Every product was new, once, and most of them follow a fairly predictable path of acceptance, demand and eventual disinterest from consumers. That doesn't mean everything stops selling eventually – ...

Life cycle assessments (LCA) are one tool OEMs, fabricators and suppliers can use to understand – and improve – the environmental impact of composite parts and materials. Examples shown include an LCA ...

In our modem society, all products and services are based on the use of energy and material resources. While the products and services of stone-age hunter-gatherers or a primitive village economy may ...

The supermarket industry was approximately a $492 billion powerhouse as of the time of publication. It's evolved from a format of pure competition, where hundreds of thousands of small independent ...

Sharmon Lebby is a writer and sustainable fashion stylist who studies and reports on the intersections of environmentalism, fashion, and BIPOC communities. The Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, is a ...

Life cycle assessment of carbon capture at incineration plants shows that despite some drawbacks, the net result is a clear advantage for the climate. In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

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Stroll through any aisle in the grocery store today and it won’t take long to find products that claim to be sustainable. Some brands might profess how much energy was offset to make a product, while ...