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Product LCAs

           

 

 

"From cradle to grave"

 

The original thought behind a standardised norm for life cycle analyses was to take a look at the complete life cycle of a product beginning with its production and going on to its service life on up to its final disposal after use. This holistic approach of evaluating the complete life cycle of a product gave this method its name (LCA).

The decisive advantage of the LCA is that a broader perspective is chosen. If only one single process step or just a portion of the life cycle of a product were examined, considerable misinterpretations regarding the environmental impacts that are caused by this product could be made. 		 
 
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Projects

  

A number of LCAs have been carried out by IFEU. For example, various packaging LCAs, as well as LCAs for products such as biodiesel (see Agriculture Reference List), nappies/diapers, graphical paper, plastics, beauty care products, cars, mineral oil products, etc.

Further projects can be found at Product LCAs.		  
 
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Contact

  

Andreas Detzel, andreas.detzel@ifeu.de
Horst Fehrenbach, horst.fehrenbach@ifeu.de
Jürgen Giegrich, jürgen.giegrich@ifeu.de
Guido Reinhardt, guido.reinhardt(at)ifeu.de

 
 
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