Organic waste valorisation towards circular and sustainable biocomposites

E Lizundia, F Luzi, D Puglia - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The adoption of circular production and consumption patterns that counteract the current
issues related to the depletion of natural resources, global warming, and environmental …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

Environmental assessment of emerging technologies: recommendations for prospective LCA

R Arvidsson, AM Tillman, BA Sandén… - Journal of Industrial …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The challenge of assessing emerging technologies with life cycle assessment (LCA) has
been increasingly discussed in the LCA field. In this article, we propose a definition of …

[HTML][HTML] Critical appraisal of the circular economy standard BS 8001: 2017 and a dashboard of quantitative system indicators for its implementation in organizations

S Pauliuk - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
So far, organizations had no authoritative guidance on circular economy (CE) principles,
strategies, implementation, and monitoring. Consequentially, the British Standards Institution …

Robust optimization of risk-aware, resilient and sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design with Lagrange relaxation and fix-and-optimize

R Lotfi, Z Sheikhi, M Amra, M AliBakhshi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores a Robust, Risk-aware, Resilient, and Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply
Chain Network Design (3RSCLSCND) to tackle demand fluctuation like COVID-19 …

A robust optimization model for sustainable and resilient closed-loop supply chain network design considering conditional value at risk

R Lotfi, YZ Mehrjerdi, MS Pishvaee… - … Algebra, Control and …, 2020 - aimsciences.org
One of the challenges facing supply chain designers is designing a sustainable and resilient
supply chain network. The present study considersa closed-loop supply chain by taking into …

Guiding the design space for nanotechnology to advance sustainable crop production

LM Gilbertson, L Pourzahedi, S Laughton, X Gao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The globally recognized need to advance more sustainable agriculture and food systems
has motivated the emergence of transdisciplinary solutions, which include methodologies …

Re-assessment of net energy production and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance after 40 years of photovoltaics development

A Louwen, WG Van Sark, APC Faaij… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Since the 1970s, installed solar photovoltaic capacity has grown tremendously to 230
gigawatt worldwide in 2015, with a growth rate between 1975 and 2015 of 45%. This rapid …

Life cycle assessment of CO 2 capture and utilization: a tutorial review

N Von Der Assen, P Voll, M Peters… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Capturing CO2 and using it as an alternative carbon feedstock for chemicals, fuels and
materials has the potential to reduce both CO2 emissions and fossil resource depletion. To …

How to assess the potential of emerging green technologies? Towards a prospective environmental and techno-economic assessment framework

G Thomassen, M Van Dael, S Van Passel, F You - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
For sustainable production and consumption, emerging green technologies need to be
optimized towards a minimal environmental impact and a maximal economic impact. In an …