| Title |
Screening level approach to support companies in making safe and sustainable by design decisions at the early stages of innovation |
| ID_Doc |
64427 |
| Authors |
Pizzol, L; Livieri, A; Salieri, B; Farcal, L; Soeteman-Hernández, LG; Rauscher, H; Zabeo, A; Blosi, M; Costa, AL; Peijnenburg, W; Stoycheva, S; Hunt, N; López-Tendero, MJ; Salgado, C; Reinosa, JJ; Fernández, JF; Hristozov, D |
| Title |
Screening level approach to support companies in making safe and sustainable by design decisions at the early stages of innovation |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.cesys.2023.100132 |
| Abstract |
The European Green Deal policy ambitions set out in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the Zero Pollution Action Plan identify the transition to a Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) approach to chemicals and materials. The H2020 SUNSHINE project has developed an approach to operationalize SSbD, specifically addressing multi-component nanomaterials (MCNMs), and applied it to two case studies. This approach enables assessment of safety and sustainability aspects at each stage of product development from a lifecycle perspective. This is achieved via a tiered approach that uses qualitative (Tier 1), semi-quantitative (Tier 2) and quantitative (Tier 3) assessment methods. The present work focuses on the Tier 1 (self-assessment) methodology designed to evaluate the safety, functionality and sustainability in the early R & D stages of the lifecycle of chemicals and materials. This approach was developed to be implementable by industries in a straightforward manner as often there is lack of time and/or expertise to engage in resource-intensive safety and sustainability evaluations. The approach was tested using two real industrial case studies, namely nano-enabled PFAS (Polyfluoroalkyl substances)-free anti-sticking coating for bakery molds, and nano-drops of essential oil anchored to the surface of nano clays and encapsulated in a polymeric film. The results indicate that these innovative materials have a high probability to have better safety, functionality and sustainability performance compared to conventional benchmark materials. |
| Author Keywords |
Safe and sustainable by design; Advanced materials; Multicomponent nanomaterials |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:001039569100001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2023.100132
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