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Producing Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: A Review of Sustainable Sources and Future Trends for the EPA and DHA Market by Oliver, Laura, Dietrich, Thomas, Marañón, Izaskun, Villarán, Maria Carmen, Barrio, Ramón J.

“…Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-3 PUFA) are recognized as being essential compounds for human nutrition and health. The human body generates only…”
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Impact of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Services in a Tropical Forested Landscape by Sharma, Roshan, Rimal, Bhagawat, Baral, Himlal, Nehren, Udo, Paudyal, Kiran, Sharma, Sunil, Rijal, Sushila, Ranpal, Surendra, Acharya, Ram, Alenazy, Amer, Kandel, Prashid

“…Ecosystems provide a wide range of goods, services or ecosystem services (ES) to society. Estimating the impact of land use and land cover (LULC) changes on ES…”
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Biomass Energy: An Overview of Biomass Sources, Energy Potential, and Management in Southeast Asian Countries by Tun, Juchelkova, Win, Thu, Puchor

“…Potential depletion of fossil fuel and climate change have globally accelerated the demand in renewable and alternative energy. Most of the Southeast Asian…”
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Towards Circular Economy in the Household Appliance Industry: An Overview of Cases by Bressanelli, Gianmarco, Saccani, Nicola, Perona, Marco, Baccanelli, Irene

“…Circular Economy is a means to ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns. However, it is still at an embryonic stage of implementation in…”
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Waste Picker Organizations and Their Contribution to the Circular Economy: Two Case Studies from a Global South Perspective by Gutberlet, Jutta, Carenzo, Sebastián, Kain, Jaan-Henrik, Mantovani Martiniano de Azevedo, Adalberto

“…The discussion on the circular economy (CE) has attracted a rising interest within global policy and business as a way of increasing the sustainability of…”
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The Potential Phosphorus Crisis: Resource Conservation and Possible Escape Technologies: A Review by Daneshgar, Saba, Callegari, Arianna, Capodaglio, Andrea, Vaccari, David

“…Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for every organism on the Earth, yet it is also a potential environmental pollutant, which may cause eutrophication of…”
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Green Consumer Behavior in the Cosmetics Market by Amberg, Nora, Fogarassy, Csaba

“…Consumers and producers are becoming more open to the usage of natural cosmetics. This can be seen in them using a variety of natural cosmetic resources and…”
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The Impact of Metal Mining on Global Water Stress and Regional Carrying Capacities—A GIS-Based Water Impact Assessment by Meißner, Simon

“…The consumption of freshwater in mining accounts for only a small proportion of the total water use at global and even national scales. However, at regional…”
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Global Lithium Sources—Industrial Use and Future in the Electric Vehicle Industry: A Review by Kavanagh, Laurence, Keohane, Jerome, Garcia Cabellos, Guiomar, Lloyd, Andrew, Cleary, John

“…Lithium is a key component in green energy storage technologies and is rapidly becoming a metal of crucial importance to the European Union. The different…”
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Essential Oils and Their Application on Active Packaging Systems: A Review by Carpena, Maria, Nuñez-Estevez, Bernabe, Soria-Lopez, Anton, Garcia-Oliveira, Paula, Prieto, Miguel A.

“…The food industry is continuously evolving through the application of innovative tools and ingredients towards more effective, safe, natural and ecofriendly…”
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Building a Sustainability Benchmarking Framework of Ceramic Tiles Based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) by Ferrari, Anna Maria, Volpi, Lucrezia, Pini, Martina, Siligardi, Cristina, García-Muiña, Fernando Enrique, Settembre-Blundo, Davide

“…The purpose of this paper is to determine indices of environmental, economic and social sustainability related to the Italian production of ceramic tiles in…”
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Ecological Footprint Accounting for Countries: Updates and Results of the National Footprint Accounts, 2012–2018 by Lin, David, Hanscom, Laurel, Murthy, Adeline, Galli, Alessandro, Evans, Mikel, Neill, Evan, Mancini, Maria, Martindill, Jon, Medouar, Fatime-Zahra, Huang, Shiyu, Wackernagel, Mathis

“…Ecological Footprint accounting quantifies the supply and demand of Earth’s biocapacity. The National Footprint Accounts (NFA) are the most widely used…”
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End-of-Life Options for Bio-Based Plastics in a Circular Economy—Status Quo and Potential from a Life Cycle Assessment Perspective by Spierling, Sebastian, Venkatachalam, Venkateshwaran, Mudersbach, Marina, Becker, Nico, Herrmann, Christoph, Endres, Hans-Josef

“…The bio-based plastic market is forecast to grow in the next years. With a growing market share and product range, the implementation of circular thinking is…”
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Key Enablers of and Barriers to the Uptake and Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Settings: A Review by Sarabi, Shahryar Ershad, Han, Qi, Romme, A Georges L, de Vries, Bauke, Wendling, Laura

“…Climate change and urbanization have resulted in several societal challenges for urban areas. Nature-based solutions (NBS) have been positioned as solutions…”
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Collaborative Consumption: Towards a Resource-Saving Consumption Culture by Leismann, Kristin, Schmitt, Martina, Rohn, Holger, Baedeker, Carolin

“…Resource efficiency in production and technological innovations are inadequate for considerably reducing the current use of natural resources. Both social…”
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Impact of Covid-19 on the Mining Sector and Raw Materials Security in Selected European Countries by Gałaś, Andrzej, Kot-Niewiadomska, Alicja, Czerw, Hubert, Simić, Vladimir, Tost, Michael, Wårell, Linda, Gałaś, Slávka

“…Events that change the global economy rapidly, without warning, in principle strongly affect mining, which is one of the pillars of global development. After…”
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The Rising Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine War: Energy Transition, Climate Justice, Global Inequality, and Supply Chain Disruption by Allam, Zaheer, Bibri, Simon Elias, Sharpe, Samantha A

“…This perspective paper explores the rising impacts of the COVID-19 and the Russia–Ukraine war from different perspectives, with an emphasis on the role of…”
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Geosite Assessment and Communication: A Review by Pasquaré Mariotto, Federico, Drymoni, Kyriaki, Bonali, Fabio L., Tibaldi, Alessandro, Corti, Noemi, Oppizzi, Paolo

“…This work is aimed at reviewing the current state of the art in geosite selection, assessment, and communication. We first highlight the main papers that have…”
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Environmental Sustainability of Pasta Production Chains: An Integrated Approach for Comparing Local and Global Chains by Recchia, Lucia, Cappelli, Alessio, Cini, Enrico, Garbati Pegna, Francesco, Boncinelli, Paolo

“…Major pasta industries have started to evaluate the environmental footprint of their productions exploiting both Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and, in some…”
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Platinum Group Metals: A Review of Resources, Production and Usage with a Focus on Catalysts by Hughes, Anthony E., Haque, Nawshad, Northey, Stephen A., Giddey, Sarbjit

“…The major applications of PGMs are as catalysts in automotive industry, petroleum refining, environmental (gas remediation), industrial chemical production…”
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