RT Journal Article
T1 Life-cycle sustainability assessment for the production of bio-based polymers and their post-consumer materials recirculation through industrial symbiosis
A1 Briassoulis, Demetres
A1 Arias Calvo, Ana
A1 Moreira Vilar, María Teresa
A1 Pikasi, Anastasia
A1 Hiskakis, Miltos
A1 Ioannidou, Sofia Maria
A1 Ladakis, Dimitros
A1 Koutinas, Apostolis
K1 Sustainability
K1 Circular economy
K1 Industrial symbiosis
K1 Life cycle costing
K1 Techno-economic and environmental assessment
K1 Biopolymers
AB Sustainability assessment should be considered as a decision-making 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.
YR 2023
FD 2023-06-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39039
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39039
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026