Macroeconomics

Economic feasibility

Engineering

Ecology

Polymer chemistry

Biology

Microeconomics

Materials science

Return on investment

Agricultural science

Economics

Net present value

Waste management

Environmental engineering

Greenhouse gas

Mathematics

Politics

Political science

Toxicology

Life-cycle assessment

Payback period

Economic analysis

Environmental science

Internal rate of return

Economic evaluation

Chemistry

Food waste

Polybutylene succinate

Investment (military)

Agricultural economics

Pulp and paper industry

Production (economics)

Waste Management

In this present study, the production of poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) from food waste was investigated and critical factors were evaluated. The economic feasibility of the process was investigated, as well as the minimum selling price (MSP) of PBS and sensitivity analysis of economic factors based on critical input parameters. 1,4-butanediol price and solvent usage in PBS purification significantly impacted economics during the process. In this process, the MSP of PBS was 3.5 $/kg. The Monte Carlo simulation technique was used to determine the uncertainty in the MSP of PBS. The plant's return on investment (ROI), payback period, internal rate of return (IRR), and net present value (NPV) were 15.79 %, 6.33 years, 16.48 %, and 58,879,000 USD, respectively. The environmental impact factors were evaluated. The results showed the GHG emission from the process was 5.19 kg CO2-eq/kg of PBS which is low than conventional PBS production.

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of poly (butylene succinate) production using food waste