The increasing amount of plastic waste generated each year, fuelled by the growing
consumption of single-use plastics in food packaging applications, threatens the integrity of …

Biodegradable biobased polymers derived from biomass (such as plant, animal, marine, or
forestry material) show promise in replacing conventional petrochemical polymers …

Purpose Lignin extraction in pulp mills and biorefineries are emerging technologies. Lignin
is always the product of a multi-output process. Assessing such processes using life cycle …

Global transitions to circular economies of plastic could pose both risks and opportunities for
human health. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can help to quantify possible health effects …

Purpose The aim of this review is to evaluate previous life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of
first-and second-generation bioplastics, to understand the state of the art and the main …

New composite materials (suitable for automotive bumpers), composed of recycled high-
density polyethylene (rHDPE) and leather buffing dust waste (BF) ranging from 20 to 50 …

Carbon fibers (CFs) are promising lightweight materials to reduce vehicle fuel consumption.
However, the most widely used polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based CF production process …

Bioplastics have a high potential to replace conventional and less environmentally friendly
plastics. A transition is already well approached in some sectors, such as food packaging …

Lignin-based carbon fibres may replace both glass fibres and fossil-based carbon fibres.
The objective of this study was to determine the environmental impact of the production of …

The presence of geometric discontinuity in a material reduces considerably its resistance to
mechanical stresses, therefore reducing the service life of materials. The analysis of …