LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)

• Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) show the total environmental costs.
• LCA stages

  • Materials and Manufacturing
  • Eg. extraction, renewable resource etc.
  • Transport
  • Uses energy, companies should aim to reduce energy use
  • Product use
  • Eg. Burning fossil fuels, paint gives off toxic chemicals, fertilisers can leach into ecosystems
  • Disposal
  • Recyclable?
• Extracting raw materials requires energy