From fast fashion to slow style
Fast fashion puts pressure on production costs, which is bad for the environment, working conditions and product quality. To make a change, we need to challenge consumption.
What can the Internet of Things do for sustainability?
Connecting products to the IoT makes it possible to monitor field data and fill important information gaps, thus promoting a circular economy and enhancing life cycle assessment.
Circular economy Eco-design and product development Life cycle assessment
Improving Loop’s circular ‘milkman’ model with environmental footprint information
Loop offers consumer products in reusable packaging. For their partners Procter & Gamble, PRé developed a model and a tool to assess and optimize the impact of products delivered through Loop.
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Circular economy Social impact assessment
Towards integrating social and environmental value in resources passports
Excess Materials Exchange (EME) seeks to integrate social impact into their resource passports for materials and products. PRé supported them with analyses.
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SimaPro Circular economy Life cycle assessment
The impacts of the Magic Eraser and how it compares with other cleaning products
For Procter & Gamble, PRé did a cradle-to-grave study of their Mr. Clean Magic Eraser product, including how it holds up against other products in a variety of usage scenarios.
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Why is it so difficult to become truly circular?
Repair, reuse, recycle. That’s something almost everyone knows when it comes to being circular. But what about the higher levels of circular strategy? How can companies tap into refuse, reduce and rethink?
Circular economy
Potential for circularity in diapers and other absorbent hygiene products
For Flemish waste management organisation OVAM, PRé researched the potential for circularity and recycling of diapers and other absorbent hygiene products, a huge part of the household waste stream.
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PRé and the University of Wageningen unravel the value of sustainable food waste streams
Applying circular economy and life cycle assessment principles, PRé and the University of Wageningen collaborated in the Infinity Foods program, building the value business case for food waste streams.
Why circular economy business models need LCA
Circular economy business models are inspirational, but 'reduce, reuse and recycle' may cause unexpected impacts. So, how do you know whether your circular approach or design is actually good for the planet? Be inspired, and use LCA for clarity.
SimaPro Circular economy Life cycle assessment
Unlocking the value of food waste streams
For Infinity Foods, PRé and the Wageningen University assessed the environmental impacts of 3 production methods of dietary fibres and beta-carotene. The assessment uncovers the business case for using residual carrots from vegetable food waste streams.
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