Life Cycle and Circular Economy Archives

Material characterization allowing the realization of multi-scale circular economy studies: from research to practice

Authors TIRADO FABIAN, Deanira Rafaela Abstract Recent policies and researches confirm that the circular economy (CE) is indispensable to achieving the ecological transition and sustainable development because it offers strategies to face challenges such as reducing waste production and the scarcity of primary resources. As the construction sector is one of the largest consumers of [...]

Material characterization allowing the realization of multi-scale circular economy studies: from research to practicelcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

Environmental and socio-economic benefits of circularity in real estate management

Session TU.1.A || Circular Economy Buildings – from Research to Practice Authors Rydberg, Tomas; Andersson, Johanna; Gerhardsson, Hanna; Kultje, Eva; Lewrén, Adam; Loh Lindholm, Carina; Löfving, Joel Abstract The environmental potential of reusing interior and building products (notably furniture, lighting, doors, windows, flooring and ceilings) has been calculated by a rather basic model based on [...]

Environmental and socio-economic benefits of circularity in real estate managementlcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

Environmental Impacts of Novel Routes for Sc Production from Bauxite Residues and Tio2 Production Wastes

Authors Hengevoss, Dirk; Lenz, Markus; Misev, Victor; Feigl, Vitoria Abstract Scandium (Sc) is high-valued element and a key component in producing high strength aluminum alloys but Sc supply is limited. Sc-producing countries are China (66%), Russia (26%) and Ukraine (7%). The use of Sc containing waste streams such as bauxite residue (BR) from alumina production [...]

Environmental Impacts of Novel Routes for Sc Production from Bauxite Residues and Tio2 Production Wasteslcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

Identifying Product Life Cycle Stage of Hard Carbon Anode Materials

Authors Liu, Huiting Abstract As lithium-ion batteries are facing the challenges of potential resource scarcity and insecure supply chain, sodium-ion battery is widely discussed as a promising alternative due to its low cost and use of abundant elements. Hard carbon, also called non-graphitizable carbon, is the most suitable anode for sodium-ion batteries so far. As [...]

Identifying Product Life Cycle Stage of Hard Carbon Anode Materialslcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

Identification of dissipative emissions for improved assessment of metal resource use in LCA

Session MO.1.A || Life Cycle Approaches in the Raw Materials Sector Authors Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Hauschild, Michael Abstract Environmental dissipation is a novel approach to account for impacts from mineral resource use. In contrast to all other resource-related life cycle impact assessment methods, which use data on extractions as input to calculation of indicator scores, environmental [...]

Identification of dissipative emissions for improved assessment of metal resource use in LCAlcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00