Life Cycle and Circular Economy Archives

Assessing Circularity Potentials and Customereducation to drive ecologically and economicallyeffective Materials Design for Circular Economy – A Case Study

Authors Wielopolski, Mateusz; Guerreschi, Asia Abstract Circular Economy, as the counterargument to the ‘make-take-dispose’ linear model, is anapproach that includes a variety of schools of thoughts looking at environmental, economic, andsocial sustainability. This, in turn, leads to a variety of strategies and often confusion when itcomes to choosing the right one to make a circular [...]

Assessing Circularity Potentials and Customereducation to drive ecologically and economicallyeffective Materials Design for Circular Economy – A Case Studylcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

Stochastic approach based on the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation used for Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) uncertainty analysis in the Rare Earth Elements (REEs) recovery

Session MO.2.A || Life Cycle Approaches in the Raw Materials Sector II Authors SALA, Dariusz; Bieda, Bogusław Abstract According to European Commission’s Report on Critical Raw Materials and the Circular Economy the raw materials, such as rare earths, have a high economic importance for the EU, and are essential for the production of a broad [...]

Stochastic approach based on the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation used for Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) uncertainty analysis in the Rare Earth Elements (REEs) recoverylcm20212021-09-30T20:01:07+00:00

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