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Life cycle assessment: Part 1: Framework, goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, and applications
Gerald Rebitzer,Tomas Ekvall,Rolf Frischknecht,D Hunkeler,Gregory A. Norris,Tomas Rydberg,W-P Schmidt,Sangwon Suh,Bo Pedersen Weidema,David Pennington +9 more
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The LCA framework and procedure is introduced, how to define and model a product's life cycle is outlined, and an overview of available methods and tools for tabulating and compiling associated emissions and resource consumption data in a life cycle inventory (LCI) is provided.About:
This article is published in Environment International.The article was published on 2004-07-01. It has received 2357 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental pollution & Life-cycle assessment.read more
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Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment.
Göran Finnveden,Michael Zwicky Hauschild,Tomas Ekvall,Jeroen B. Guinée,Reinout Heijungs,Stefanie Hellweg,Annette Koehler,David Pennington,Sangwon Suh +8 more
TL;DR: A review of recent developments of LCA methods, focusing on some areas where there has been an intense methodological development during the last years, and some of the emerging issues.
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Recycling of rare earths: a critical review
Koen Binnemans,Peter Tom Jones,Bart Blanpain,Tom Van Gerven,Yongxiang Yang,Allan Walton,Matthias Buchert +6 more
TL;DR: The state of the art in preprocessing of End-of-life materials containing rare-earth elements (REEs) and the final recovery is discussed in detail in this article, where the relevance of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for REE recycling is emphasized.
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Sustainable supply chains: An introduction
TL;DR: In this paper, the focus on environmental management and operations is moved from local optimization of environmental factors to consideration of the entire supply chain during the production, consumption, customer service and post-disposal disposition of products.
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Flax fibre and its composites – A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the use of flax fibres as reinforcement in composites has gained popularity due to an increasing requirement for developing sustainable materials, such as glass fibres.
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A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a literature survey of the issues, problems and problematic decisions currently limiting LCA's goal and scope definition and life cycle inventory phases, and identify 15 major problem areas and organize them by the LCA phases in which each appears.
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The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines
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Input-Output Analysis : Foundations and Extensions
Ronald E. Miller,Peter D. Blair +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in many scholarly fields, including economics, regional science, regional economics, city, regional and urban planning, environmental planning, public policy analysis and public management.
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Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment: Operational Guide to the ISO Standards
TL;DR: The Guide to LCA is a guide to the management of LCA projects: procedures and guiding principles for the present Guide, which aims to clarify goal and scope definition, impact assessment, and interpretation.
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Quantitative Input and Output Relations in the Economic Systems of the United States
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System Boundary Selection in Life-Cycle Inventories Using Hybrid Approaches
Sangwon Suh,Manfred Lenzen,Graham Treloar,Hiroki Hondo,Arpad Horvath,Gjalt Huppes,Olivier Jolliet,Uwe Klann,Wolfram Krewitt,Yuichi Moriguchi,Jesper Munksgaard,Gregory A. Norris +11 more
TL;DR: There are several hybrid input-output analysis-based LCA methods that can be implemented in practice for broadening system boundary and also for ISO compliance.