Helene Wiesinger

Should we just recycle all our plastic waste? I wrote in the ETH #Zukunftsblog about the potential side-effects of #plastic #recycling, and that we might run in trouble if we don't also think about the #chemical level ethz.ch/de/news-und-ve…

McPartland et al. is exciting because we demonstrate that plastic chemicals can activate GPCRs, in particular adenosine and melanin receptors. This is significant because GPCRs are rarely considered as targets for chemical disruption. Novel mechanism here! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Our new #openaccess study on PVC flooring unveils concerning findings: 16% of all new products still contain regulated substances like DEHP or lead, likely due to recycling. We need more transparency for a #safe and #sustainable #CircularEconomy! 🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1021/acs.es…

🎓Congratulations to @MagdalenaKlotz for her brilliant PhD defense! ♻️She modeled the material flow of #PlasticRecycling in Switzerland, assessing the circularity and #ClimateChange impact of the system! 📜Check her project and publications: bit.ly/43jUuMy

ESD PhD student @HeleneWiesinger presented her work at the #SETACDublin conference. Topic: A case study on #Chemicals in #PVC #Building #Plastics If you are there, feel free to reach out to her! To know more about her project: bit.ly/3MMRu3U @SETAC_world #Recycling

Vote for the «Science Blog of the year 2022»! The #Zukunftsblog @ETH_en is nominated 👉your vote counts: wissenschaftkommuniziert.wordpress.com/2022/12/14/wah…

@ETHZ_ESD @psich_en whoop whoop 🎉

Congratulations to Aleksandra Kim for her successful PhD defense! Her outstanding work on #globalsensitivityanalysis sets the basis to reduce uncertainties and increase robustness in #lca results. Check the project and her publications here: esd.ifu.ethz.ch/research/resea… @psich_en

Reduce, reuse, repair, refurbish? Identifying the #wasteprevention strategy with the least #environmental impact is not that obvious. Do you want to know more? Read our recent paper published on @JIndEcol. > onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ji… #circulareconomy @MelanieHaupt5 @MartinaRapp7

Congratulations to Maja Wiprächtiger for her successful #PhD defense! In her PhD thesis, she defined an assessment framework to evaluate the #environmental #sustainability of #circulareconomy strategies and applied it to several case studies.

“Which #hazardouschemicals are part of the #plastics around us? It is not so easy to say” explains @HeleneWiesinger, PhD student at ESD. Do you want to know more about her research on chemicals in plastics? 🧪 Check her short video: bit.ly/3MMRu3U #Hazard #Chemicals

Our recently published #datamining study from @Cisbat_ on evaluating the rebounds by switching to energy-efficient devices, and renewable energy in Switzerland show that higher income and bigger households have higher total rebounds. For details check: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

In our recent article we develop a #machinelearning methodology to estimate #rebounds in housing industry. Checkout the details here sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @ElsevierConnect

The dark side of plastics consumption: our recent article published in @naturesustainab shows how the growing environmental #footprint of #plastics is driven by #coal combustion occurring in the production phase. nature.com/articles/s4189…

Data uncertainties, assumptions in #modeling choices and incomplete knowledge make it hard to interpret #environmentalfootprint values. Our new paper proposes a #globalsensitivityanalysis protocol to achieve higher robustness in results. @ELSenviron doi.org/10.1016/j.envs…

#PhDPosition at the Paul Scherrer Institut on Sustainability Assessment Deadline: 15. March 2022 Apply here👇🏼 psi.ch/en/pa/job-oppo… @psich_en #Sustainability #LCA #Brightway #SustainabilityAssessement

.@HansenB_ECHA at #ipcp workshop: We need a predictive chemicals management to reduce the friction in the system (chems are regulated today once they become economically successful).

We can’t manage what we don’t know. It's Time to Reveal Chemical Identities of Polymers and UVCBs for #SaferChemicals. Have a look at our latest opinion paper @ETHZ_ESD @EawagResearch #ChemicalsInOurLife. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

I just gave a short interview on our new study on #chemicals in #plastic. Here at 48:50 - bbc.in/3hdcIcz

ETH-​Forschende untersuchten #Chemikalien in #Kunststoffen und fanden eine unerwartet hohe Anzahl von potenziell besorgniserregenden #Substanzen in #Plastik. Bei Chemikalien in alltäglichen #Kunststoffprodukten mangelt es an Transparenz. ethz.ch/de/news-und-ve…