Predicting the environmental impact of a future nanocellulose production at industrial scale: Application of the life cycle assessment scale-up framework

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 174, Issue , 2018, Pages 283-295

  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

Eco design; Prospective lifecycle assessment; Scale up; Sustainable chemistry; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LABORATORIES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SCALE-UP; SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85038884488     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.226     Document Type: Article

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