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Message from ALCAS President - March 2020
Message from the President It is hard to know what to write about in this time of utter upheaval in all our lives. After a brutal summer,...
Is it time to rethink LCA?"
That was the question that LCANZ asked in November, when it held its 10th Anniversary Summit in Auckland. thinkstep-anz’s Barbara Nebel...
Collective action for industry members possible with EPDs
Industry associations are harnessing their collective power to develop information about the environmental impact of their products. The...
Worm bins key to Asaleo Care’s focus on circular economy
Asaleo Care has become the first tissue manufacturer in the region to publish Environmental Product Declarations. Asaleo Care...
Life-cycle study suggests some organic crops are less green
A group of scientists, led by Laurence Smith of Cranfield University, conducted a life cycle study on organic crop production and found...
thinkstep offers LCA-based packaging calculator to help design sustainable packaging
thinkstep has designed a software tool which can help companies to design sustainable packaging. The GaBi Packaging Calculator (GPC) is a...
Special session on LCA in the 1st AP SDEWES conference in Gold Coast
Encouraged by the success of the conference series on Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), a...
ResponsibleSteel launches world’s first sustainability standard for steel industry
The ResponsibleSteel Standard, the world’s first international, multi-stakeholder standard for responsible production for steel making...
LCA study examines chemical process for recycling mixed textile waste
The "fast fashion" industry is producing ever greater piles of unnecessary waste. One of the key barriers to the recycling of textile...
Global Guidance on Life Cycle Impact Assessment V2 Launched
Life Cycle Initiative have just published volume 2 of the Global Guidance on Life Cycle Impact Assessment report. This is a continuation...
Expressions of interest for industry-funded PhD in agriculture sector
NSW Department of Primary Industries is seeking expressions of interest from people to undertake a PhD in comparing the consequences of a...
EPD Stakeholder Conference: report from Bilbao
Kelly Taylor, EPD Australasia Programme Manager recently attended the 8th Annual EPD Stakeholder conference in Bilbao, Spain. The...
Call for Contribution ALCAS Symposium
ALCAS invites LCA practitioners, developers and users to participate in the 2020 joint IELab-ALCAS Conference. Over two days (3-5...
Stick to walking - scooters aren’t so climate-friendly after all
Just because battery-powered scooters don’t belch pollution out of a tailpipe may not mean they’re as “eco-friendly” as some have...
Energy from waste on a national scale? Life cycle research says its possible
A UCLA study found that harnessing energy from waste could potentially produce large amounts of renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas...
Carbon footprint for running shoes equal to running a light bulb for a week
An MIT-led life-cycle assessment found that a typical pair of sneakers (aka running shoes) accounts for 30 pounds of carbon dioxide...