Table 1 Collation of typical HPP material properties for Brand D.
From: Life cycle assessment of a luxury fashion brand’s HPP event booth in the context of circular economy
Sector of item | Name of item | Frequency of Use Before Recycling | Materials Potentially Involved | Materials recoverability assessment | Fatures and functions of material |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Structure | Floor | ✕ Rarely reused, they will be dismantled and discarded after the event | No floor | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | The HPP flooring is intended to protect the site’s original surface. If the original surface is durable and requires minimal protection, such as concrete or soil, the flooring may be left in place. However, such cases are rare |
PVC artificial flooring | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Cheap and easy to assemble | |||
Solid wood flooring (Usually in hardwoods such as oak and walnut) | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Expensive, reflecting the class of the brand | |||
Wall | ✕ Rarely reused, they will be dismantled and discarded after the event | Metal wall keel (usually light steel keel, made of aluminium alloy sheet or cold rolled galvanised sheet) | ✓ Recycle | Cheap, lightweight and load-bearing as a wall support structure | |
Wooden wall keel | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | As a wall support structure, cheap, lightweight, with average load-bearing capacity | |||
Wooden wall coverings, most commonly made of chipboard | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Non-load-bearing veneer panels | |||
Putty powder | ✕ Straight to the landfill/ incineration | Putty powder, known for being cheap, lightweight, and decorative, is one of the most widely used materials in the decoration industry. It is primarily composed of heavy calcium, light calcium, wollastonite, cellulose, water-soluble starch, and titanium dioxide. These components are added to a mixer and blended thoroughly until the mixture meets the appropriate standards | |||
Off-wall frame | ? The entire frame is rarely reused, while the individual bars will be repurposed | Stainless steel bars with baking paint of Polyester, epoxy resin, polyurethane (the most common occasion) | ✓ Recycle | In the case of a frame structure with a large span, it will act as an expensive load-bearing structure | |
Aluminium alloy + painted (the most common occasion) | ✓ Recycle | Light , and easy to assemble | |||
In-wall frame | ? The entire frame is rarely reused, while the individual bars will be repurposed | Lightweight steel keel (the most common occasion) | ✓ Recycle | Made from steel, a metallic material that can be recycled and reused many times over | |
Pine wall keel (the most common occasion) | ✓ Recycle | Biodegradable | |||
Furniture | Product display stand | ✕Hardly ever use it again.(but in the case of the insert form—where the spacing can be adjusted—it may be used several times.) | Acrylic | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Carrying a small amount of cosmetic load-bearing |
Cabinet | ? Whether to reuse depends mainly on the brand idea (The better quality cabinets will be used twice. If the brand decides to recycle, in most cases will be disassembled by a dedicated company will be left with the panels, the external finish will be stripped and sanded off (generated pollution)) | Metal | ✓ Recycle Non-renewable | Non-load-bearing finish panels, mainly stainless steel, brass and aluminum | |
Mirror Glass | ✓ Recycle | Non-load-bearing veneer panels | |||
Transparent glass | ✓ Recycle | Non-load-bearing veneer panels | |||
Leather | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Non-load-bearing veneer panels | |||
Chipboard (Made from recycled wood products) | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Non-load-bearing veneer panels | |||
Plywood (Made from recycled wood products) | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Load-bearing structural panels Plywood materials have the advantages of light weight, high strength and durability, and are relatively inexpensive to produce | |||
Pressed plywood | ✓ Recycle several times before landfill/ incineration | Wooden skeleton A kind of board made of multi-layer thin wood or other materials after gluing and compression, with good strength and stability | |||
Chairs | ✓ High probability of being reused multiple times | Mix materials | Reuse | ||
✓ High probability of being reused multiple times | Mix materials | Reuse | |||
Electrical Equipment | Track spotlights Bulbs multi media equipment | ✓ High probability of being reused multiple times | Metal shell (Aluminum) + COB lens (light source) or LED | Reuse | |
Art Installation | Mix materials | ✕ Hardly ever use it again | General materials: aluminum, acrylic, led light source etc | ✕ Straight to disposed | To appear as a device of attraction; Easy to shape, brilliant effect (decorative oriented) |
Facing Material | Mix materials | ✕ Hardly ever use it again | General materials: paper, cardboard packaging, wood paneling, glass etc | ✕ Straight to the landfill/ incineration | For decoration |
