Abstract Purpose The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the environmental impact and financial cost repairing surgical scissors. Methods We used life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis estimate impacts functional unit one use a reusable scissor (manufactured in Germany UK), three baseline scenarios were compared: no repair, onsite (hospital), offsite (external contract) repair. This ‘...

Cumulative energy demand has been used as a methodology to assess life cycle environmental impacts of commodity production since the early seventies, but has also been criticized because it focuses on energy only. During the past 30 years there has been much research into the development of more complex single-score life cycle impact assessment methodologies. However, a comprehensive analysis o...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is being included formally in EcoDesign regulations. Especially product carbon footprint will be mandatory Europe. However, life impact assessment, including global warming potential (GWP) LCA, hampered by several challenges. One of these a lack water vapor characterization indexes for GWP. A inventory profile air transport fuel, emissions, evaluated with state-of-th...

Recently increasing attention has been paid to complementing environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with social aspects. The paper discusses the selection of social impacts and indicators from existing frameworks like Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) and Social Impact Assessment (SIA). Two ongoing case studies, addressing sustainability assessment within decision support, were considered:...

Abstract Precise sustainability assessment becomes increasingly important in decision-making, marketing, and regulations. Therefore, reliable comparable LCA mandatory. Currently, primary data is rarely available due to vastly complex value chains. Secondary from eco-databases provide a remedy estimate the impacts of up- downstream processes. While giving insights estimations, this seldom fittin...