Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis

S Hellweg, E Benetto, MAJ Huijbregts… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution—the triple planetary crisis—increasingly
threaten the Earth system, necessitating tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA) that can …

The critical role of process analysis in chemical recycling and upcycling of waste plastics

SR Nicholson, JE Rorrer, A Singh… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
There is an urgent need for new technologies to enable circularity for synthetic polymers,
spurred by the accumulation of waste plastics in landfills and the environment and the …

Attributional & consequential life cycle assessment: definitions, conceptual characteristics and modelling restrictions

T Schaubroeck, S Schaubroeck, R Heijungs… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
To assess the potential environmental impact of human/industrial systems, life cycle
assessment (LCA) is a very common method. There are two prominent types of LCA, namely …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of recycling: Urgent and undefined

D Tonini, PF Albizzati, D Caro, S De Meester… - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Quality of recycling is a concept used by many authors in the scientific literature and the EU
legislator. However, a clear definition of what is intended for quality of recycling and a …

Hybrid life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete and geopolymer concrete in Australia

SH Teh, T Wiedmann, A Castel, J de Burgh - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Concrete is the second most used material after water and the production of cement is
responsible for 5–8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. The development of low-carbon …

Measuring the performance of more circular complex product supply chains

E Bracquené, W Dewulf, JR Duflou - Resources, Conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper researches the possibility to measure the performance of more circular complex
product supply chains. Although a number of circularity indicators have already been …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative alkali-activator from steel-making waste for one-part alkali-activated slag

E Adesanya, K Ohenoja, A Di Maria, P Kinnunen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the use of desulphurization dust (DeS-dust) generated as a waste material
during steel-making process, as an alternative activator to commercial sodium hydroxide in …

Fishmeal partial substitution within aquafeed formulations: life cycle assessment of four alternative protein sources

S Maiolo, G Parisi, N Biondi, F Lunelli, E Tibaldi… - The international journal …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Fed aquaculture has long been based on fishmeal (FM) as the main protein source
for carnivorous species, but when its demand and price began increasing, both researchers …

Environmental assessment of asphalt mixtures modified with polymer coated rubber from scrap tires

A Farina, ME Kutay, A Anctil - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer coated rubber (PCR) is an engineered crumb rubber developed to address the
drawbacks of regular crumb rubber in asphalt mixtures, such as the absorption of asphalt …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment of non-beverage bottles made of recycled High Density Polyethylene

M Papo, B Corona - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The current plastic industry is associated with climate change, fossil fuel depletion and
littering of plastic waste. To reduce these environmental impacts, companies and …