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recycled content

Every clca article tagged “recycled content” — 7 technical pieces covering the topic from methodology, standards interpretation and practical application angles.

7 articles

2026-08-0810 min read

Paper and board LCA: pulping route, recovered fibre and the energy balance

A paper mill is both a large energy consumer and a potential energy producer. Kraft, recovered fibre and the black liquor balance.

2026-08-0611 min read

Aluminium LCA: the twentyfold gap between primary and secondary

Aluminium's footprint depends almost entirely on the electricity source. Electrolysis, anode-effect PFCs and what production from scrap changes.

2026-08-0510 min read

Glass LCA: cullet ratio, furnace campaigns and the transport paradox

The single strongest lever in glass is cullet ratio. Melting energy, soda ash process emissions and what weight costs in transport.

2026-08-0111 min read

Packaging LCA: PPWR, recycled content and the functional unit

In packaging the functional unit is not 'one box' but the amount of product protected. The trade-off between light-weighting, recycled content and food waste.

2026-06-0310 min readData & Methods

Scenario analysis: how end-of-life assumptions decide the result

Nobody knows what recycling infrastructure will look like in fifty years. How to work with that uncertainty and report scenarios honestly.

2026-05-0910 min readFundamentals

What is the circular economy? And how is it measured with LCA?

Circularity is not an environmental benefit in itself — it has to be measured. When recycling wins, and when it does not.

2026-04-239 min readFundamentals

What is Zero Waste? The regulation, the certificate and the link to LCA

In Turkey, Zero Waste is not a campaign but a system mandated by regulation. Who it covers, how the certificate works, and how the waste data feeds an LCA.