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This chapter proposes the future trends and needs of the research area of LCA of interconnection. The trade-off between global impacts of locally related emissions and the known global impacts should be studied further. Measurements of landfill emissions are needed to find a possible correlation with increasing ewaste content in the landfills. Backcasting CLCI could be worthwhile as the historic time series can be used and the future data estimated. The ecological effects of using nanotechnologies in interconnection are not clear but important to understand before a wider introduction of nanomaterials. For important technologies LCAs need to be performed continually, and not on a one-time basis.
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Khanna V, Bakshi BR, Lee LJ (2008) Carbon nanofiber production: life cycle energy consumption and environmental impact. J Ind Ecol 12:394–410
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(2010). Looking Ahead. In: Global Life Cycle Impact Assessments of Material Shifts. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-661-8_9
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