportation
Transportation accounts for 57% of emissions
3 % of the flows.
MANUFACTURING
79% of BIC pens are made in Bic-owned factories. These factories are implementing annual energy and water consumption, CO2 emissions and waste.
1.11% of tonne is CO2.
CO2% in Life Cycle of the BIC BALLPOINT PEN
MATERIAL CONTENT FOR EACH PEN
plastic
5 grams
brass
5 grams
crude oil
6.8 ml
1 grams
carbide tungsten
Environmental Impacts
fossil fuels, fresh water, metals
Resource depletion
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Global warming, Ozone depletion,
acid rain, habitat alteration, ecotoxicity
Ecological Damage
2
air pollutans, carcinogens,
health damaging substances
Human health Damage
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Solutions &Conclusion
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Recycle
Solutions
The best way to reduce the Bic ballpoint pens waste is to recycle it instead of disposing it
Reusing
By refilling used pens.
Conclusion
In our team project we studied the Bic ballpoint pens, and our study focused on the
materials uses
manufacturing Process
Environmental Impact
Life Cycle Assessment.
We choose the Bic ballpoint pens as product to our project because they are one of the most common used by many students, and employees. As well as the Bic ballpoint pens are one of the oldest and cheapest pens that ever used. All these reasons makes the Bic ballpoint pens have a high precent of waste.
Conclusion
In our project we study the life cycle assessment, and the environmental impact assessment of our project product BIC BALLPOINT PEN. We go through the life cycle of the product from raw materials up to it life ended. Likewise we discuss the diffrants environmental impacts of the product.
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