In the modern economy, international value chains—production, use, and disposal of goods—have
global environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) aims to track these …

Life Cycle Assessment is a tool to assess the environmental impacts and resources used
throughout a product's life cycle, ie, from raw material acquisition, via production and use …

Research on the environmental impacts from the global value chain of plastics has typically
focused on the disposal phase, considered most harmful to the environment and human …

A material flow analysis of the 2012 Swiss waste management system is presented,
highlighting the material content available from waste. Half of municipal solid waste (MSW) is …

Introduction This paper provides an overview on the content of the ecoinvent database and
of selected metholodogical issues applied on the life cycle inventories implemented in the …

Motivation The other day I was waiting at the station for my train. Next to me a young lady
was nonchalantly leaning against the wall. Suddenly, she took a cigarette pack out of her …

A method for assessing the environmental impacts of freshwater consumption was developed.
This method considers damages to three areas of protection: human health, ecosystem …

Habitat degradation and subsequent biodiversity damage often take place far from the
place of consumption because of globalization and the increasing level of international trade. …

Global crop production is causing pressure on water and land resources in many places. In
addition to local resource management, the related environmental impacts of commodities …

A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) is performed to compare nanosilver T-shirts
with conventional T-shirts with and without biocidal treatment. For nanosilver production and …