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<div>Research on environmental impact assessment in metal production continues to evolve. The developing "chill-on-demand" system is expected to be a revolution in the industry in minimizing negative climate changes. It is used, for example, in industrial cans and storing food products. Therefore, opportunities for this product are still being sought, mainly in the context of the possibility of recycling its steel and aluminum elements (HEU). The purpose of the research was to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of a beverage can with a cooling system and to determine the eco-costs incurred during the life cycle of this product. Life cycle assessment was carried out on the ISO 14040 standard. The analysis was supported by FOOTPRINTCALC 1.2. calculator designed to measure and improve the environmental impact of products. The data were modeled for carbon footprint and eco-costs. The test results showed that the self-cooling beverage can produce in LCA: i) about 101.430 kgCO2e, ii) about 27.64 euros eco-costs, which must be reduced to reduce environmental burdens. Future research will analyze various production scenarios for this type of product.</div>
Keywords: LCA, Eco-cost, self-cooling can, carbon footprint, mechanical engineering© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.