The Medellin Declaration on Marine Litter in Life Cycle Assessment and Mnagement was facilitated by the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle innovation (FSLCI) in close cooperation with La Red Iberoamericana de Cicolo de Vida (RICV on Wednesday, 14 June 2017.
LCA
Posted on: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 15:32
Posted on: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 13:00
The new British ten pound notes came into circulation on September 14, 2017 – The Bank of England decided to move to polymer notes because they are cleaner, safer and stronger than paper notes. An LCA study was conducted to determine the most suitable end of life solution for the new polymer notes, and recycling them turned out to be the most favourable option according to the study.
Posted on: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 09:08
Scientists have been tracking the environmental footprint of Canadian egg products and looking at the optimal models of farming to reduce environmental impacts.
Posted on: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 12:50
An excellent example of how EPDs, LCA and the Circular Economy link together. ASSA ABLOY Group describe Life Cycle Assessment as their central tool to reach a point where they have functioning closed loops, with minimal waste.
Posted on: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 07:55
The World Resources Institute identifies ever-increasing consumption as the elephant in the boardroom. They suggest three steps to evaluate your business' risks and discover opportunities:
Posted on: Friday, September 8, 2017 - 13:35
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has released its 2017 global and regional steel life cycle inventory (LCI) data. The datasets provide the most accurate and comprehensive data on the environmental profile of 16 key products. In Australia and New Zealand data for steel is available in the EPDs from BlueScope Steel and OneSteel.
More information at:
https://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/blog/2017/LCI-new-datasets.html
Posted on: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 13:03
Jonas Bengtsson, CEO of Edge Environment, was elected as the new President of ALCAS at the July AGM, taking over from Tim Grant who has shepherded ALCAS for the last two years.
Posted on: Monday, September 4, 2017 - 12:33
An LCA recently published in the journal Fuel compares three production methods of butanol.
- Oxo synthesis
- ABE fermentation using corn
- ABE fermentation using wheat
The ABE fermentation using corn as substrate presents the highest environmental impact and the ABE fermentation using wheat straw is the one that presents the lowest environmental impact, when the allocation method was based on mass.
Posted on: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 14:03
GaBi, one of the world’s leading software solutions for Eco-Footprinting, Life Cycle Assessment and EPD preparation, has been given a new look and a complete overhaul. GaBi 8.0, newly released by sustainability specialist thinkstep, was built with user-friendliness at its core. Users will experience a new, intuitive program, with improved menu navigation, optimised control panels and simpler language.
Posted on: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 14:03
Water footprinting involves pulling together metrics that quantify the potential environmental impacts related to water, accounting for both water consumption and water pollution as well as considering the influence of location, timing and other relevant information. To address the issues of both water shortages and the pollution of water bodies, it is critical that companies have correct and relevant data. A new handbook is now available to help organizations understand how to undertake a water footprint assessment using ISO 14046.
For more information, click here:
Pages
Join
Become a member of LCANZ
LCACP
Become a Life Cycle Assessment Certified Practitioner