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Assessment of environmental impacts with life cycle methods in nanotechnology industry
2013
This thesis inspected how nanotechnology companies in Finland have been assessing the environmental impacts of their products and processes. The research focused on using life cycle based methods that take into account the environmental impacts during the whole lifetime of a product. The subject was studied mainly through three qualitative case studies. Millidyne Oy, Vaisala Oyj and UPM-Kymmene Oyj were interviewed. Also quantitative research was used to some extend in the form of a company questionnaire. This research showed that only 13 % of nanotechnology companies in Finland have done environmental assessments with life cycle methods, and that even this figure is likely to be biased and…