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Environmental potential of insects as food protein source
(2018)
The demand for food is rising, while simultaneously the need to reduce environmental impacts to meet our planetary boundaries is present. The production of animal-proteins accounts for a large share of the total agricultural ...
Environmental impacts of recycling-based cellulose carbamate fiber
(2020)
Over 100 million tons of textile fibers are consumed by the global textile industry every year. Most of these fibers are currently produced from virgin raw materials, and the environmental impacts of their production are ...
Carbon footprint of bio-based polypropylene via hydrotreatment and steam cracking
(2020)
Plastics have multiple useful features which have made them indispensable in the functions of everyday life. The growth of plastic industry has only accelerated, even though it has been globally acknowledged as one of the ...
Impact of end of life approach selection and factors in end of life phase to a life cycle assessment of a dispersion coated paper material
(2021)
In this work, the environmental impact of a dispersion coated packaging paper is defined by means of a life cycle assessment. Effect of methodology selection is studied by identi-fying four different suitable end of life ...
Climate impact of biogas and recycled fertilizers production : case : Gasum Oy
(2022)
This Master's thesis was done as a commission of Gasum Oy. The study examined the climate impact of biogas and recycled fertilizers production at Gasum's Lohja biogas plant and compared it to the climate impact of alternative ...
Sustainable carbon capture in oil refineries
(2019)
Carbon capture is a radical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally to mitigate the effects of climate change when CO2 is stored permanently or utilized sustainably. Modern oil refineries are large stationary ...
Biojätteen ja puhdistamolietteen kompostoinnin ja mädätyksen ympäristövaikutusten vertailu
(2020)
Diplomityö toteutettiin Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuollon toimeksiantona ja tässä tutkittiin Kukkuroinmäen uuden biokaasulaitoksen vaikutusta Etelä-Karjalan maakunnan kasvihuonekaasupäästöihin. Biokaasulaitos käyttää raaka-aineinaan ...
Carbon footprint of CO2-based polypropylene via methanol-to-olefins route
(2020)
Plastic is one of the most widely used materials today owing to its versatility. However, the rapidly growing plastics industry is largely dependent on fossil fuels and the source of ever-increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
Carbon footprint of events : opening events of Lahti European green capital 2021
(2021)
The aim on this thesis was to calculate carbon footprints of different types of events, from which subsystems does a carbon footprint of an event compose of and generally find out the areas that most affect the carbon ...
Global warming potential of willow biochar as a carbon sink in Finland
(2019)
The purpose of this Master’s thesis was to assess the feasibility of using biochar made from willow as a carbon sink in Finland, by calculating its global warming potential. This was done with a cradle-to-grave life cycle ...