NanoSustain Factsheet and Case Studies

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NanoSustain: "Development of sustainable solutions for nanotechnology-based products based on hazard characterization and LCA"

  • How do nanotechnology-based products impact on human health and the environment?
  • Can they be recycled?
  • Can they be safely disposed of?
  • How can you find out?

To answer these questions, the EC-funded NanoSustain project has been developing new sustainable solutions through an investigation of the life-cycle of nanotechnology-based products, in particular the physical and chemical characteristics of materials, hazard and exposure aspects, and end-of-life disposal or recycling to determine the fate and impact of nanomaterials.

 

A NanoSustain Factsheet is now available together with four Case Studies which provide 

A summary of the different materials and products tested within NanoSustain:

Case Study #1: Titanium dioxide for paints

Case Study #2: Zinc oxide for glazing products

Case Study #3: Carbon nanotubes epoxy resins for plastics - for structural or electrical/antistatic applications

Case Study #4: Nanocellulose for advanced paper applications

And:

  • Information about the individual experimental approaches
  • Descriptions of the different techniques developed
  • How these techniques have been successfully applied in physical-chemical characterisation; life-cycle analysis; final disposal; recycling

 Obtain your free copies at www.nanosustain.eu/case-studies

You can also watch and listen to the Project Partners:

Filmed entirely on location at NRCWE Copenhagen, the partners talk about their role in the project, its outcomes and benefits to human health and the environment 

 

http://tinyurl.com/NanoSustainOverview  

A succinct overview from the partners  (4 mins on Vimeo)  

http://tinyurl.com/NanoSustainVideo 

A more in-depth insight, including a demo of a dustiness experiment (26 mins on YouTube) 

 

NanoSustain is a 2.5 M€ NMP small collaborative project (2010-2013)

funded by the European Union under FP7 contract number 247989



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