Nanocelluloses as sustainable emerging technologies: State of the art and future challenges based on life cycle assessment

TT da Cruz, B Las-Casas, IKR Dias… - Sustainable Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) are valuable, emerging green materials distinguished by
their exceptional properties and a broad spectrum of potential applications in traditional and …

LCA of wood waste management systems: Guiding proposal for the standardization of studies based on a critical review

GCS Pinho, JL Calmon - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In environmental management, there are many opportunities to improve wood waste (WW)
management practices. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), according to ISO 14040, is a tool used …

Sustainability in reverse osmosis membranes waste management: Environmental and socioeconomic assessment

LB Grossi, EFO Neves, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
End-of-life reverse osmosis (EoL-RO) elements are a valuable product currently disposed
into the landfill. However, other noble destination options need to be taken into …

Environmental assessment in concrete industries

NBR Monteiro, JMM Neto, EA da Silva - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Concrete is a material used in civil construction applied to several works, which makes it one
of the most consumed products in the world. Concrete companies generate environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency, quality, and environmental impacts: A comparative study of residential artificial lighting

DF de Souza, PPF da Silva, LFA Fontenele… - Energy Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The recent ban on conventional incandescent lamps for residential use led Brazilian
consumers to choose from three main lighting technologies: incandescent halogen, CFL …

Optimization model to assess electric vehicles as an alternative for fleet composition in station-based car sharing systems

RFF Lemme, EF Arruda, L Bahiense - Transportation Research Part D …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electromobility can be one of many solutions to the environmental challenge facing society
nowadays, and the dissemination of policies towards the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) …

Life cycle assessment of the sugarcane supply chain in the Brazilian midwest region

TG Rodrigues, RL Machado - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sugarcane supply chain is one of the main contributors to economic development in
many countries. However, it is necessary to consider the relationship of this supply chain …

Case Study on Life Cycle Assessment Applied to Road Restoration Methods

G Luvizão, G Trichês - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Brazil's dependence on road transportation, combined with the high extent of the network
and the lack of investment management in maintenance and restoration, makes traffic …

A sustainable approach for urban farming based on city logistics concepts for local production and consumption of vegetables

RLM de Oliveira, IV Santos, GF Graciano… - Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
By 2050, there will be at least nine billion people in the world to be fed, and two-thirds of
them will live in cities. A before-after assessment of an urban horticulture scenario is …

A case study for an eco-design of aluminum terephthalate metal-organic framework-MIL-53 (Al) for CO2 and methane adsorption

JL de Miranda, TP de Abreu, JMB Neto… - Sustainable Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly promising materials for environmental
applications, including gas separation and CO 2 capture. In the present study, a detailed …