September 25, 2024LCA of Smart Labels – Insights for Intelligent PackagingResearchers in Finland developed a new smart label for intelligent packaging and conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate its environmental impacts. Read more
July 10, 2024Combining Lean Thinking and LCA for Sustainable ManufacturingResearchers have developed a novel approach combining Lean Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), significantly reducing plastic products’ negative environmental impacts. Read more
May 28, 2024Life Cycle Assessment: From Packaging into Paving BlocksResearch explores the environmental impacts of transforming multilayer metalized plastic packaging (MLP), commonly used in consumer goods, into paving blocks (PVBs). Read more
May 27, 2024Transforming Food Packaging: The Shift to Biopolymers?Life cycle assessment (LCA) has emerged as a key tool for analyzing the environmental impact of plastics, leading to a growing interest in biopolymers as a sustainable alternative. Read more
March 19, 2024Integrating Lifecycle Analyses for Aviation SustainabilityBetween 2016-2018, aviation’s 2.8% global CO2 emissions also included significant contrails and soot pollution challenges. Read more
February 17, 2024Can Chemical Recycling Transform Plastic Waste Management?The Consultant Sphera was commissioned by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to conduct a Life-Cycle Analysis on pyrolysis and related chemical recycling technologies. The analysis will be conducted on pyrolysis and related chemical recycling technologies of post-consumer mixed plastic waste to evaluate the potential environmental impacts regarding climate change and fossil resource use of circular food-grade plastics-to-plastics systems compared to fossil-based ones. Read more