Within developing countries, wastewater treatment (WWT) has improved in recent years but
remains a high priority sustainability challenge. Accordingly, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

To describe and measure the apparent pressures humanity poses to functioning of the
crucial Earth systems, scientists have long strived to develop comprehensive indicators, of …

Purpose Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been used to assess freshwater-related impacts
according to a new water footprint framework formalized in the ISO 14046 standard. To date …

This report is the outcome of a consensus-building project to agree on best practices for
environmental and nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) methodology, and identify …

Polylactide (PLA) is both bio‐based and biodegradable and has therefore attracted
increased attention for single-use plastics applications. Under the context of the recent EU …

The water footprint (WF) has been developed within the water resources research
community as a volumetric measure of freshwater appropriation. The concept is used to …

Water footprinting has emerged as an important approach to assess water use related
effects from consumption of goods and services. Assessment methods are proposed by two …

We present an improved water-scarcity metric we call water depletion, calculated as the
fraction of renewable water consumptively used for human activities. We employ new data …

Towards decarbonizing the global economy, hydrogen produced through water electrolysis
is expected to be one of the key solutions for variable renewable energy storage and sector …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been proved to act as a desirable tool to evaluate the
environmental impacts of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, the application of …