Comparative impact assessment for flax fibre versus conventional glass fibre reinforced composites: Are bio-based reinforcement materials the way to go?

Bio-composites are considered a promising strategy to limit production and EOL impact. In this paper a comparative LCA study is presented for flax fibre reinforced composites based on PP on the one hand, and functionally equivalent glass fibre reinforced PP composites on the other. The analysis results and conclusions derived from a comparative attributional LCA study are summarised in this paper.