Life-Cycle Assessment

Inventory Guidelines and Principles

• Author(s): Battelle Memorial Institute, Mary Ann Curran,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 144
• ISBN_10: 1000158101
  ISBN_13: 9781000158106
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / General , Technology & Engineering / Electrical , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General ,

Description:... Life-Cycle Assessment presents a brief overview of the development of the life-cycle assessment process and develops guidelines and principles for implementation of a product life-cycle inventory analysis. The book describes inventory analysis, impact analysis, and improvement analysis-the three components of a product life-cycle assessment. It discusses the major stages in a life cycle, including raw materials acquisition, materials manufacture, final product fabrication, filling/packaging/distribution, and consumer use and disposal.