<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>SAM</title>
<link>https://sam.ensam.eu:443</link>
<description>The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.</description>
<pubDate xmlns="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:33:26 GMT</pubDate>
<dc:date>2026-06-12T10:33:26Z</dc:date>
<item>
<title>Évaluation de la Performance Technique des Scénarios de Recyclage durant la Conception</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12558</link>
<description>Évaluation de la Performance Technique des Scénarios de Recyclage durant la Conception
GRIMAUD, Guilhem; PERRY, Nicolas; LARATTE, Bertrand
Pour déployer des solutions industrielles de recyclage compétitives pour une large gamme de produits en fin de vie, les recycleurs doivent connaître les performances de chaque solution. Actuellement, les seuls outils disponibles permettent des évaluations longues au cas par cas. Nos travaux ont pour objet la création d’une méthodologie pour évaluer les performances développement durable des scénarios de recyclage. L’outil se destine à une utilisation par le concepteur de filières de recyclage afin de communiquer au donneur d’ordre les performances des solutions de recyclage. Dans cet article, nous présentons la méthodologie mise en œuvre pour construire l’outil d’évaluation. Cet outil doit permettre d’optimiser les voies de recyclage des produits complexes. Notre approche est basée sur différents outils d’évaluation pour déterminer chaque performance : environnementale, technique et économique. Dans cet article, nous présentons la démarche en lien avec l’évaluation technique de la performance. Cette dernière est déterminée sous le prisme du programme européen de vérification ETV (Environmental Technology Verification). Le but est de pouvoir proposer sur le marché des solutions identifiées comme les meilleures écotechnologies disponibles.
</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12558</guid>
<dc:date>2017-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Pour déployer des solutions industrielles de recyclage compétitives pour une large gamme de produits en fin de vie, les recycleurs doivent connaître les performances de chaque solution. Actuellement, les seuls outils disponibles permettent des évaluations longues au cas par cas. Nos travaux ont pour objet la création d’une méthodologie pour évaluer les performances développement durable des scénarios de recyclage. L’outil se destine à une utilisation par le concepteur de filières de recyclage afin de communiquer au donneur d’ordre les performances des solutions de recyclage. Dans cet article, nous présentons la méthodologie mise en œuvre pour construire l’outil d’évaluation. Cet outil doit permettre d’optimiser les voies de recyclage des produits complexes. Notre approche est basée sur différents outils d’évaluation pour déterminer chaque performance : environnementale, technique et économique. Dans cet article, nous présentons la démarche en lien avec l’évaluation technique de la performance. Cette dernière est déterminée sous le prisme du programme européen de vérification ETV (Environmental Technology Verification). Le but est de pouvoir proposer sur le marché des solutions identifiées comme les meilleures écotechnologies disponibles.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Reducing Environmental Impacts of Aluminium Cable Recycling Process with Life Cycle Assessment Methodology</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/11518</link>
<description>Reducing Environmental Impacts of Aluminium Cable Recycling Process with Life Cycle Assessment Methodology
GRIMAUD, Guilhem; PERRY, Nicolas; LARATTE, Bertrand
Life cycle impact of European generic primary and secondary aluminium are well defined. However specific recycling processes are not available in literature. In this study, the environmental assessment of cable recycling processing is examined using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The data come from a recycling plant (MTB Recycling) in France. MTB process relies only on mechanical separation and optical sorting processes on shredder cables. The LCA results demonstrate huge environmental benefits for aluminium recycled in comparison with primary aluminium. This work was done firstly to document specific environmental impact of MTB recycling process in comparison with traditional aluminium recycling smelting. Secondly, to provide an environmental overview of the process steps in order to reduce the environmental impact of this recycling pathway. Using the identified hotspots from the LCA for the MTB specific recycling process for aluminium cables, we were able to provide help for designers to carry on reducing the environmental impact of the technologies used during the recycling pathway. This paper focuses on LCA results and implementations on the process for reducing the environmental impact.
</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/11518</guid>
<dc:date>2016-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Life cycle impact of European generic primary and secondary aluminium are well defined. However specific recycling processes are not available in literature. In this study, the environmental assessment of cable recycling processing is examined using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The data come from a recycling plant (MTB Recycling) in France. MTB process relies only on mechanical separation and optical sorting processes on shredder cables. The LCA results demonstrate huge environmental benefits for aluminium recycled in comparison with primary aluminium. This work was done firstly to document specific environmental impact of MTB recycling process in comparison with traditional aluminium recycling smelting. Secondly, to provide an environmental overview of the process steps in order to reduce the environmental impact of this recycling pathway. Using the identified hotspots from the LCA for the MTB specific recycling process for aluminium cables, we were able to provide help for designers to carry on reducing the environmental impact of the technologies used during the recycling pathway. This paper focuses on LCA results and implementations on the process for reducing the environmental impact.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>From resources to a products : which environmental imacts for ecosystem?</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14155</link>
<description>From resources to a products : which environmental imacts for ecosystem?
LARATTE, Bertrand
For more than one hundred years the industrial revolution explodes all over the world through the different technologies. All these technologies were developed to help and increase the human conditions in providing new products. However, this development demands more and more resources (e.g. energy, water, raw materials) and generates many undesirable consequences with our over consumptions and the industrial systems used for the production. With the development of the research in human health and on the ecosystems, one has capable to assess our potential negative impacts. It exists many model in order to assess the environmental impacts (environmental impacts are on the ecosystem and on human health), one of the most famous methodology is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [1] [2] that is managed by the standard ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. However, even if this methodology is well-known, this one presents many limitations.
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14155</guid>
<dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>For more than one hundred years the industrial revolution explodes all over the world through the different technologies. All these technologies were developed to help and increase the human conditions in providing new products. However, this development demands more and more resources (e.g. energy, water, raw materials) and generates many undesirable consequences with our over consumptions and the industrial systems used for the production. With the development of the research in human health and on the ecosystems, one has capable to assess our potential negative impacts. It exists many model in order to assess the environmental impacts (environmental impacts are on the ecosystem and on human health), one of the most famous methodology is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [1] [2] that is managed by the standard ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. However, even if this methodology is well-known, this one presents many limitations.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Analyse du Cycle de Vie: Limites et développements pour les nanomatériaux</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14275</link>
<description>Analyse du Cycle de Vie: Limites et développements pour les nanomatériaux
LARATTE, Bertrand
Cycle de vie des produits, procédés et services. Considération des nanos dans les calculs d'Analyse de Cycle de Vie: Limites et opportunités
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14275</guid>
<dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Cycle de vie des produits, procédés et services. Considération des nanos dans les calculs d'Analyse de Cycle de Vie: Limites et opportunités</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Development of an Evaluation Tool for Engineering Sustainable Recycling Pathways</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14037</link>
<description>Development of an Evaluation Tool for Engineering Sustainable Recycling Pathways
GRIMAUD, Guilhem; PERRY, Nicolas; LARATTE, Bertrand
As the product end of life is becoming more and more complex, the recycling systems encountered many difficulties in valuing all the materials contained in the products. This involves not only recovering many materials but also getting the most economical way and the minimal environmental impact. The recycling industry is a new business sector that needs to be accompanied in its development and research of the most sustainable pathway to guarantee the resources circularity. That is why recyclers need robust assessment tools to make the right choices during the engineering of recycling pathways. This assessment, during the designing phase of the waste management line, should enable recyclers to choose the right recycling processes for a wide range of end of life products. In this article, we present how we develop a methodology for evaluating the performance of recycling processes and give relevant indicators during their design phase.
Merci de lier avec la BDD HAL ECOSD : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ECOSD
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14037</guid>
<dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>As the product end of life is becoming more and more complex, the recycling systems encountered many difficulties in valuing all the materials contained in the products. This involves not only recovering many materials but also getting the most economical way and the minimal environmental impact. The recycling industry is a new business sector that needs to be accompanied in its development and research of the most sustainable pathway to guarantee the resources circularity. That is why recyclers need robust assessment tools to make the right choices during the engineering of recycling pathways. This assessment, during the designing phase of the waste management line, should enable recyclers to choose the right recycling processes for a wide range of end of life products. In this article, we present how we develop a methodology for evaluating the performance of recycling processes and give relevant indicators during their design phase.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>THE INNOVATION OF THE HUMAN EXPOSURE FACTOR ESTIMATION FOR LCA</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14016</link>
<description>THE INNOVATION OF THE HUMAN EXPOSURE FACTOR ESTIMATION FOR LCA
BELYANOVSKAYA, Alexandra; BARANOVSKAYA, Natalia; PERRY, Nicolas; LARATTE, Bertrand
The human health risk assessment is one the most important problem of modern ecology. The USEtox model is an instrument to characterize the human health risks in the LCIA method. In the USEtox the exposure factor (XF) is used to assess the contact between the person and the environment considering the receipt of the foodstuffs (e.g. pork). Despite all advantages of USEtox, there are some uncertainties in calculations of XF. In the study of the chemicals entry into the human body with food and water, the regional aspect is considered only for the place where the conditionally “contaminated” products are derived, but the residence place of a population is not considered. However, air and water transfer pollutants (heavy metal – Сhromium) to zones that do not have industrial facilities.  As an example of estimation of the health impact of the residents near the nuclear fuel cycle industry, the XF was calculated using the concentration of Cr in pork meat. For the study, samples of Sus scrofa domestica organs (totally 60 samples) were taken in the territory of two settlements, impacted and cleaned. Both areas are not located directly in the industrial hub, but the impacted area is under the anthropogenic influence with air and water transfer of pollution.  The results of XF estimation show that population of the impacted area consumes more Cr with pork meat even if this area is not directly located in the industrial hub. The XF for both areas is much higher than USEtox default values, calculated for population of whole Central Asia. We purpose a spatial aspect as a new characterization factor for the impact assessment. The population of one region can consume a different amount of pollutant depending on the location of settlement they live.
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/14016</guid>
<dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>BELYANOVSKAYA, Alexandra</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>BARANOVSKAYA, Natalia</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>The human health risk assessment is one the most important problem of modern ecology. The USEtox model is an instrument to characterize the human health risks in the LCIA method. In the USEtox the exposure factor (XF) is used to assess the contact between the person and the environment considering the receipt of the foodstuffs (e.g. pork). Despite all advantages of USEtox, there are some uncertainties in calculations of XF. In the study of the chemicals entry into the human body with food and water, the regional aspect is considered only for the place where the conditionally “contaminated” products are derived, but the residence place of a population is not considered. However, air and water transfer pollutants (heavy metal – Сhromium) to zones that do not have industrial facilities.  As an example of estimation of the health impact of the residents near the nuclear fuel cycle industry, the XF was calculated using the concentration of Cr in pork meat. For the study, samples of Sus scrofa domestica organs (totally 60 samples) were taken in the territory of two settlements, impacted and cleaned. Both areas are not located directly in the industrial hub, but the impacted area is under the anthropogenic influence with air and water transfer of pollution.  The results of XF estimation show that population of the impacted area consumes more Cr with pork meat even if this area is not directly located in the industrial hub. The XF for both areas is much higher than USEtox default values, calculated for population of whole Central Asia. We purpose a spatial aspect as a new characterization factor for the impact assessment. The population of one region can consume a different amount of pollutant depending on the location of settlement they live.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>How to Develop Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of Recycling Processes?</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12557</link>
<description>How to Develop Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of Recycling Processes?
GRIMAUD, Guilhem; LARATTE, Bertrand; PERRY, Nicolas
The circular economy offers a partial answer to resource depletion. Recycling is inherent in the circular economy strategies that why industrial companies look for stepping recycling rates up. But recycling approaches are often motivated by economic considerations. Yet the recycling paths are multiple and it is important to determine the best path according to different categories of indicators and not only profit. We worked with MTB, an engineering and manufacturing company of recycling equipment. Our work aims to determine which are the most relevant indicators to assess the sustainability performance of recycling processes. We selected 8 indicators in 3 different categories: technical, environmental and economic. The technical indicators are determined based on a common framework established using the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) protocol. Environmental and economic indicators results are given using a process Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database. Information stored in the database using both variable and invariable unit process. The calculation is respectively done with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) methodologies. During the design phases, specific information is provided to establish the unit process performance of each recycling scenario. In this article, we present how the performance indicators were selected and calculated in regard with the decision support methodology build up.
</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12557</guid>
<dc:date>2017-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:description>The circular economy offers a partial answer to resource depletion. Recycling is inherent in the circular economy strategies that why industrial companies look for stepping recycling rates up. But recycling approaches are often motivated by economic considerations. Yet the recycling paths are multiple and it is important to determine the best path according to different categories of indicators and not only profit. We worked with MTB, an engineering and manufacturing company of recycling equipment. Our work aims to determine which are the most relevant indicators to assess the sustainability performance of recycling processes. We selected 8 indicators in 3 different categories: technical, environmental and economic. The technical indicators are determined based on a common framework established using the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) protocol. Environmental and economic indicators results are given using a process Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database. Information stored in the database using both variable and invariable unit process. The calculation is respectively done with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) methodologies. During the design phases, specific information is provided to establish the unit process performance of each recycling scenario. In this article, we present how the performance indicators were selected and calculated in regard with the decision support methodology build up.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Decision Support Methodology for Designing Efficient and Sustainable Recycling Pathways</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12614</link>
<description>Decision Support Methodology for Designing Efficient and Sustainable Recycling Pathways
GRIMAUD, Guilhem; PERRY, Nicolas; LARATTE, Bertrand
As the end of life becoming more and more complex recycling systems encountered many difficulties in valuing all the materials contain in each product. This involves not only recovering a large number of materials but also doing so with the minimal environmental impact. Although the benefits of recycling are well established, the industrial processes need to be designed in regard with their environmental impacts. That why recyclers need robust assessment tools to make the right choices during the design of recycling processes. This evaluation work should enable them to choose the right recycling solutions for a wide range of end of life products. In this article, we present how we develop a methodology for evaluating the performance of recycling processes during their design phase. This methodology is our answer to help optimise the recycling of multi materials products based on the evaluation of the sustainability performance of the processes chosen.
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/12614</guid>
<dc:date>2018-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:description>As the end of life becoming more and more complex recycling systems encountered many difficulties in valuing all the materials contain in each product. This involves not only recovering a large number of materials but also doing so with the minimal environmental impact. Although the benefits of recycling are well established, the industrial processes need to be designed in regard with their environmental impacts. That why recyclers need robust assessment tools to make the right choices during the design of recycling processes. This evaluation work should enable them to choose the right recycling solutions for a wide range of end of life products. In this article, we present how we develop a methodology for evaluating the performance of recycling processes during their design phase. This methodology is our answer to help optimise the recycling of multi materials products based on the evaluation of the sustainability performance of the processes chosen.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Plastics in WEEE Screens: Difficulties and Opportunities to Improve the Recycling Rate</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/17000</link>
<description>Plastics in WEEE Screens: Difficulties and Opportunities to Improve the Recycling Rate
HORTA ARDUIN, Rachel; GRIMAUD, Guilhem; CHARBUILLET, Carole; LARATTE, Bertrand; PERRY, Nicolas
Nowadays the screens collected by the official e-waste schemes in France are mostly comprised of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). Nevertheless, Flat Panel Display (FPD) collection should increase in the following years. Among other differences in material compositions, FPD screens have higher plastic content. In order to keep complying with the recycling targets for screens, as well as to increase the recycling performance per material, it is necessary to improve plastics recycling. The goal of this study is to quantify the plastic flows in screens generated, collected and recycled in France and to identify the current scenario of plastic recycling. The presence of flame retardants and additives in the plastics, the variety of polymer types, as well as the high volumes of black plastics are among the main challenges in plastics sorting and recycling. From the economic outlook, it is necessary to develop the  market that uses secondary raw materials to ensure the profitability of the WEEE chain.
</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/17000</guid>
<dc:date>2019-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>HORTA ARDUIN, Rachel</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>GRIMAUD, Guilhem</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>CHARBUILLET, Carole</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>PERRY, Nicolas</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Nowadays the screens collected by the official e-waste schemes in France are mostly comprised of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). Nevertheless, Flat Panel Display (FPD) collection should increase in the following years. Among other differences in material compositions, FPD screens have higher plastic content. In order to keep complying with the recycling targets for screens, as well as to increase the recycling performance per material, it is necessary to improve plastics recycling. The goal of this study is to quantify the plastic flows in screens generated, collected and recycled in France and to identify the current scenario of plastic recycling. The presence of flame retardants and additives in the plastics, the variety of polymer types, as well as the high volumes of black plastics are among the main challenges in plastics sorting and recycling. From the economic outlook, it is necessary to develop the  market that uses secondary raw materials to ensure the profitability of the WEEE chain.</dc:description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Interaction of Copper-Based Nanoparticles to Soil, Terrestrial, and Aquatic Systems: Critical Review of the State of the Science and Future Perspectives</title>
<link>http://hdl.handle.net/10985/17325</link>
<description>Interaction of Copper-Based Nanoparticles to Soil, Terrestrial, and Aquatic Systems: Critical Review of the State of the Science and Future Perspectives
RAJPUT, Vishnu; MINKINA, Tatiana; AHMED, Bilal; SUSHKOVA, Svetlana; SINGH, Ritu; SOLDATOV, Mikhail; LARATTE, Bertrand; FEDORENKO, Alexey; MANDZHIEVA, Saglara; BLICHARSKA, Eliza; MUSARRAT, Javed; SAQUIB, Quaiser; FLIEGER, Jolanta; GOROVTSOV, Andrey
In the past two decades, increased production and usage of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) has inevitably increased their discharge into the different compartments of the environment, which ultimately paved the way for their uptake and accumulation in various trophic levels of the food chain. Due to these issues, several questions have been raised on the usage of NPs in everyday life and has become a matter of public health concern. Among the metallic NPs, Cu-based NPs have gained popularity due to their cost-effectiveness and multifarious promising uses. Several studies in the past represented the phytotoxicity of Cu-based NPs on plants. However, comprehensive knowledge is still lacking. Additionally, the impact of Cu-based NPs on soil organisms such as agriculturally important microbes, fungi, mycorrhiza, nematode, and earthworms are poorly studied. This review article critically analyses the literature data to achieve a more comprehensive knowledge on the toxicological profile of Cu-based NPs and increase our understanding of the effects of Cu-based NPs on aquatic and terrestrial plants as well as on soil microbial communities. The underlying mechanism of biotransformation of Cu-based NPs and the process of their penetration into plants has also been discussed herein. Overall, this review could provide valuable information to design rules and regulations for the safe disposal of Cu-based NPs into a sustainable environment.
</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hdl.handle.net/10985/17325</guid>
<dc:date>2019-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>RAJPUT, Vishnu</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>MINKINA, Tatiana</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>AHMED, Bilal</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>SUSHKOVA, Svetlana</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>SINGH, Ritu</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>SOLDATOV, Mikhail</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>LARATTE, Bertrand</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>FEDORENKO, Alexey</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>MANDZHIEVA, Saglara</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>BLICHARSKA, Eliza</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>MUSARRAT, Javed</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>SAQUIB, Quaiser</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>FLIEGER, Jolanta</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>GOROVTSOV, Andrey</dc:creator>
<dc:description>In the past two decades, increased production and usage of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) has inevitably increased their discharge into the different compartments of the environment, which ultimately paved the way for their uptake and accumulation in various trophic levels of the food chain. Due to these issues, several questions have been raised on the usage of NPs in everyday life and has become a matter of public health concern. Among the metallic NPs, Cu-based NPs have gained popularity due to their cost-effectiveness and multifarious promising uses. Several studies in the past represented the phytotoxicity of Cu-based NPs on plants. However, comprehensive knowledge is still lacking. Additionally, the impact of Cu-based NPs on soil organisms such as agriculturally important microbes, fungi, mycorrhiza, nematode, and earthworms are poorly studied. This review article critically analyses the literature data to achieve a more comprehensive knowledge on the toxicological profile of Cu-based NPs and increase our understanding of the effects of Cu-based NPs on aquatic and terrestrial plants as well as on soil microbial communities. The underlying mechanism of biotransformation of Cu-based NPs and the process of their penetration into plants has also been discussed herein. Overall, this review could provide valuable information to design rules and regulations for the safe disposal of Cu-based NPs into a sustainable environment.</dc:description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
