Recent Publications
Arain, A. L.; Neitzel, R. L.; Nambunmee, K.; Hischier, R.; Jindaphong, S.; Austin-Breneman, J.; Jolliet, O. Material flow, economic and environmental life cycle performances of informal electronic waste recycling in a Thai community. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 180, 106129 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106129
Bauer, C.; Burkhardt, S.; Dasgupta, N. P.; Ager-Wick Ellingsen, L.; Gaines, L. L.; Hao, H.; Hischier, R.; Hu, L.; Huang, Y.; Janek, J.; et al. Charging sustainable batteries. Nat. Sustain. 2022, 5, 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00864-1
Berr, M.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Hischier, R.; Hool, A.; Wäger, P. SPOTTER: assessing supply disruption impacts along the supply chain within Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. Clean. Logist. Supply Chain 2022, 4, 100063 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2022.100063
Bill, A.; Haarman, A.; Gasser, M.; Böni, H.; Rösslein, M.; Wäger, P. A. Characterizing plastics from large household appliances: brominated flame retardants, other additives and density profiles. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 177, 105956 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105956
Blumenthal, J.; Diamond, M. L.; Liu, G.; Wang, Z. Introducing "embedded toxicity": a necessary metric for the sound management of building materials. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (14), 9838-9841. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03128
Blumenthal, J.; Diamond, M. L.; Hoffmann, M.; Wang, Z. Time to break the "lock-In" impediments to chemicals management. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (7), 3863-3870. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06615
Cai, Y.; Lin, J.; Gimeno, S.; Begnaud, F.; Nowack, B. Country-specific environmental risks of fragrance encapsulates used in laundry care products. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2022, 41 (4), 905-916. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5168
Cimprich, A.; Young, S. B.; Schrijvers, D.; Ku, A. Y.; Hagelüken, C.; Christmann, P.; Eggert, R.; Habib, K.; Hirohata, A.; Hurd, A. J.; et al. The role of industrial actors in the circular economy for critical raw materials: a framework with case studies across a range of industries. Miner. Econ. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13563-022-00304-8
Desing, H.; Widmer, R. How much energy storage can we afford? On the need for a sunflower society, aligning demand with renewable supply. Biophys. Econ. Sust. 2022, 7, 3 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41247-022-00097-y
Driesen, C.; Lerch, S.; Siegenthaler, R.; Silacci, P.; Hess, H. D.; Nowack, B.; Zennegg, M. Accumulation and decontamination kinetics of PCBs and PCDD/Fs from grass silage and soil in a transgenerational cow-calf setting. Chemosphere 2022, 296, 133951 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133951
Driesen, C.; Zennegg, M.; Rothacher, M.; Dubois, S.; Wyss, U.; Nowack, B.; Lerch, S. Transgenerational mass balance and tissue distribution of PCBs and PCDD/Fs from grass silage and soil into cow-calf continuum. Chemosphere 2022, 307, 135745 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135745
Elginoz, N.; Owusu-Agyeman, I.; Finnveden, G.; Hischier, R.; Rydberg, T.; Cetecioglu, Z. Application and adaptation of a scale-up framework for life cycle assessment to resource recovery from waste systems. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 355, 131720 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131720
Ivanović, T.; Meisel, H. J.; Som, C.; Nowack, B. Material flow analysis of single-use plastics in healthcare: a case study of a surgical hospital in Germany. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 185, 106425 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106425
Lai, A.; Clark, A. M.; Escher, B. I.; Fernandez, M.; McEwen, L. R.; Tian, Z.; Wang, Z.; Schymanski, E. L. The next frontier of environmental unknowns: substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological materials (UVCBs). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (12), 7448-7466. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00321
Lama, V.; Righi, S.; Quandt, B. M.; Hischier, R.; Desing, H. Resource pressure of carpets: guiding their circular design. Sustainability 2022, 14 (5), 2530 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052530
Landrigan, P. J.; Raps, H.; Symeonides, C.; Chiles, T.; Cropper, M.; Enck, J.; Hahn, M. E.; Hixson, R.; Kumar, P.; Mustapha, A.; et al. Announcing the minderoo – Monaco commission on plastics and human health. Ann. Glob. Health 2022, 88 (1), 73 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3916
Liu, Z.; Nowack, B. Probabilistic material flow analysis and emissions modeling for five commodity plastics (PUR, ABS, PA, PC, and PMMA) as macroplastics and microplastics✰. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 179, 106071 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106071
Meier, P.; Zabara, M.; Hirsch, C.; Gogos, A.; Tscherrig, D.; Richner, G.; Nowack, B.; Wick, P. Evaluation of fiber and debris release from protective COVID-19 mask textiles and in vitro acute cytotoxicity effects. Environ. Int. 2022, 167, 107364 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107364
Mennekes, D.; Nowack, B. Tire wear particle emissions: measurement data where are you? Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 830, 154655 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154655
Onwude, D.; Bahrami, F.; Shrivastava, C.; Berry, T.; Cronje, P.; North, J.; Kirsten, N.; Schudel, S.; Crenna, E.; Shoji, K.; et al. Physics-driven digital twins to quantify the impact of pre- and postharvest variability on the end quality evolution of orange fruit. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 186, 106585 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106585
Persson, L.; Carney Almroth, B. M.; Collins, C. D.; Cornell, S.; de Wit, C. A.; Diamond, M. L.; Fantke, P.; Hassellöv, M.; MacLeod, M.; Ryberg, M. W.; et al. Response to comment on "Outside the safe operating space of the planetary boundary for novel entities". Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (10), 6788-6789. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02265
Pinlova, B.; Hufenus, R.; Nowack, B. Systematic study of the presence of microplastic fibers during polyester yarn production. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 363, 132247 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132247
Rillig, M. C.; Kim, S. W.; Schäffer, A.; Sigmund, G.; Groh, K. J.; Wang, Z. About "controls" in pollution-ecology experiments in the anthropocene. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (17), 11928-11930. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05460
Romeo, D.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Jolliet, O.; Fantke, P.; Wick, P. In vitro-based human toxicity effect factors: challenges and opportunities for nanomaterial impact assessment. Environ. Sci. Nano 2022, 9 (6), 1913-1925. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EN01014J
Romeo, D.; Hischier, R.; Nowack, B.; Wick, P. Approach toward in vitro-based human toxicity effect factors for the life cycle impact assessment of inhaled low-solubility particles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (12), 8552-8560. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01816
Romeo, D.; Nowack, B.; Wick, P. Combined in vitro-in vivo dosimetry enables the extrapolation of in vitro doses to human exposure levels: a proof of concept based on a meta-analysis of in vitro and in vivo titanium dioxide toxicity data. NanoImpact 2022, 25, 100376 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2021.100376
Romeo, D. In vitro-based Life Cycle Impact Assessment: developing human effect factors for inhaled nanoparticles. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2022, 149 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000544512
Roy, M. A.; Cousins, I.; Harriman, E.; Scheringer, M.; Tickner, J. A.; Wang, Z. Combined application of the essential-use and functional substitution concepts: accelerating safer alternatives. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (14), 9842-9846. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03819
Rüdisüli, M.; Bach, C.; Bauer, C.; Beloin-Saint-Pierre, D.; Elber, U.; Georges, G.; Limpach, R.; Pareschi, G.; Kannan, R.; Teske, S. L. Prospective life-cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions of electricity-based mobility options. Appl. Energy 2022, 306, 118065 (20 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118065
Saavedra-Rubio, K.; Thonemann, N.; Crenna, E.; Lemoine, B.; Caliandro, P.; Laurent, A. Stepwise guidance for data collection in the life cycle inventory (LCI) phase: building technology-related LCI blocks. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 366, 132903 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132903
Santarius, T.; Bieser, J. C. T.; Frick, V.; Höjer, M.; Gossen, M.; Hilty, L. M.; Kern, E.; Pohl, J.; Rohde, F.; Lange, S. Digital sufficiency: conceptual considerations for ICTs on a finite planet. Ann. Telecom. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-022-00914-x
Schmutz, M.; Som, C. Identifying the potential for circularity of industrial textile waste generated within Swiss companies. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2022, 182, 106132 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106132
Schäffer, A.; Fenner, K.; Wang, Z.; Scheringer, M. To be or not to be degraded: in defense of persistence assessment of chemicals. Environ. Sci. Process. Impacts 2022, 24 (8), 1104-1109. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EM00213B
Shrivastava, C.; Crenna, E.; Schudel, S.; Shoji, K.; Onwude, D.; Hischier, R.; Defraeye, T. To wrap or to not wrap cucumbers? Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 2022, 6, 750199 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.750199
Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Puelles, R.; Perez-Fernandez, M.; Barruetabeña, L.; Jacobsen, N. R.; Suarez-Merino, B.; Micheletti, C.; Manier, N.; Salieri, B.; Hischier, R.; et al. Safe(r) by design guidelines for the nanotechnology industry. NanoImpact 2022, 25, 100385 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100385
Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Rodríguez Llopis, I.; Noorlander, C.; Suarez, B.; Hischier, R. Safe(r) by design in the nanotechnology sector. NanoImpact 2022, 26, 100394 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100394
Tschiche, H. R.; Bierkandt, F. S.; Creutzenberg, O.; Fessard, V.; Franz, R.; Greiner, R.; Gruber-Traub, C.; Haas, K. H.; Haase, A.; Hartwig, A.; et al. Analytical and toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in different product groups: challenges and opportunities. NanoImpact 2022, 28, 100416 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100416
Tschiche, H. R.; Bierkandt, F. S.; Creutzenberg, O.; Fessard, V.; Franz, R.; Giese, B.; Greiner, R.; Haas, K. ‑H.; Haase, A.; Hartwig, A.; et al. Environmental considerations and current status of grouping and regulation of engineered nanomaterials. Environ. Nanotechnol. Monit. Manag. 2022, 18, 100707 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2022.100707
Wang, Z.; Adu-Kumi, S.; Diamond, M. L.; Guardans, R.; Harner, T.; Harte, A.; Kajiwara, N.; Klánová, J.; Liu, J.; Gastaldello Moreira, E.; et al. Enhancing scientific support for the Stockholm Convention's implementation: an analysis of policy needs for scientific evidence. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (5), 2936-2949. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06120
Weisz, H.; Kueffer, C.; Renn, O.; Schmid, B.; Wäger, P. Thirty years of GAIA: a constant in a fast-changing world. GAIA 2022, 31 (1), 4-5. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.31.1.2
Yang, T.; Nowack, B. Reply to comment on "Characterization of nanoplastics, fibrils, and microplastics released during washing and abrasion of polyester textiles". Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (14), 10545-10546. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00958
Zheng, Y.; Nowack, B. Meta‐analysis of bioaccumulation data for nondissolvable engineered nanomaterials in freshwater aquatic organisms. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2022, 41 (5), 1202-1214. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5312
Abdelbaky, M.; Schwich, L.; Crenna, E.; Peeters, J. R.; Hischier, R.; Friedrich, B.; Dewulf, W. Comparing the environmental performance of industrial recycling routes for lithium nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide 111 vehicle batteries. In The 28th CIRP conference on life cycle engineering, March 10 - 12, 2021, Jaipur, India, presented at the 28th CIRP conference on life cycle engineering, Jaipur, India, March 10-12, 2021; Sangwan, K. S., Herrmann, C., Eds.; Procedia CIRP; Elsevier: sine loco, 2021; Vol. 98, pp 97-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.012
Adam, V.; Wu, Q.; Nowack, B. Integrated dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of engineered materials in all European countries. NanoImpact 2021, 22, 100312 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2021.100312
Adam, V.; von Wyl, A.; Nowack, B. Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of microplastics in marine habitats. Aquat. Toxicol. 2021, 230, 105689 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105689
Adrianto, L. R.; van der Hulst, M. K.; Tokaya, J. P.; Arvidsson, R.; Blanco, C. F.; Caldeira, C.; Guillén-Gonsálbez, G.; Sala, S.; Steubing, B.; Buyle, M.; et al. How can LCA include prospective elements to assess emerging technologies and system transitions? The 76th LCA Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment, 19 November 2020. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2021, 26 (8), 1541-1544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01934-w
Beloin‑Saint‑Pierre, D.; Hischier, R. Towards a more environmentally sustainable production of graphene-based materials. Building on current knowledge to offer recommendations. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2021, 26, 327-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01864-z
Bieser, J. C. T.; Vaddadi, B.; Kramers, A.; Höjer, M.; Hilty, L. M. Impacts of telecommuting on time use and travel: a case study of a neighborhood telecommuting center in Stockholm. Trav. Behav. Soc. 2021, 23, 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2020.12.001
Bornhöft, N. A.; Nowack, B.; Hilty, L. M. Representation, propagation, and interpretation of uncertain knowledge in dynamic probabilistic material flow models. Environ. Model. Assess. 2021, 26, 709-721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-021-09775-5
Braun, G.; Som, C.; Schmutz, M.; Hischier, R. Environmental consequences of closing the textile loop - life cycle assessment of a circular polyester jacket. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11 (7), 2964 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072964
Böni, H.; Gauch, M.; Matasci, C. Wie viel Material verbraucht die Schweiz? Volkswirtschaft, 2021, pp 36-38.
Cai, Y.; Mitrano, D. M.; Hufenus, R.; Nowack, B. Formation of fiber fragments during abrasion of polyester textiles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (12), 8001-8009. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00650
Crenna, E.; Gauch, M.; Widmer, R.; Wäger, P.; Hischier, R. Towards more flexibility and transparency in life cycle inventories for Lithium-ion batteries. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 170, 105619 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105619
Desing, H. Die Grenzen erneuerbarer Energien. Volkswirtschaft, 2021, pp 41-43.
Desing, H. Product and service design for a sustainable circular economy. Doctoral dissertation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 2021, 266 p. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000472519
Desing, H.; Widmer, R. Reducing climate risks with fast and complete energy transitions: applying the precautionary principle to the Paris agreement. Environ. Res. Lett. 2021, 16 (12), 121002 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac36f9
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. Resource pressure - a circular design method. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 164, 105179 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105179
Desing, H.; Braun, G.; Hischier, R. The resource reduction index - evaluating product design's contribution to a sustainable circular economy. In Proceedings of the 20th EUROPEAN roundtable on sustainable consumption and production, presented at the ERSCP 2021, Graz, Austria, September 8-10, 2021; Schnitzer, H., Braunegg, S., Eds.; Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz: Graz, 2021; pp 113-125. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-842-4-02
Driesen, C.; Zennegg, M.; Morel, I.; Hess, H. D.; Nowack, B.; Lerch, S. Average transfer factors are not enough: the influence of growing cattle physiology on the transfer rate of polychlorinated biphenyls from feed to adipose. Chemosphere 2021, 270, 129698 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129698
Gerber, A.; Ulrich, M.; Wäger, F. X.; Roca-Puigròs, M.; Gonçalves, J. S. V.; Wäger, P. Games on climate change: identifying development potentials through advanced classification and game characteristics mapping. Sustainability 2021, 13 (4), 1997 (26 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041997
Gerber, A.; Ulrich, M.; Wäger, P. Review of haptic and computerized (simulation) games on climate change. In Simulation gaming through times and disciplines. 50th international simulation and gaming association conference, ISAGA 2019, Warsaw, Poland, August 26-30, 2019, revised selected papers, presented at the 50th international simulation and gaming association conference, ISAGA 2019, Warsaw, Poland, August 26-30, 2019; Wardaszko, M., Meijer, S., Lukosch, H., Kanegae, H., Kriz, W. C., Grzybowska-Brzezińska, M., Eds.; Lecture notes in computer science; Springer: Cham, 2021; Vol. 11988, pp 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72132-9_24
Hauser, M.; Nowack, B. Modelling local nanobiomaterial release and concentration hotspots in the environment. Environ. Pollut. 2021, 284, 117399 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117399
Hauser, M.; Nowack, B. Probabilistic modelling of nanobiomaterial release from medical applications into the environment. Environ. Int. 2021, 146, 106184 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106184
Hischier, R.; Böni, H. W. Combining environmental and economic factors to evaluate the reuse of electrical and electronic equipment – a Swiss case study. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 166, 105307 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105307
Hischier, R. Life cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials. In Health and environmental safety of nanomaterials. Polymer nanocomposites and other materials containing nanoparticles; Njuguna, J., Pielichowski, K., Zhu, H., Eds.; Woodhead publishing series in composites science and engineering; Elsevier: Duxford, UK, 2021; pp 443-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820505-1.00001-8
Hong, H.; Adam, V.; Nowack, B. Form‐specific and probabilistic environmental risk assessment of 3 engineered nanomaterials (nano‐Ag, nano‐TiO2 and nano‐ZnO) in European freshwaters. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2021, 40 (9), 2629-2639. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5146
Hummen, T.; Desing, H. When to replace products with which (circular) strategy? An optimization approach and lifespan indicator. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 174, 105704 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105704
Ivanović, T.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. Bio-based polyester fiber substitutes: from GWP to a more comprehensive environmental analysis. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11 (7), 2993 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/app11072993
Kawecki, D.; Goldberg, L.; Nowack, B. Material flow analysis of plastic in organic waste in Switzerland. Soil Use Manag. 2021, 37 (2), 277-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12634
Kawecki, D.; Wu, Q.; Gonçalves, J. S. V.; Nowack, B. Polymer-specific dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of seven polymers in Europe from 1950 to 2016. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 173, 105733 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105733
Løvik, A. N.; Marmy, C.; Ljunggren, M.; Kushnir, D.; Huisman, J.; Bobba, S.; Maury, T.; Ciuta, T.; Garbossa, E.; Mathieux, F.; et al. Material composition trends in vehicles: critical raw materials and other relevant metals. Preparing a dataset on secondary raw materials for the Raw Materials Information System; EUR; Report No.: 30916 EN; Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 2021; 44 p. https://doi.org/10.2760/351825
Matasci, C.; Gauch, M.; Böni, H. How to increase circularity in the Swiss economy? Detritus: Multidisciplinary J. Waste Resour. 2021, 14, 25-31. https://doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2021.14057
Matasci, C.; Gauch, M.; Böni, H.; Wäger, P. The influence of consumer behavior on climate change: the case of Switzerland. Sustainability 2021, 13 (5), 2966 (24 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052966
Mennekes, D.; Rinderer, M.; Seeger, S.; Orlowski, N. Ecohydrological travel times derived from in situ stable water isotope measurements in trees during a semi-controlled pot experiment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2021, 25 (8), 4513-4530. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4513-2021
Mitrano, D. M.; Wick, P.; Nowack, B. Placing nanoplastics in the context of global plastic pollution. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2021, 16, 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00888-2
Salieri, B.; Stoudmann, N.; Hischier, R.; Som, C.; Nowack, B. How relevant are direct emissions of microplastics into freshwater from an LCA perspective? Sustainability 2021, 13 (17), 9922 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179922
Salieri, B.; Barruetabeña, L.; Rodríguez-Llopis, I.; Raun Jacobsen, N.; Manier, N.; Trouiller, B.; Chapon, V.; Hadrup, N.; Sánchez Jiménez, A.; Micheletti, C.; et al. Integrative approach in a safe by design context combining risk, life cycle and socio-economic assessment for safer and sustainable nanomaterials. NanoImpact 2021, 23, 100335 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2021.100335
Schmutz, M.; Hischier, R.; Som, C. Factors allowing users to influence the environmental performance of their t-shirt. Sustainability 2021, 13 (5), 2498 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052498
Stucki, M.; Jattke, M.; Berr, M.; Desing, H.; Green, A.; Hellweg, S.; Laurenti, R.; Meglin, R.; Muir, K.; Pedolin, D.; et al. How life cycle-based science and practice support the transition towards a sustainable economy. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2021, 26, 1062-1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01894-1
Tercero Espinoza, L.; Hool, A.; Wäger, P.; Hagelüken, C.; Ku, A.; Eggert, R.; Schrijvers, D. Reply to correspondence "Circular economy practices may not always lead to lower criticality or more sustainability; analysis and guidance is needed per case". Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2021, 165, 105223 (1 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105223
Velásquez-Rodríguez, O. F.; Løvik, A. N.; Moreno-Mantilla, C. E. Evaluation of the environmental impact of end-of-life refrigerators in Colombia by material flow analysis. J. Clean. Prod. 2021, 314, 127884 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127884
Wagner, M. A.; Huisman, J.; Løvik, A. N.; Habib, H.; Mählitz, P.; van der Voet, E. Methodology to prospect electronics compositions and flows, illustrated by material trends in printed circuit boards. J. Clean. Prod. 2021, 307, 127164 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127164
Winterstetter, A.; Heuss-Assbichler, S.; Stegemann, J.; Kral, U.; Wäger, P.; Osmani, M.; Rechberger, H. The role of anthropogenic resource classification in supporting the transition to a circular economy. J. Clean. Prod. 2021, 297, 126753 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126753
Yang, T.; Luo, J.; Nowack, B. Characterization of nanoplastics, fibrils, and microplastics released during washing and abrasion of polyester textiles. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (23), 15873-15881. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04826
Zheng, Y.; Nowack, B. Size-specific, dynamic, probabilistic material flow analysis of titanium dioxide releases into the environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (4), 2392-2402. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07446
Zurmühle, S.; Gonçalves, J. S. V.; Wäger, P.; Gerber, A.; Hilty, L. M. Developing a configuration system for a simulation game in the domain of urban CO2 emissions reduction. In Advances and new trends in environmental informatics. Digital twins for sustainability, presented at the EnviroInfo 2020, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 23-24, 2020; Kamilaris, A., Wohlgemuth, V., Karatzas, K., Athanasiadis, I. N., Eds.; Progress in IS; Springer: Cham, 2021; pp 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61969-5_12
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