Conference Agenda

Challenging the sustainability of packaging designs: Life cycle assessment of paper vs. plastic fruit trays in the context of a circular economy

Hannah Köhler, Rosalie von Behr, Alena Maria Spies, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Environmental Impact and Fire Risk Assessment for Lithium-ion Battery

Ibuki Ando¹, Aya heiho², Norihiro Itsubo¹

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²Tokyo City University, Japan

Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Alternative Recycling Processes for Textiles

Caterina Barbiero¹, Gemma Cervantes², Anna Mazzi¹

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, C/Colom 1, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into decision-making tools for reuse & digital innovations in WEEE management

Guillaume Audrain, Laurène Cuénot

ecosystem, France

Clear communication on the environmental benefits of animal feed products

Koldo Saez de Bikuna², Giulia Maggiora², Simone Degl'Innocenti¹

¹Dalma Mangimi S.p.A, Italy; ²Quantis International SA

Circularity – not so straightforward: A review of methodological choices in LCA for circular renovations of buildings

Shibeal Mc Cann^1,2, Blanca Corona², Lisanne Havinga¹, Qi Han¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology; ²Utrecht University

Life Cycle Assessment of Hybrid Copper Smelting

Ayano Suzuki¹, Kai Tatemoto², Hironori Orikasa², Norihiro Itsubo¹

¹Waseda University, Japan; ²JX Advanced Metals Corporation, Japan

Challenges in assessing potential long-term effects of metals releases from mine tailings in LCA

Stéphanie Muller¹, Yamini Gopalapillai², Johannes Drielsma³, Douglas Pino Hererra¹

¹BRGM, France; ²International Copper Association; ³Drielsma Resources Europe

Data and modelling challenges along the supply chain for aluminium in Europe at the onset of the LCI Environmental Footprint 4.0 database

Benedetta Nucci², Sanaa Zinbi², Fabio Bruschi¹, Pieter Ravaglia¹, Papon Roy¹, Patience Musila¹

¹PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The; ²European Aluminium, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of an electronic pump: focus on mineral and metallic resources

Marco Jabara, Alessandro Manzardo

University of Padua, Italy

Building a High-Quality Database: The Critical Review Process

Fernando Arce Bastias, Danilo Granato, Pia Wiche

EcoEd, Libertad 269, Of. 904, Viña del Mar, Chile

Social Sustainability and Energy Communities

Aida Sanes, Beatriz Amante

Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña

Life Cycle Assessment of Nitrile Medical Examination Gloves: A Multi-Variant Study Across Central Medicare Sdn Bhd’s Manufacturing Facilities

Thian Hong Ng¹, Yuszaili bin Sayoti², Loan Terrien³

¹HARPS Global Pte Ltd, Malaysia; ²Central Medicare Sdn Bhd; ³Materia Nova

Disposables and reusables in the hospital sector: The warm jackets project at Oslo University Hospital.

Lina Plataniti, Cecilia Askham

NORSUS, Norway

Reusing non-sterile medical items through different disinfection methods: a comparative Life Cycle Assessment with single-use alternatives in a Belgian hospital

Sophie Huysveld¹, Camille Masselis¹, Katrien Vanderwee², Liesbet Demarré², Evelien Kieckens², Veerle Duprez², Norbert Fraeyman^2,3, Jo Dewulf¹

¹Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN), Ghent University, Belgium; ²Ghent University Hospital; ³Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Ghent University

LCA as an essential tool for process development: bio-based carbon fiber production - from research to industry

Leif Rohrbach, Tim Langhorst, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds, Germany

Probabilistic Multi-perspective Application Selection for Safe and Sustainable-by-Design: A Case Study on Biochar

Akshat Sudheshwar, Zhaniya Mukhamadiyeva, Nadia Malinverno, Claudia Som, Roland Hischier, Bernd Nowack

Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Ler-chenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Early-stage evaluation of environmental sustainability of PHA production from food waste using life cycle assessment

Shamraiz Ahmad¹, Floriana Coppola¹, Diana Araújo^2,3, Filomena Freitas^2,3, Maria A.M. Reis^2,3, Serena Righi^1,4

¹Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto, n. 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy; ²Associate Laboratory i4HB, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; ³UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; ⁴Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy

Applying Life Cycle Assessment to the Production of Sustainable Backfilling and Subfoundation Materials from Local Mineral Wastes in Wallonia, Belgium

Nadine Riiashi, Angélique Leonard

University of Liege, Belgium

Accelerated carbonation of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI-BA) for sustainable low-cement concrete: a Life Cycle Assessment approach

Pablo de la Reta¹, Imad Eddine Kanjo¹, Luc Courard¹, Séverine Marquis², Angélique Léonard¹

¹Université de Liège, Belgium; ²Centre de Terre et Pierre, Belgium

Refinements to Land Use Change (LUC) assessments and its augmentation by use of Satellite imagery data for a case study on bio-based feedstocks for plastics .

Suvayan Guha Ray, Pooja RV, Ananda Sekar

SABIC, India

From Waste to Value: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Recycled Plastics in a Circular Economy

Rebeca Venâncio¹, Ana Carolina Godoy Albino¹, Victor Goveia Batista Silva², Clarissa Kollar²

¹Eco+ Foundation, Brazil; ²BASF SA Brazil

Substituting Fossil-Derived Plastics with Biomass-and-Waste-Derived Alternatives for Carbon Reduction: A Flow Analysis of Japan

Kota Chida¹, Heng Yi Teah², Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi^1,2,3

¹The University of Tokyo, Japan; ²Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, The University of Tokyo, Japan; ³Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Circular Economy in Furniture: Assessing the Environmental Performance of Waste Based Boards

Inês Costa¹, Bruno Silva¹, Miguel Vasconcelos¹, Vanessa Oliveira¹, Adriana Duarte², Isabel Carvalho³, Luís Silva⁴, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

¹PIEP - Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; ²IKEA Industry Portugal, 4595-282 Penamaior, Portugal; ³SEDACOR, Rua Nova do Lameiro, 184, 4535-475 S. Paio de Oleiros, Portugal; ⁴Sirplaste – Sociedade Industrial de Recuperados de Plásticos Sa, 2480-410 Porto de Mós, Portugal

Integrating life cycle data into system dynamics models for a dynamic prospective assessment: Benefits for polystyrene chemical recycling

Meike Islamoglu, Simon Benninghoff, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

From Waste-to-Resource: How Collection Methods and Sorting Performance shape Plastic Waste Management Impacts

Remy M. Richie, Steef V. Hanssen, Koen J.J. Kuipers, Mark A.J. Huijbregts

Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The

Separate or curbside collection? Identifying the path to high-quality plastics recycling with LCA

Lukas Zeilerbauer¹, Karin Fazeni-Fraisl¹, Johanna Langwieser^2,3, Christian Paulik³, Jörg Fischer⁴

¹Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; ²Competence Center CHASE GmbH; ³Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz; ⁴Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Reducing marine litter and microplastics from fishing industry – a case example from SEARCULAR project

Katri Behm¹, Noora Harju¹, Mona Arnold¹, Daniel Maga², Christina Galafton²

¹VTT, Finland; ²Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Sustainability Assessment in the Buddie-pack project

Stuart Walker¹, Rachael Rothman¹, Alex Newman¹, Maryam Hoseini¹, Justine Gloz², Damien Giraud², Ewen Rondon²

¹University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; ²IPC, France

Environmental Ashby chart for various applications of cellulose nanofibers

Junxi Liu¹, Ichiro Daigo^1,2

¹Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Japan; ²UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy

Sustainability of different plastic packagings: Combined circularity and life cycle assessment for multiple R-strategies

Annalisa Nolte, Milad Goudarzi, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Quantifying the Performance of Circular Economy Strategies for E-Motors: Reuse, Repair, and Recycling

Fatemeh Taheri, Karel Van Acker

KU Leuven, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of E-Methanol Production from Dates

Renston Jake Fernandes¹, Mohammad Raghib Shakeel¹, Ducduy Nguyen², Hong G. Im¹, James W. G. Turner¹

¹CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH PLATFORM (CERP), KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THUWAL, SAUDI ARABIA 23955 6900; ²DEPARTMENT OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY (IMT), NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NTNU), JONSVANNSVEIEN 82, 7050 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

Prospective LCA for Automotive Materials based on Interviews with the Japanese Materials Industries

Wataru Kawabe, Norihiro Itsubo

Waseda University, Japan

Advancing recycling pathway decision-making for critical raw materials

Martijn Thomas Kamps, Susanne van Berkum, Ivan Vera, Felipe Blanco Rocha

TNO, Netherlands, The

Life Cycle Assessment and Levelized Cost of Storage of Secondary- and Primary-use LFP Batteries for Energy Storage Systems

Wenxin Yang¹, Xinyuan Wang², Prof. Dr. Maximilian Schüler³

¹University of California, Berkeley; ²University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; ³Technische Hochschule Lübeck

Eco-design and LCA of emerging European photovoltaic technologies

Sabela Teixeira Taboada, Angélique Léonard

Université de Liège, Belgium

Sustainability assessment of biogas and ethanol production pathways from winemaking residues: a comparative LCA study

Mara Teresa Silva¹, Vitor Manuel Barroso¹, Ana Catarina Faria²

¹Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Évora, Portugal; ²Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Vila Real, Portugal