Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is expected to a sustainable solution to alter the virgin
aggregate concrete (VAC) in structural use. While it is able to address environmental issues …

Recent advances in algal biotechnology and bioprocess engineering have been supported
by techno-economic and life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies to develop cost …

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 …

The present study investigates–from an environmental perspective–the processes that lead
to the conversion of waste plastics into recycled plastic pellets to be used either as an …

There has been increasing attention recently to reprocessing of mining waste, which aims to
recover potentially valuable materials such as metals and other byproducts from untapped …

Purpose A circular (bio) economy is sustained through use of secondary raw material and
biomass feedstock. In life cycle assessment (LCA), the approach applied to address the …

Continuous research efforts have been developed in the literature to raise the sustainability
components of the road infrastructure industry, ie, reduce potential contaminants and …

Dairy products play an important role in human nutrition, but at the same time, the dairy
sector is a major contributor to global warming. The conversion from conventional to organic …

Waste from primary mining operations, especially mine tailings, receive much attention as
potential secondary resources that can transform liabilities into resources. The primary …

Modelling the use or the supply of recycled materials in a product-oriented Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) is challenging and a step in LCA that is typically associated with …