Guidelines - Life Cycle Analysis of nanomaterials

Guidelines - Life Cycle Analysis of nanomaterials

Specific guidelines have been produced for the Life Cycle Assessment of nanomaterials and are described in Deliverable 3.2 , titled “Draft guidelines regarding the quantification of lifecycle environmental and human health risk indicators”.

A decision tree that guides you through the content of the guidelines in a systematic way is presented below.

Are you familiar with CEN-TS-17276:2018 document?

Do you have LCA competences?

Is the TRL of developed technology >=5

Available LCA study from literature?

Familiar with basic LCA concepts?

Clearly defined system boundaries?

Clearly defined functional units?

Is the material properly characterised (apart from chemical constitution)?

Identified sources of ENM and NEP release along the life cycle stages considered?

Ecotoxicity and human toxicity impacts included in the assessment?

Familiar with the management of uncertainty in LCA?

**This work project has received funding from European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020) via RiskGONE project under grant agreement nº 814425