@inproceedings{4fddc85a3018475fb34fce9a4d574934,
title = "EVALUATING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LIGHTWEIGHT DRONES FOR DELIVERY: TOWARDS A SUITABLE METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSMENT",
abstract = "Drone technology is widely available and is rapidly becoming a crucial instrument in the functions of businesses and government agencies worldwide. The demand for delivery services is accelerating particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic. Both companies and customers want these services to be efficient, timely, safe, and sustainable, but these are major challenges. Last-mile delivery by lightweight short-range drones has the potential to address these challenges. However, there is a lack of consistency and transparency in assessing and reporting the sustainability of last-mile delivery services and drones. This paper presents a critical review of published assessments (specifically lifecycle assessment and circularity). The study reveals a lack of comprehensive studies, and a need to examine composite and battery manufacturing developments and provides key considerations for future study development.",
keywords = "circularity, composite, Drone delivery, LCA, sustainability",
author = "Sin{\'e}ad Mitchell and Juliana Steinbach and Tomas Flanagan and Pouyan Ghabezi and Noel Harrison and Simon O'Reilly and Stephen Killian and William Finnegan",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Mitchell et al.; 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability, ECCM 2022 ; Conference date: 26-06-2022 Through 30-06-2022",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
series = "ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability",
publisher = "Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)",
pages = "355--362",
editor = "Vassilopoulos, \{Anastasios P.\} and Veronique Michaud",
booktitle = "Life Cycle Assessment",
}
