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View article: Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows Through Industry ( <scp>MFI</scp> ) Tool: Examination of Alternative Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Chemical Sector
Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows Through Industry ( <span>MFI</span> ) Tool: Examination of Alternative Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Chemical Sector Open
Chemical manufacturing is a large and diverse sector of the U.S. economy, with products, fuels, and a wide assortment of materials used daily by both the public and businesses. Currently, several of the largest volume chemicals produced in…
View article: Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report
Circularity Futures Workshop Series: Summary Report Open
The aim of this report is to synthesize key feedback received from the three-part Circularity Futures workshop series held in Spring 2024. The workshop series was conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of U.…
View article: Addressing adoption barriers and accelerating market deployment of new technologies
Addressing adoption barriers and accelerating market deployment of new technologies Open
Adoption of emerging technologies can be difficult, but can be improved by using a framework that incorporates the relative environmental, social, and economic performance of that new technology, such as for enzymatic recycling of a polyme…
View article: Waste Management, Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment
Waste Management, Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment Open
This presentation covers analysis research strategies and approaches for life cycle assessment, circular economy and waste management.
View article: Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the U.S. - 4P Framework
Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the U.S. - 4P Framework Open
The United States generates the most plastic waste of any country. Along with that GHG emissions from the global plastic economy are expected to increase to 15% of the global carbon budget by 2050. It is imperative that plastic recycling i…
View article: Pathways Analysis Summary: Decarbonization Potential for Industrial Subsectors - Preliminary Modeling Results
Pathways Analysis Summary: Decarbonization Potential for Industrial Subsectors - Preliminary Modeling Results Open
This provides a summary of draft modeling efforts undertaken by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) as an extension and expansion of the 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap. IEDO …
View article: Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the U.S. - 4P Model
Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the U.S. - 4P Model Open
The United States generates the most plastic waste of any country. Along with that GHG emissions from the global plastic economy are expected to increase to 15% of the global carbon budget by 2050. It is imperative that plastic recycling i…
View article: Strategies for Considering Environmental Justice in the Early-Stage Development of Circular Economy Technologies
Strategies for Considering Environmental Justice in the Early-Stage Development of Circular Economy Technologies Open
The circular economy could transform how industry and society approach resources and waste, resulting in significant environmental justice (EJ) implications. However, there are few resources for analyzing the EJ impacts of new circular eco…
View article: Generating Emissions Inventory for Carbon Capture and Storage Analysis for Carbon-Intensive Industrial Sectors
Generating Emissions Inventory for Carbon Capture and Storage Analysis for Carbon-Intensive Industrial Sectors Open
Decarbonizing the industrial sector is critical to achieve carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reductions goals of the Biden Administration. Currently available decarbonization options include electrification, fuel switching to zero carbon fuel…
View article: Framework for an Open-Source Life Cycle Baseline for Electricity Consumption in the United States - LCAXVII
Framework for an Open-Source Life Cycle Baseline for Electricity Consumption in the United States - LCAXVII Open
This work was presented at the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) LCAXVII Conference in Portsmouth, NH on October 4, 2017. NETL has developed an open source multifunctional life cycle model to quantify baseline life cycle im…
View article: A framework for integrating supply chain, environmental, and social justice factors during early stationary battery research
A framework for integrating supply chain, environmental, and social justice factors during early stationary battery research Open
The transition to a decarbonized economy will drive dramatically higher demand for energy storage, along with technological diversification. To avoid mistakes of the past, the supply chain implications and environmental and social justice …
View article: Energy & Materials Resource Flows
Energy & Materials Resource Flows Open
This poster presents on flows of resources that support manufacturing, including flows of energy and materials. It highlights the recent and current strategic analysis efforts such as energy and carbon footprints, case studies showing the …
View article: Sustainable and Circular Economy
Sustainable and Circular Economy Open
This poster presents on case studies showing opportunities to recover critical materials through circularity and to address the end of life challenge for plastics. It shows examples of projects that are investigating the Circular Economy a…
View article: Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the US
Towards a Circular Economy for PET Bottles in the US Open
The United States generates the most plastic waste of any country. Along with that GHG emissions from the global plastic economy are expected to increase to 15% of the global carbon budget by 2050. It is imperative that plastic recycling i…
View article: Sustainable Materials Selection in Manufactured Products: A Framework for Design-Integrated Life Cycle Thinking with Case Studies
Sustainable Materials Selection in Manufactured Products: A Framework for Design-Integrated Life Cycle Thinking with Case Studies Open
Materials selection can provide a major opportunity to improve the environmental performance of manufactured products. Substitution of conventional materials with eco-friendly options can lower a product's environmental impact while still …
View article: Agent‐based modeling and simulation for the circular economy: Lessons learned and path forward
Agent‐based modeling and simulation for the circular economy: Lessons learned and path forward Open
Circular economy aims at decoupling human activities from resource use and creating wealth. However, many have questioned the link between increased circularity and sustainability, resulting in several methodological approaches being devel…
View article: Comparing Parallel Plastic‐to‐X Pathways and Their Role in a Circular Economy for PET Bottles
Comparing Parallel Plastic‐to‐X Pathways and Their Role in a Circular Economy for PET Bottles Open
The United States generates the most plastic waste of any country and is a top contributor to global plastic pollution. Multiple end‐of‐life strategies must be implemented to minimize environmental impacts and retain valuable plastic mater…
View article: Evaluating the Circular Economy
Evaluating the Circular Economy Open
This presentation defines the circular economy, how to implement it, and how to evaluate the impacts.
View article: Data-Driven Buy Clean: Decarbonization and Beyond
Data-Driven Buy Clean: Decarbonization and Beyond Open
This report was compiled to provide recommendations on the availability of public background data from the U.S. Federal life cycle assessment (LCA) Data Commons to be conformant with the Association for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) 2022 P…
View article: Manufacturing Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with United States Consumption of Organic Petrochemicals
Manufacturing Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with United States Consumption of Organic Petrochemicals Open
The production of commodity organic chemicals today is both primarily sourced from and powered by fossil carbon resources. Toward decarbonization of this key global economic sector, it is imperative to quantitatively understand the contrib…
View article: Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows through Industry (MFI) Tool: Examination of Decarbonization Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Glass Manufacturing Sector
Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows through Industry (MFI) Tool: Examination of Decarbonization Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Glass Manufacturing Sector Open
Glass manufacturing is a major part of the U.S. economy, and glass products in multiple sectors - flat glass, container glass, and fiberglass - are a part of everyday life. Despite glass manufacturing's long history, there are still many o…
View article: Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics
Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics Open
Over 400 million metric tons of plastic waste are generated globally each year, resulting in pollution and lost resources. Recycling strategies can recapture this wasted material, but there is a lack of quantitative and transparent data on…
View article: Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste
Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste Open
This study analyzes catalytic fast pyrolysis as a conversion technology for mixed plastic waste, highlighting key economic and environmental drivers and potential opportunities for process improvements.
View article: Sustainable Manufacturing and the Circular Economy
Sustainable Manufacturing and the Circular Economy Open
The term "zero waste" can be somewhat misleading, as it implies an idealization of a concept that may never be achieved in real-world practice. According to Waste360 , "many in the solid waste industry think zero waste is an impossible goa…
View article: Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of mixed plastic waste gasification for production of methanol and hydrogen
Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of mixed plastic waste gasification for production of methanol and hydrogen Open
This work examines the feasibility of a greenfield mixed plastics waste gasification facility with process modeling, TEA, and LCA.
View article: Agent-Based Modeling for the Circular Economy: Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies
Agent-Based Modeling for the Circular Economy: Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies Open
The circular economy (CE) aims at decoupling human activities from resource use, creating wealth in the process. Recently, many scholars have questioned the link between increased circularity and sustainability, resulting in many methodolo…