Life-Cycle Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
What is a life-cycle assessment?
A
Technique used you assess and evaluate the impact of the product or packaging ‘from the cradle to the grave’ (From raw materials to final disposal)
2
Q
What is a life-cycle inventory?
A
Describes which raw materials are used and want emissions will occur during the life of a product
3
Q
What does the life-cycle inventory collate?
A
- Environmental inputs and outputs of raw materials and energy resources
- Economic inputs and outputs of products, components or energy that are outputs from other processes
4
Q
How is the life-cycle inventory expressed?
A
As a process tree where each box represents a process with defined inputs and outputs
