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23 July 2010, NanoSustain
NanoSustain - developing innovative solutions for the sustainable design, use, recycling and final treatment of nanotechnology based products
A new FP7 project has recently been launched to develop innovative solutions for the sustainable design, use, recycling and final treatment of nanotechnology-based products by addressing the following two questions:
• How, and to what degree, will society and the environment will be exposed to nano‐materials and associated products; and
• Where do these particles end up?
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NanoSustain's primary goal is to develop new technical solutions for the sustainable design and use, for recycling and final treatment of selected nanotechnology-based products.
Specific objectives are:
1) to assess the hazard of selected nanomaterials based on a comprehensive data survey on their properties (physico-chemical characteristics, exposure probabilities, etc.) and the adaptation, evaluation, validation and use of existing analytical, testing and LCA methods;
2) to assess selected products using LCA (in relation to material and energy flows);
3) to assess the impact of these materials in relation to toxicology, ecotoxicology, exposure, environmental and biological fate, transport,transformation, and destiny; and
4) to explore the feasibility and sustainability of new technical solutions for end-of-life processes, such as reuse/recycling, final treatment or disposal.
More information:
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- NANOSUSTAIN fact sheet.pdf (133267 Byte)
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- NanoSustain Flyer FINAL.pdf (309204 Byte)
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