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Braskem Unveils Updated Life Cycle Assessments for I’m greenTM bio-based Portfolio, Reinforcing Commitment to Sustainability
https://www.braskem.com.br/europe/news-detail/braskem-unveils-updated-life-cycle-assessments-for-im-greensuptmsup-bio-based-portfolio-reinforcing-commitment-to-sustainability
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Towards comparable life cycle assessments: Remodeling-based harmonization of polylactic acid waste depolymerization studies
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235255092500171X
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Environmental life cycle assessment of renewable starch alternative plastic: a comparative analysis of end-of-life scenarios in the Republic of Korea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625015288
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Environmental life cycle assessment of renewable starch alternative plastic: a comparative analysis of end-of-life scenarios in the Republic of Korea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652625015288
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Third-party verified LCA confirms Luminy® PLA has low environmental impact, achieving carbon neutrality and negative footprint with recycled content
It’s difficult to get a grasp on TotalEnergies Corbion external communications. Sometimes they send me their press releases sometimes not. My perception is that their external communication is not ‘constant’. It has a big implication on how I perceive the company. That’s not clever because they could climb up the ladder if I had the…
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D-PAK™ cartons have smaller carbon footprint than plastic pouches for laundry detergent (FREE)
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Unpacking the Challenges of Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluating the Environmental Impact of PET Upcycling in upPE-T (FREE)
Plastics have become an indispensable part of modern life, yet their environmental footprint remains a critical challenge. Currently, over 98% of plastics are derived from non-renewable fossil fuels, contributing significantly to carbon emissions and environmental degradation. While some plastics are biobased, not all of them are recyclable, reusable, or biodegradable, limiting their role in sustainable material cycles. Among…
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Is Aluminum Better Than Bioplastics for Beverages?
The right question should have been : is plastic better than aluminium? Bioplastics is a ‘no go’ when it comes to drink containers.
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What can we learn about the climate change impacts of polylactic acid from a review and meta-analysis of lifecycle assessment studies?
What can we learn about the climate change impacts of polylactic acid from a review and meta-analysis of lifecycle assessment studies?
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The environmental impacts of reusable rice packaging
The environmental impacts of reusable rice packaging: An extended comparative life cycle assessment
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TotalEnergies Corbion release LCA for recycled PLA
Luminy® Recycled PLA Life Cycle Assessment released by TotalEnergies Corbion
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LCA of euro banknotes
The PEF is an LCA-based methodology that covers 16 environmental impact categories, including climate change owing to greenhouse gas emissions
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LCA of recycling of post-use plastic to plastic via pyrolysis
This LCA from the Argonne National Laboratory underscores that greenhouse gas savings can be achieved when pyrolysis oil, derived from commercial scale pyrolysis plants, is substituted for a virgin feedstock for use in the manufacturing of polyethylene.
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Reusable take-away packaging has significant potential to reduce carbon footprint vs single-use options
Reusable take-away packaging could present a compelling climate case over single-use alternatives if return and washing systems are properly implemented and optimised, according to a new study today from Zero Waste Europe, Reloop, and TOMRA.
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Sugar-to-What? An Environmental Merit Order Curve for Biobased Chemicals and Plastics
The chemical industry aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by adopting biomass as a renewable carbon feedstock. However, biomass is a limited resource. Thus, biomass should preferentially be used in processes that most reduce GHG emissions.
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Transparent Wood Could Replace Plastics
Life cycle assessment of transparent wood production using emerging technologies and strategic scale-up framework
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Advanced Plastics Recycling Yields Climate Benefits
The City College of New York Grove School of Engineering today released a new report which examined advanced recycling.
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PEF Bottles Have Lower Carbon Footprint than PET Bottles Says LCA
A new bio-based polymer could be good news for the environment. A recent assessment of its industrial production and use in bottles points to potentially major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — You want to replace billions of PET bottles with PEF bottles? Good luck with that!
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Reusable Packaging Worse than Paper SUP
New study shows that making reusable containers for takeaway obligatory will undermine the EU’s environmental goals —
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PureCycle ESG Report and LCA for PP Chemical Recycling
PureCycle Process Expected to Use Less Energy, Lower Carbon Emissions than New Plastic Production
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Consumer Goods Companies Position and LCA on Chemical Recycling
Consumer Goods Companies publish position and LCA on Chemical Recycling
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Luminy PLA ECO Profile Available
ECO profile of Luminy® PLA now available to product designers
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Lignin Asphalts LCA for the Netherlands
Using lignin from local biorefineries for asphalts: LCA case study for the Netherlands
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Avantium Plant MEG LCA (FREE)
Avantium’s plantMEG™ cuts carbon footprint by up to 83% over fossil-based MEG. This is a FREE article.
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LCA for Novel Biorefineries
Space, time, and sustainability: The status and future of life cycle assessment frameworks for novel biorefinery systems
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EUBP Disagrees with EU LCA Methodology 
Bio-based coalition criticizes EU methodology for LCAs favouring fossil-based over bio-based plastics
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Plastic GHG Worse than Coal Report
The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change is a comprehensive account of the United States plastics industry’s significant, yet rarely acknowledged contributions to the climate crisis.
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FrieslandCampina Shoots First Bullet at Glass Packaging
Are glass bottles doomed to disappear from the shelves because of their carbon footprint?
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What is Better? Single Use vs Reusable 
Single-use vs. multiple-use: which one is actually better for the environment? A full LCA commissioned by the European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA).
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HDPE Chemical Recycling LCA
Consequential Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic Waste Chemical Recycling
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LDPE Bag Most Sustainable Option
Belgian consumer organisation says LDPE bag is most sustainable shopping bag option
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Google Tool to Compare Packaging LCA
The Understanding Packaging (UP) Scorecard. A free, easy-to-use web-based tool to assess the sustainability impacts of common foodware and food packaging choices.
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LCA PLA, PP and PET Cups
Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of single-use cups made from PLA, PP and PET
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Teijin Aramid Reduces Twaron Carbon Footprint
Teijin Aramid: reduces Twaron® carbon footprint by 28%
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LCA of Alternative Plastic Feedstocks
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of alternative feedstocks for plastics production
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Food Grade Polystyrene Recycling LCA
Life Cycle Analysis of food-quality polystyrene recycling options confirms significantCO savings
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Impact Fertilizer on LCA Biobased Products
Fertilizers should be included in the LCA of biobased products
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LCA Mechanical and Chemical Recycling
Life cycle assessment of mechanical and thermochemical recycling
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Battle of Bottles: Plastic vs Glass vs Aluminium
Battle of the Bottles: Plastic Beats Glass and Aluminum
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Afyren Products LCA
AFYREN updates environmental assessment of its biobased organic acids: Carbon footprint is 81% lower than petro-based equivalents
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United Caps Merges LCA and Sustainability Certification
UNITED CAPS Unveils Industry-First ‘Define Your Circle’ Initiative Simplifies life cycle sustainability metrics by combining elements of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Certification
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Is Paper Less Sustainable than Plastic?
A plastics scientist argues we should reducing use of paper before worrying about plastic.
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LCA Plastic vs Cardboard Closures
What if plastic were more sustainable than paper closures? What if polystyrene was more sustainable than PET?
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Paper Recycling Has Limited Environmental Benefits
Recycling of materials is considered to be an important part of a circular economy, but a new study published in Nature Sustainability questions the potential environmental benefits that come from paper recycling.
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SU Paper Based Packaging Better than Reusable Tableware
Ramboll’s new European Study: Single-use paper-based packaging in quick service restaurants is better for the environment than reusable tableware
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LCA Plastic Grocery Bags and Alternatives
Life cycle assessment of plastic grocery bags and their alternatives in cities with confined waste management structure: A Singapore case study
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Compostable Bags Propaganda or Independent LCA?
I found this study on compostable bags. Not sure if It looked more like independent research or propaganda?
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Aluminum Cans Counter Offensive Against Plastic Bottles
It was about time that the aluminun cans industry woke up from their winter sleep.
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LCA Bio vs Recyclable vs Fossil Pet Food Packaging
Bio-based packaging requires fewer fossil fuels, GHG emissions
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National Geographic Sells its Soul to Tetra Pak
National Geographic becomes content partner of Tetra Pak in exchange for 30 silver coins.
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LCA Virgin PET vs rPET
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) found the environmental impacts of producing recycled PET are significantly less than producing virgin PET.
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Are Fibre Packaging Better than Polymers Packaging?
This short communication describes the climate change impacts of using cellulose, and more precisely cellulosic fiber-based materials, in food packaging, representing current and emerging industrial state of the art technology, without specific reference to current scientific advances.
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Sugar Cane Coffee Lid Worse Carbon Footprint than Polystyrene
LCA reveals sugar cane coffee lids have far worse carbon footprint than polystyrene coffee lids. I was impressed by the huge difference.
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Compostable Coffee Pods LCA
Single-serve machines have proven to be a rapid and convenient mechanism for preparing coffee for consumption.
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Novamont Bags LCA by UK Government
This LCA compares carrier bags found in the UK in 2006. The Starch-polyester blend bags are from Novamont. Although things may have changed in the meantime (especially the political context), it gives us a very sharp perspective into this topic.
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Are Biobased Wood Finnish Sustainable?
Are biobased wood finishes trully the most sustainable option?
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LCA of Used Cooking Oil Bio PP
This article presents the first environmental LCA of UCO-based PP. Sixteen impact categories are investigated and the allocation methods are scrutinized. UCO-based PP offers clear impact reductions in terms of climate change and depletion of fossil resources compared to petrochemical PP, regardless of the choice of allocation methods. In attributional LCAs where non-dominant products are…
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LCA Reseach Reveals Sustainability Hotspots in Bio-Chemical Production
New research concerning Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) reveals challenges and opportunities in bio-chemical production.
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ALPLA Defends Plastic Recycling
ALPLA commissions life cycle assessments – positive effect of plastics recycling is documented.
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Coca-Cola Says Plastic Bottles More Sustainable Than Aluminum Cans
Coca-Cola is committed to collecting and recycling plastic bottles rather than switching to aluminium cans as the world’s largest soft drinks maker seeks to reduce its carbon footprint, its chief executive officer told Reuters.
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Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery Carrier Bags by Danish Government
This study provides the life cycle environmental impacts of the production, use and disposal (“cradle-to-grave”) of grocery carrier bags. The study was done by DTU Environment and commissioned by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency with the aim to identify the grocery carrier bag with the best environmental performance to be provided in Danish supermarkets.
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LCA Confirms Low Carbon Footprint of Total Corbion PLA
Total Corbion PLA’s peer reviewed Life Cycle Impact Assessment of PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) produced from Sugarcane in Thailand has been published in the “Journal of Polymers and the Environment” and confirms PLA’s low carbon footprint.
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Open Letter to the European Commission on Comparability of Bio-based and Petrochemical Polymers
Nova-Institute published open letter to JRC on comparability of bio-based and petrochemical polymers.
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Novamont is Working on Sustainability Metrics
Have a look inside the strategy of the Bioplastic Leader.
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Which is Better for the Environment: Carton, Glass or PET?
“Benchmark” life-cycle assessment identifies eco-benefits of carton over glass and PET alternatives.
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Can Bio-Based Polyols Make Leather Finishes More Sustainable?
During this years IULTCS congress in Dresden, Stahl’s Director of Sustainability spoke about the environmental impact of leather chemicals. He discussed the use of the Life Cycle Assessment Methodology (LCA) as a valuable tool to determine the effect and potential benefits of bio-based technologies in reducing the footprint leather production leaves on our planet.
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European Bioplastics Recommends to Use LCAs as Basis for Policy Formulation
In recent years, policy makers have become increasingly reliant on the use of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to establish a proper basis for more transparent and evidence-based decision-making on policies and regulations.
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4 Ways to Cut Plastic’s Growing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Every stage of plastic’s life cycle, from fossil fuel extraction to disposal, produces greenhouse gases. A new study looked at ways to lower the toll.
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Anellotech Carbon Reduction Claim Confirmed
Press Release – Jacobs Confirms Anellotech’s Bio-TCatTM Process Leads to Significant Carbon Emission Reductions Compared to Petro-based Aromatics
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