Life Cycle Assessment

What is a life cycle assessment?

A way of looking at the whole life of a product and assessing its impact on the environment and sustainability.

How many categories is LCA broken down into?

4

Name 2 of the 4 categories LCA’s broken down into:

Extracting and processing raw materials, manufacturing and packaging.

Name the other 2 of the 4 categories LCA’s broken down into:

Use and operation during its lifetime, disposal at the end of its useful life, including transport and distribution at each stage.

What are some parts of an LCA?

Objective

How are some parts of LCA objective?

The amount of water used or waste produced in the production of a product.

What do other parts of an LCA require?

Judgements

How do other parts of LCA require judgements?

The polluting effect.