Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems–Part II: Methodological guidance for a better practice

A Laurent, J Clavreul, A Bernstad, I Bakas, M Niero… - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly used in waste management to identify strategies
that prevent or minimise negative impacts on ecosystems, human health or natural …

An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies

AS Bello, N Zouari, DA Da'ana, JN Hahladakis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in
managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date …

[图书][B] Life cycle assessment (LCA): a guide to best practice

W Klöpffer, B Grahl - 2014 - books.google.com
This first hands-on guide to ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes this powerful
tool immediately accessible to both professionals and students. Following a general …

Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment

MZ Hauschild, M Goedkoop, J Guinée… - … International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a field of active development. The last
decade has seen prolific publication of new impact assessment methods covering many …

Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox

M Owsianiak, MZ Hauschild, L Posthuma, E Saouter… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemicals emitted to the environment affect ecosystem health from local to global scale, and
reducing chemical impacts has become an important element of European and global …

Life cycle impact assessment

RK Rosenbaum, MZ Hauschild, AM Boulay… - Life cycle assessment …, 2018 - Springer
This chapter is dedicated to the third phase of an LCA study, the Life Cycle Impact
Assessment (LCIA) where the life cycle inventory's information on elementary flows is …

Life cycle assessment of microplastics reveals their greater environmental hazards than mismanaged polymer waste losses

X Zhao, F You - Environmental science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Concern about microplastic pollution sourced from mismanaged plastic waste losses to
drainage basins is growing but lacks relevant environmental impact analyses. Here, we …

Life cycle assessment of lithium sulfur battery for electric vehicles

Y Deng, J Li, T Li, X Gao, C Yuan - Journal of Power Sources, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is widely recognized as the most promising battery
technology for future electric vehicles (EV). To understand the environmental sustainability …

Introducing carrying capacity-based normalisation in LCA: framework and development of references at midpoint level

A Bjørn, MZ Hauschild - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2015 - Springer
Purpose There is currently a weak or no link between the indicator scores quantified in life
cycle assessment (LCA) and the carrying capacity of the affected ecosystems. Such a link …

Life cycle assessment of manufactured nanomaterials: where are we?

B Salieri, DA Turner, B Nowack, R Hischier - NanoImpact, 2018 - Elsevier
For over a decade, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been recognized as a valuable tool for
systematically evaluating the potential environmental impacts of manufactured nanomaterial …