Mitsubishi Chemical Europe, our Story of using Life Cycle Assessment

Sustainability and its measurement are now crucial competitive advantages and business factors. The development of European environmental policy, for instance, the emergence of the Environmental Footprint (PEF/OEF) recommendation and the additional regulatory plans that can...

Comparison of ReCiPe 2016, ILCD 2011, CML-IA baseline and IMPACT 2002+ LCIA methods: a case study based on the electricity consumption mix in Europe

Purpose The international standards ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 do not specify a single method for the performance of life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). As a result, many different LCIA methods have been developed and...

How to model the dynamic Life Cycle Inventory for forest management activities?

Forest ecosystem services include serval aspects like provision of wood, recreation, fresh water supply, soil protection and climate regulation (Sodhi & Ehrlich, 2010). There is an expected increase in the demand of the wood-based products...

Promoting a circular economy for plastic coffee capsules in Portugal

The coffee capsules emerge in the last century as a quick, clean, and practical way to consume coffee in an array-up society. In the global market, in 2023, the consumption of coffee capsules represented approximately...

Enabling a circular economy for plastics: Life Cycle Assessment of Chemically Recycled Polyamide Multi-layer Packaging

Recycling technologies should aim to retain as much value in the material as possible, in line with the principles of the circular economy. Chemical recycling represents a technology with high potential to contribute to solving...

Measuring the Impact: Circular phosphate mining design strategies assessed based on LCA approach

In the pursuit of achieving energy transition and food security, phosphorus consists of a versatile element involved in several applications. Despite the fact that 80% of the phosphorus (P) is used in the agriculture sector,...

A Critical Evaluation of the Environmental Performance of the WELL Building Certification

One common approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by the industry, in the building sector, is the use of certification. However, existing certifications do not always seem to succeed in improving the environmental performance of...

A Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment of a Graphene-based Supercapacitor

Recent energy crises are mainly connected to the present geopolitical panorama, as well as to depletion of non-renewable resources and environmental degradation, posing the global energy supply chain under pressure. According to some observers, this...

Workshop 09: Smart materials use for sustainable infrastructure projects

ORIS Materials Intelligence is a digital platform for simulating and optimising the use of construction materials in infrastructure projects such as roads and railways. Its primary objective is to reduce the environmental impact at every...

Workshop 06: Toolkit for Material Circularity and Product Life Cycle: Development of circular products over the entire life cycle using the MCI methodology

This workshop provides participants with an understanding of Circular Economy with focus on practical applications and solutions with the use of a Toolkit that integrates the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) by Ellen MacArthur Foundation into...

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