Prospective life cycle assessment of road infrastructure in the context of circular economy: advances, challenges, and opportunities
Session 09: Life Cycle Innovation in the Transport and Mobility Sector (1)
Road infrastructure is an integral building block of our society by provisioning essential services (e.g., movement of resources and commuting) and stimulating the socio-economic development of local communities. The deterioration of road infrastructure is a...
Recycled Content: Navigating Discrepancies Between Standards and LCA
As the circular economy gains momentum, "recycled content" has become a key metric for sustainability. However, a significant gap exists between how recycled content is defined between standards versus life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Based...
Reducing the carbon footprint of spirits through circular packaging: case study for Smirnoff Ice.
Session 02: Supporting the journey towards net zero and beyond with Life Cycle Approaches (2)
The global alcoholic beverage industry is an important economic sector with a retail sales value of £728 billion [4] and one of the major consumers of glass packaging [2]. Excellent barrier properties, sterility, reusability, and...
Resource Criticality & Prospective LCA of Metal Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Processes and Circularity Scenarios
Metal additive manufacturing consists in producing parts by adding material layer by layer from a digital model. This technology offers strong potential in terms of design freedom, functional integration, and material resource optimization. Despite these...
Resource efficiency and circular economy integrated in a systematic framework tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises in the chemical industry
The use of energy and raw materials in the industrial sector is a major contributor to global warming. In Germany, the chemical industry accounts for approximately one third of the total annual industrial electricity demand....
Rethinking Product Design with the Ecodesign Evaluation Framework for Sustainable Innovation
Despite the efforts to encourage sustainable product design, the linear design approach still persists in the creation of many products. At present, there is still a limited number of genuinely sustainable products on the market,...
Sustainability assessment of bio-based innovations: Monetizing externalities to facilitate decision-making towards a circular Bio-Economy
The transition to a circular bio-economy presents challenges for bio-based products in market competitiveness compared to fossil-based counterparts, due to higher research costs, production equipment expenses, and lower technical development. However, bio-based products offer potential...
The importance of hazardous substance tracking during the life cycle of circular products. Untracked legacy substances of concern as a showstopper for a circular economy
The importance of hazardous substance tracking during the life cycle of circular products. Untracked legacy substances of concern as a showstopper for a circular economy. The EU is doubling down on the transition towards a...
The Influence of Innovation on the Construction of Circular Business Models, a Systematic Review of the Literature
This article presents a systematic review of the literature on how innovation and new technologies help in the creation and implementation of circular businesses. For the study, a five-step process was adopted to carry out...
The Lifecycle of Second-hand Products: An Empirical Study on Longevity and Disposal by Product Category and Condition among C2C Users in Japan
The transition to a circular economy (CE) is a global priority, with reuse emerging as a key strategy to extend product lifecycles. The rapid growth of Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) online marketplaces is a key driver in...
The potential of data-science approaches for improving data collection, exchange, and analysis in Life Cycle Assessment
Session 06: Innovative Ways to Assess Sustainability with Life Cycle Approaches
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is dependent on accurate and high-quality data from the entire product lifecycle. The lack of such product and process data can make LCAs inaccurate. Moreover, data-driven decisions based on these results...
Towards Net Zero – How to develop Circular Business Models
Session 02: Supporting the journey towards net zero and beyond with Life Cycle Approaches (2)
The European Green Deal requires a zero carbon Europe until 2050.Consequently, all processes conducted, and actions taken need to ensure zero carbon emissions. Beside the areas of energy systems, logistics and living, it certainly also...
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