[HTML][HTML] Combinations of material flow analysis and life cycle assessment and their applicability to assess circular economy requirements in EU product regulations. A …

R Barkhausen, L Rostek, ZC Miao, V Zeller - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic literature review of 44 prospective studies that apply the
combination of material flow analysis and life cycle assessment. Our study investigates the …

How to assess the potential of emerging green technologies? Towards a prospective environmental and techno-economic assessment framework

G Thomassen, M Van Dael, S Van Passel, F You - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
For sustainable production and consumption, emerging green technologies need to be
optimized towards a minimal environmental impact and a maximal economic impact. In an …

[HTML][HTML] The Activity Browser—An open source LCA software building on top of the brightway framework

B Steubing, D de Koning, A Haas, CL Mutel - Software Impacts, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Activity Browser is an open source software for advanced Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA). The Activity Browser provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to the …

Environmental aspects of insect mass production

S Smetana, R Spykman… - Journal of Insects as …, 2021 - wageningenacademic.com
Mass production of insects is calling for environmentally optimised and economically
efficient insect value chains. It is a complex task considering a great variety in insect species …

Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity

JA Bergerson, A Brandt, J Cresko… - Journal of Industrial …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysts are increasingly being asked to conduct life cycle‐
based systems level analysis at the earliest stages of technology development. While early …

[HTML][HTML] Stepwise guidance for data collection in the life cycle inventory (LCI) phase: Building technology-related LCI blocks

K Saavedra-Rubio, N Thonemann, E Crenna… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Life cycle inventory (LCI) data gathering is one of the most time-consuming and data-
intensive tasks in life cycle assessment (LCA) studies. Until now, it has mainly been …

[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 …

Quo vadis MFA? Integrated material flow analysis to support material efficiency

J Baars, MA Rajaeifar, O Heidrich - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Material efficiency (ME) strategies are pursued by governments and companies to reduce
environmental emissions, improve supply chain resilience, and enhance cost …

Ways to get work done: a review and systematisation of simplification practices in the LCA literature

S Beemsterboer, H Baumann, H Wallbaum - The International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Within the field of life cycle assessment (LCA), simplifications are a response to the
practical restrictions in the context of a study. In the 1990s, simplifications were part of a …

Combined application of Life Cycle Assessment and linear programming to evaluate food waste-to-food strategies: Seeking for answers in the nexus approach

J Laso, M Margallo, I García-Herrero, P Fullana… - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
The great concern regarding food loss (FL) has been studied previously, but in an isolated
way, disregarding interdependencies with other areas. This paper aims to go a step further …