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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