Assessing the sustainability of Best Available Techniques (BAT): methodology and application in the ceramic tiles industry

► A new methodology for identifying sustainable BAT options developed based on LCA. ► Enables benchmarking of different BAT options and selection of most sustainable alternative. ► Methodology applied on a case study of the manufacture of ceramic tiles in Spain. ► The most sustainable BAT are heat recovery from flue gas and clean-up with CaCO3 and/or Ca(OH)2.