Helene Wiesinger

doing my PhD on #chemicals in #plastic at @ETH @ETHZ_ESD. loves philosophy, political activism and mountains.🏔🐺🌼🍎🍲🍷🔬🔮📚🎲🏊🚲

[Helene Wiesinger @HeleneWiesinger]

Should we just recycle all our plastic waste?

I wrote in the ETH #Zukunftsblog about the potential side-effects of #plastic #recycling, and that we might run in trouble if we don't also think about the #chemical level

https://t.co/LvZIwYwHnI

[Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag]

McPartland et al. is exciting because we demonstrate that plastic chemicals can activate GPCRs, in particular adenosine and melanin receptors. This is significant because GPCRs are rarely considered as targets for chemical disruption. Novel mechanism here!
https://t.co/unDSTe0QRT

[Helene Wiesinger @HeleneWiesinger]

Our new #openaccess study on PVC flooring unveils concerning findings: 16% of all new products still contain regulated substances like DEHP or lead, likely due to recycling. We need more transparency for a #safe and #sustainable #CircularEconomy! 🧪🌍
https://t.co/Tpx32zXfxn

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🎓Congratulations to @MagdalenaKlotz for her brilliant PhD defense!

♻️She modeled the material flow of #PlasticRecycling in Switzerland, assessing the circularity and #ClimateChange impact of the system!

📜Check her project and publications:
https://t.co/x1CiwDvuKc

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ESD PhD student @HeleneWiesinger presented her work at the #SETACDublin conference.

Topic: A case study on #Chemicals in #PVC #Building #Plastics

If you are there, feel free to reach out to her!

To know more about her project: https://t.co/GRyaHNAmTQ

@SETAC_world

#Recycling

[ETH-Zukunftsblog @ETHZukunftsblog]

Vote for the «Science Blog of the year 2022»! The #Zukunftsblog @ETH_en is nominated 👉your vote counts: https://t.co/UHTaQ6lHVX

[Helene Wiesinger @HeleneWiesinger]

@ETHZ_ESD @psich_en whoop whoop 🎉

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Reduce, reuse, repair, refurbish?
Identifying the #wasteprevention strategy with the least #environmental impact is not that obvious.

Do you want to know more? Read our recent paper published on @JIndEcol.

> https://t.co/42XjD7Y3HK

#circulareconomy @MelanieHaupt5 @MartinaRapp7

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Congratulations to Maja Wiprächtiger for her successful #PhD defense!
In her PhD thesis, she defined an assessment framework to evaluate the #environmental #sustainability of #circulareconomy strategies and applied it to several case studies.

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“Which #hazardouschemicals are part of the #plastics around us? It is not so easy to say” explains @HeleneWiesinger, PhD student at ESD.

Do you want to know more about her research on chemicals in plastics? 🧪

Check her short video: https://t.co/GRyaHNAmTQ

#Hazard #Chemicals

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Our recently published #datamining study from @Cisbat_ on evaluating the rebounds by switching to energy-efficient devices, and renewable energy in Switzerland show that higher income and bigger households have higher total rebounds. For details check: https://t.co/lHlzAmQKp7

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In our recent article we develop a #machinelearning methodology to estimate #rebounds in housing industry. Checkout the details here https://t.co/wBJwbBdDLH @ElsevierConnect

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The dark side of plastics consumption: our recent article published in @naturesustainab shows how the growing environmental #footprint of #plastics is driven by #coal combustion occurring in the production phase.
https://t.co/PvodeO0rxK

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Data uncertainties, assumptions in #modeling choices and incomplete knowledge make it hard to interpret #environmentalfootprint values. Our new paper proposes a #globalsensitivityanalysis protocol to achieve higher robustness in results. @ELSenviron https://t.co/HIlw8AqMJS

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#PhDPosition at the Paul Scherrer Institut on Sustainability Assessment
Deadline: 15. March 2022
Apply here👇🏼
https://t.co/9MqoAWUvDM
@psich_en #Sustainability #LCA #Brightway #SustainabilityAssessement

[Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner @martiwag]

.@HansenB_ECHA at #ipcp workshop: We need a predictive chemicals management to reduce the friction in the system (chems are regulated today once they become economically successful).

[Helene Wiesinger @HeleneWiesinger]

We can’t manage what we don’t know. It's Time to Reveal Chemical Identities of Polymers and UVCBs for #SaferChemicals. Have a look at our latest opinion paper @ETHZ_ESD @EawagResearch #ChemicalsInOurLife. https://t.co/KNerDjFY6q

[Helene Wiesinger @HeleneWiesinger]

I just gave a short interview on our new study on #chemicals in #plastic. Here at 48:50 - https://t.co/Rm0XyLXkyk

[ETH Zürich @ETH]

ETH-​Forschende untersuchten #Chemikalien in #Kunststoffen und fanden eine unerwartet hohe Anzahl von potenziell besorgniserregenden #Substanzen in #Plastik. Bei Chemikalien in alltäglichen #Kunststoffprodukten mangelt es an Transparenz.

https://t.co/jLkI9ggG12