Life Cycle Assessments Flashcards
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what is a Life Cycle Assessment
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assess all four stages of a product’s life cycle to try and calculate its total environmental costs.
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what are The four stages of a Life Cycle Assessment?
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1.collecting raw materials needed
2.making and packing the products
3.product use
4.disposal of product
3
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessments
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LCAs allow us to compare the environmental impact of different products. For example, we can compare the environmental impact of plastic and paper bags
4
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why are plastic bags more damaging to the environment over paper bags
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they cause more significant amounts of pollution
5
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Difficulties associated with Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)
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1Subjective elements
2Missing details
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difficulties with LCAs
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1.subjective elements
2. missing details
