Life-cycle assessment inventory guidelines and principles

✍ Scribed by Battelle Memorial Institute,; Curran, Mary Ann

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 132
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Foreword......Page 4
Abstract......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Summary and Index of Guiding Statements and Key Principles......Page 12
Chapter One Introduction......Page 20
Life-Cycle Assessment Concept......Page 24
A Brief History of Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis......Page 25
Three Components......Page 27
Identifying and Setting Boundaries for Life-Cycle Stages......Page 29
Applications of an Inventory Analysis......Page 30
Format of this Report......Page 32
Introduction......Page 34
Public Sector Uses......Page 35
Study Specificity......Page 36
Define the System Boundaries......Page 37
Devise an Inventory Checklist......Page 44
Institute a Peer Review Process......Page 47
Gather Data......Page 48
Identify Subsystems......Page 49
Sources of Data......Page 50
Develop Stand-Alone Data......Page 53
Construct a Computational Model......Page 54
Present the Results......Page 57
Interpret and Communicate the Results......Page 58
Using Templates in Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis......Page 62
Inputs in the Product Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis......Page 65
Outputs of the Product Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis......Page 73
Transportation......Page 76
Coproduct Allocation......Page 78
Data Quality......Page 81
Geographic Specificity......Page 86
Special Case Boundary Issues......Page 87
Improper Waste Disposal......Page 88
Subsystem Boundaries......Page 90
Specific Assumptions and Conventions......Page 93
Manufacturing Stage......Page 97
Specific Assumptions and Conventions......Page 98
Subsystem Boundaries......Page 100
Subsystem Boundaries......Page 102
Specific Assumptions and Conventions......Page 103
Specific Assumptions and Conventions......Page 105
Recycle/Waste Management Stage......Page 107
Specific Assumptions and Conventions......Page 108
References......Page 118
Glossary......Page 120
Clean Air Act (CAA)......Page 128
Clean Water Act (CWA)......Page 129
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)......Page 130
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)......Page 132