Publications by authors named "Shamraiz Ahmad"
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- The leather fashion industry is pressured to adopt eco-friendly tanning methods due to the harmful effects of chromium-intensive manufacturing, but there's limited research on the environmental impacts of new tanning processes.
- This study compares the traditional chromium tanning process with a novel metal-free tanning technology using synthetic tannins, revealing the metal-free method significantly reduces various environmental impacts, including human toxicity and acidification, by up to 56%.
- Life cycle assessments indicated that the new tanning method has 18.4% lower overall environmental impacts, while cattle breeding was identified as a major contributor to negative effects; alternative scenarios explored the potential of solar energy to further mitigate these impacts.
Manufacturing industries are vital for economic development, but they cause significant environmental damages. As there are scarce research studies for this industrial sector from developing countries, this article reports a comprehensive environmental and economic analyses for cutlery manufacturing in Pakistan. SimaPro 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to significant requirement of energy, water, material, and other resources, the manufacturing industries significantly impact environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability (triple bottom-line). In response, today's research is focused on finding solution towards sustainable manufacturing. In this regard, sustainability assessment is an essential strategy.
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