Outside the safe operating space of the planetary boundary for novel entities

L Persson, BM Carney Almroth… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
We submit that the safe operating space of the planetary boundary of novel entities is
exceeded since annual production and releases are increasing at a pace that outstrips the …

Toward assessing absolute environmental sustainability of chemical pollution

MB Kosnik, MZ Hauschild, P Fantke - Environmental science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemicals are widely used in modern society, which can lead to negative impacts on
ecosystems. Despite the urgent relevance for global policy setting, there are no established …

Review of life-cycle based methods for absolute environmental sustainability assessment and their applications

A Bjørn, C Chandrakumar, AM Boulay… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In many regions and at the planetary scale, human pressures on the environment exceed
levels that natural systems can sustain. These pressures are caused by networks of human …

Species sensitivity distributions for use in environmental protection, assessment, and management of aquatic ecosystems for 12 386 chemicals

L Posthuma, J van Gils, MC Zijp… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The present study considers the collection and use of ecotoxicity data for risk assessment
with species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) of chemical pollution in surface water, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Waste LCA and the future

V Bisinella, S Schmidt, AS Varling, D Laner… - Waste management, 2024 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) models quantifying the environmental aspects of waste
management have become an integral part of waste management decision-making over the …

[KNJIGA][B] The water footprint of modern consumer society

AY Hoekstra - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can
reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. Since the publication of the …

Chemical pollution imposes limitations to the ecological status of European surface waters

L Posthuma, MC Zijp, D De Zwart, D Van de Meent… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Aquatic ecosystems are affected by man-made pressures, often causing combined impacts.
The analysis of the impacts of chemical pollution is however commonly separate from that of …

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 …

The challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chains

R Clift, S Sim, H King, JL Chenoweth, I Christie… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the
ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in …

Towards a holistic and solution-oriented monitoring of chemical status of European water bodies: how to support the EU strategy for a non-toxic environment?

W Brack, BI Escher, E Müller, M Schmitt-Jansen… - Environmental Sciences …, 2018 - Springer
The definition of priority substances (PS) according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD)
helped to remove many of these chemicals from the market and to reduce their …