| Title |
Life-cycle sustainability assessment for the production of bio-based polymers and their post-consumer materials recirculation through industrial symbiosis |
| ID_Doc |
6916 |
| Authors |
Briassoulis, D; Pikasi, A; Hiskakis, M; Arias, A; Moreira, MT; Ioannidou, SM; Ladakis, D; Koutinas, A |
| Title |
Life-cycle sustainability assessment for the production of bio-based polymers and their post-consumer materials recirculation through industrial symbiosis |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100818 |
| Abstract |
Sustainability assessment should be considered as a decisionmaking framework for the development of circular processes. Techno-economic, environmental and social metrics should be integrated and interrelated (e.g., through life-cycle costing) to achieve sustainable and circular processes. Industrial symbiosis is a key strategy that promotes the physical exchange of resources, energy and/or by-products among different industries in an effort to achieve competitive and sustainable production. By-products and waste streams from conventional linear value chains can be considered as feedstock for the future sustainable chemical industry. This review elaborates on the state-of-the-art sustainability and circularity assessment methodology and indicators focusing on the life-cycle of biopolymer production, including end-of-life alternatives for their post-consumer valorisation. |
| Author Keywords |
Sustainability Circular economy Industrial symbiosis Life cycle; costing Techno-economic and environmental assessment; Biopolymers |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001010335300001 |
| WoS Category |
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology |
| Research Area |
Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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