Growing carbon footprint of plastics
An interdisciplinary research team including scientists from the Institute of Environmental Engineering has revealed that the impact of plastics on climate and health is greater than originally thought due to the increased use of coal for process heat, electricity and as a raw material in production.
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ETH Corporate Communications
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Original publications:
- Livia Cabernard, Stephan Pfister, Christopher Oberschelp, Stefanie Hellweg
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Nature Sustainability (2021), doi: 10.1038/s41893-021-00807-2 - Livia Cabernard, Stephan Pfister, Stefanie Hellweg
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Science of The Total Environment (2019), doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.434
To the Chair of Ecological Systems Design led by Stefanie Hellweg