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The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to biorefineries is a necessary step to estimate their environmental sustainability. This review explores contemporary LCA biorefinery studies, across different...

Monitoring the progress of circular economy policies requires robust estimates of the environmental impacts due to the consumption in individual countries also considering those effects beyond their...

The EEA briefing " The benefits to biodiversity of a strong circular economy" explores how circular economy can reduce and, in some cases, reverse the impacts of production...

The EU CSS action plan foresees the development of a framework to define safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) criteria for chemicals and materials. The SSbD is an approach to support the design, development...

The Commission adopted a recommendation to promote research and innovation for safer and more sustainable chemicals and materials. The proposed European framework is an important step to increase the protection of human health...

Over the last two decades, the European Commission has been driving a process of implementation of life cycle thinking in European product policies. With the development, in a first stage...

The European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy includes actions aimed at investigating and better understanding the lifecycle impacts of using alternative feedstocks for plastics production. The Joint Research...

The JRC developed a framework on how to define safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) criteria for chemicals and materials. It puts together safety, environmental sustainability and socio-economic dimensions...

Starch Europe, the association of European Starch producers, announced the publication of the results of their 2022 sector-wide Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) study.

The EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) aims at fostering a transition towards safer and more sustainable chemicals. To ensure this transition, safety and sustainability considerations should be...