Life cycle assessment of a new technology to extract, functionalize and orient cellulose nanofibers from food waste

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1047-1055

  Piccinno, Fabiano ^a,b   Hischier, Roland ^a   Seeger, Stefan ^b   Som, Claudia ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Nanocellulose; Renewable resources; Sustainable chemistry; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ELECTROSPINNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; SPINNING (FIBERS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANO-CELLULOSE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY; WET SPINNING PROCESS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84930643239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00209     Document Type: Article

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