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Overview

Gregory Peters is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on sustainability and pollution. Their research explores various topics within the environmental impact of industrial processes and chemicals, contributing to a broad understanding of environmental sustainability and chemical toxicology.

The primary fields of study for Peters are Environmental Science, with subfields in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, and Pollution.

The main topics covered by Peters include:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Peters include:

  • The Need to Decelerate Fast Fashion in a Hot Climate - A Global Sustainability Perspective on the Garment Industry (2021, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • The Environmental Price of Fast Fashion (2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • Review of Life-Cycle Based Methods for Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment and Their Applications (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • An Outdoor Aging Study to Investigate the Release of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Functional Textiles (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Environmental Impacts of Cotton and Opportunities for Improvement (2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)

Peters frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Co-authors regularly collaborating with Peters include:

  • Magdalena Svanström
  • Marta Behjat
  • Rickard Arvidsson
  • Hanna Holmquist
  • Hans Peter H. Arp

Best Publications

  • The environmental price of fast fashion

    Kirsi Niinimäki;Greg Peters;Helena Dahlbo;Patsy Perry

  • Environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling – A review

    Gustav A Sandin;Gregory Peters;Gregory Peters

  • Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Metropolitan Water Systems Planning

    Sven Lundie;Gregory M. Peters;Paul C. Beavis

  • Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment

    Anna Kounina;Anna Kounina;Manuele Margni;Manuele Margni;Jean-Baptiste Bayart;Anne-Marie Boulay

  • LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS

    Sven Lundie;Gregory M. Peters

  • Life cycle assessment of clothing libraries: can collaborative consumption reduce the environmental impact of fast fashion?

    Bahareh Zamani;Gustav A Sandin;Gregory Peters;Gregory Peters

  • Aggregating sustainability indicators: beyond the weighted sum.

    Hazel V. Rowley;Gregory M. Peters;Sven Lundie;Sven Lundie;Stephen J. Moore

  • Red meat production in australia: life cycle assessment and comparison with overseas studies.

    Gregory M Peters;Hazel V Rowley;Stephen Wiedemann;Robyn Tucker

  • Review of life-cycle based methods for absolute environmental sustainability assessment and their applications

    Anders Bjorn;Anders Bjorn;Chanjief Chandrakumar;Anne-Marie Boulay;Gabor Doka

  • How city dwellers affect their resource hinterland a spatial impact study of Australian households

    Manfred Lenzen;Greg M. Peters

  • The need to decelerate fast fashion in a hot climate - A global sustainability perspective on the garment industry

    Gregory Peters;Mengyu Li;Manfred Lenzen

  • Properties, performance and associated hazards of state-of-the-art durable water repellent (DWR) chemistry for textile finishing

    H. Holmquist;Steffen Schellenberger;I. van der Veen;G. M. Peters

  • A Carbon Footprint of Textile Recycling: A Case Study in Sweden

    Bahareh Zamani;Magdalena Svanström;Gregory Peters;Tomas Rydberg

  • A life cycle assessment (LCA)-based approach to guiding an industry sector towards sustainability: the case of the Swedish apparel sector

    Sandra Roos;Bahareh Zamani;Gustav A. Sandin;Gregory Peters

  • Chemical contaminants in feedlot wastes: concentrations, effects and attenuation.

    S.J. Khan;D.J. Roser;C.M. Davies;G.M. Peters

  • Using the planetary boundaries framework for setting impact-reduction targets in LCA contexts

    Gustav A. Sandin;Gregory Peters;Magdalena Svanström

  • Environmental comparison of biosolids management systems using life cycle assessment.

    Gregory M. Peters;Hazel V. Rowley

  • Life cycle assessment of construction materials: the influence of assumptions in end-of-life modelling

    Gustav A. Sandin;Gustav A. Sandin;Gregory Peters;Magdalena Svanström

  • Accounting for water use in Australian red meat production

    Greg M. Peters;Stephen G. Wiedemann;Hazel V. Rowley;Robyn W. Tucker

  • Allocation in LCAs of biorefinery products: implications for results and decision-making

    Gustav A Sandin;Gustav A Sandin;Frida Røyne;Frida Røyne;Johanna Berlin;Gregory Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Magdalena Svanström
Magdalena Svanström Chalmers University of Technology
Nicholas J. Ashbolt
Nicholas J. Ashbolt Queensland University of Technology
Richard M. Stuetz
Richard M. Stuetz University of New South Wales
Ian T. Cousins
Ian T. Cousins Stockholm University
Stuart J. Khan
Stuart J. Khan University of Sydney
Hans Peter H. Arp
Hans Peter H. Arp Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sander Bruun
Sander Bruun University of Copenhagen
Manuele Margni
Manuele Margni Polytechnique Montréal
William A. Maher
William A. Maher University of Canberra
Danny D. Reible
Danny D. Reible Texas Tech University

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