Life cycle environmental impact and economic assessment of British Wool face masks
The purpose of this paper is the comparison of the environmental performance between a reusable face mask, made from British Wool, a single-use conventional mask, made of polypropylene (PP), and a reusable cotton mask, using Life Cycle Assessment. The analysis revealed that although one woollen mask...
Main Authors: | Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, Abigail Whitehouse, Antonia Vyrkou, Andrew Hebden, Sohel Rana, Parikshit Goswami |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-09-01
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Series: | Cleaner Environmental Systems |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789422000150 |
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