[HTML][HTML] Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions

G Bishop, D Styles, PNL Lens - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
There is currently a shift from petrochemical to bio-based plastics (bioplastics). The
application of comprehensive and appropriately designed LCA studies are imperative to …

Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment

S Hellweg, L Milà i Canals - Science, 2014 - science.org
In the modern economy, international value chains—production, use, and disposal of goods—
have global environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) aims to track these …

[HTML][HTML] Accounting for the climate benefit of temporary carbon storage in nature

HD Matthews, K Zickfeld, A Koch, A Luers - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Nature-based climate solutions can contribute to climate mitigation, but the vulnerability of
land carbon to disturbances means that efforts to slow or reverse land carbon loss could …

[HTML][HTML] 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] Metrics for optimising the multi-dimensional value of resources recovered from waste in a circular economy: A critical review

E Iacovidou, CA Velis, P Purnell, O Zwirner… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Established assessment methods focusing on resource recovery from waste within a circular
economy context consider few or even a single domain/s of value, ie environmental …

Using attributional life cycle assessment to estimate climate‐change mitigation benefits misleads policy makers

RJ Plevin, MA Delucchi… - Journal of Industrial …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is generally described as a tool for environmental decision
making. Results from attributional LCA (ALCA), the most commonly used LCA method, often …

A critical review on life cycle analysis of algae biodiesel: current challenges and future prospects

A Chamkalani, S Zendehboudi, N Rezaei… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle analysis (LCA) of algal biodiesel production process can provide a quantitative
measure for its sustainability. In this paper, the published LCA studies of algae biodiesel …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki

M Ariluoma, J Ottelin, R Hautamäki… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities have been identified as key actors in climate change mitigation. Nature based carbon
sinks have been suggested as a means of mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions of …

Critical aspects in the life cycle assessment (LCA) of bio-based materials–Reviewing methodologies and deriving recommendations

P Pawelzik, M Carus, J Hotchkiss, R Narayan… - Resources …, 2013 - Elsevier
Concerns over non-renewable fossil fuel supply and climate change have been driving the
Renaissance of bio-based materials. To substantiate environmental claims, the impacts of …

Biogenic carbon and temporary storage addressed with dynamic life cycle assessment

A Levasseur, P Lesage, M Margni… - Journal of Industrial …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A growing tendency in policy making and carbon footprint estimation gives value to
temporary carbon storage in biomass products or to delayed greenhouse gas (GHG) …