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Life cycle engineering for roads (LCE4ROADS), the new sustainability certification system for roads from the LCE4ROADS FP7 project
Published in Jaap Bakker, Dan M. Frangopol, Klaas van Breugel, Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems, 2017
E. Guedella Bustamante, R. Fernández Flores
The EU Ecolabel is an environmental Label Type I (third party organizations establish criteria for judging the environmental-friendliness of products and grants a Type I environmental label to them based on said criteria) identifies products and services that contribute to sustainability because they have demonstrated a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. There are already more than 17,000 EU Ecolabelled products on the market, but there are no references for road products and infrastructures. - Environmental Labels Type II:
Estolides
Published in Leslie R. Rudnick, Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants, 2020
Jakob Bredsguard, Travis Thompson
The European Union (EU) has adopted the EU Ecolabel, a voluntary program by which companies can label and market their products as having met a set of predetermined environmental and performance standards. In the area of lubricants, a list of preapproved ingredients, called the Lubricant Substance Classification List (LuSC-List), has been established and is updated annually [23]. Estolide products are included on the LuSC-List, thereby streamlining Ecolabel claims by lubricant manufacturers who use estolides in their formulations.
Climate Change Mitigation
Published in Dalia Štreimikienė, Asta Mikalauskienė, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 2021
Dalia Štreimikienė, Asta Mikalauskienė
The EU Ecolabel: The EU Ecolabel is awarded to products in 26 categories that meet high environmental standards throughout the product’s life cycle: from production, packaging, transportation, use, and recycling (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/).
A comprehensive review of sustainable approaches for synthetic lubricant components
Published in Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2023
Jessica Pichler, Rosa Maria Eder, Charlotte Besser, Lucia Pisarova, Nicole Dörr, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Marcella Frauscher
Furthermore, in many cases, an adaption of specifications will be necessary, including: Common condition monitoring (see Characterization and condition monitoring) tests are optimized for the evaluation of mineral-based lubrication oils and are often not suitable for plant-derived oils (147).Biodegradability tests e.g. according to OECD301, a guideline adopted in 1992, define a lubricant as readily biodegradable (and within the EEL criteria), if at least 60% of the formulation is fully biodegraded within a period of 28 days. However, how long it does take for the remaining 40% of the lubricant to fully biodegrade is not regulated (214), which means up to 50% of the formulation can be of petroleum origin with high persistency and bioaccumulation potential. Even with such composition, they would still fulfill the criteria of the EU Ecolabel (215).Toxicity values of a substance are strongly varying with the type of organism used and therefore, are not consistently meaningful if not tested comprehensively.
Life cycle assessment of a leather shoe supply chain
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2021
Marta Rossi, Alessandra Papetti, Marco Marconi, Michele Germani
Table 4 and Table 5 respectively summarise the emissions to air and water measured in each SC stage. All the data considered in the present study has been derived from different documents provided by the involved companies: mandatory monitoring reports on air and water emissions imposed by national or international legislation, voluntary product and process certifications as ISO 14,001, Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), EU Ecolabel, Der Blaue Engel, etc., reports of previous or on-going projects developed within each involved company, documentation about the performance of private or consortium water treatment plants. Almost all tanning process steps and slaughtering generate emissions to water by their nature. Instead, the emissions to air are limited to the liming and pickle stages. About the shoe upper manufacturing stage, it generates emissions to air in the following steps: leather split, dyeing, and upper/lining assembly. The use of colourants, pigments, and dyes and the bonding of heel and welt is the sole production steps responsible for emissions to air. Those generated by the insole producer are mainly due to the use of adhesives for the bonding of the metal shank and the paperboard components. Both shoe assembly and shoe finishing generate emissions to air due to the use of several chemicals. The quality control area is the only step of the shoe manufacturer that generates emissions to water. It is due to the presence of a spray cabin to finish shoes.
Moving towards green lubrication: tribological behavior and chemical characterization of spent coffee grounds oil
Published in Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2023
Jessica Pichler, Rosa Maria Eder, Lukas Widder, Markus Varga, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Marcella Frauscher
In this regard, within the scope of this work, the focus was on SCGO as a sustainable, waste- and bio-based lubricant, or lubricant additive, which could contribute to achieving the climate goals set in the European Green Deal. Furthermore, it should comply with the concept of a circular economy and meet the high standards of the EU Ecolabel (8).