Environmental protection life cycle assessment

Larsen FIF, Hansen MS, Hauschild M (2006) Ecolabelling of printed matter. Part II life cycle assessment of model sheet fed offset printed matter. Working Report No. 24. Danish Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen... 

The concept of Product Stewardship in the polyurethanes industry is discussed, as one of the six elements of the Responsible Care programme used by companies. A Product Stewardship programme is said to demonstrate commitment to Responsible Care and ensures health, safety and environmental protection through active assessment of products throughout their life cycle from... 

Also, in the 1990s, the Environmental Protection Agency began to focus on pollution prevention. The idea was to cut pollution using natural ecosystems as a model. Industrial systems should not be open-ended, dumping endless byproducts, but closed, as nature is, continuously cycling and recyling. This concept includes life cycle assessment (LCA) which considers ... 

US Environmental Protection Agency (2005) Solders in Electronics a Life Cycle Assessment Summary. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC http //www.epa.gov/dfe/pubs/ solder/lca/lca-summ2.pdf... 

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a relatively new tool for environmental management, which is becoming more and more important owing to the globalization of the world economy, where there is a need to develop standards in protecting the environment. 

With the growing awareness for the protection of the environment, there is a greater need for producers to improve the environmental profile of their products. Consumers and regulatory bodies expect more information on the effects of products on the environment during their manufacture, use, and disposal. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used as a holistic approach to assess the impact of a product throughout its life cycle. An important aspect of LCA is recycling and waste management. 

Schmidt A, Bruun-Poulsen P, Andresen J, Floe T, Poulsen KE (2000) Integratimi of the working environment in life cycle assessment (LCA) a new methodology. Danish EPA, Copenhagen (Guidelines from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency)... 

Life Cycle Assessment Inventory Guidelines and Principles U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992, EPA/600/SR-92/245. 

Peregrina, C.A., Lecomte, D., Arlabosse, P., and Rudolph, V. (2006). Life cycle assessment (LCA) applied to the design of an innovative drying process for sewage sludge. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 84(B4) 270-279. 

The environmental necessity to stop this negative development by switching to alternative strategies independent of fossil resources nowadays is generally undisputed. Already in 1992, the United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development explicitly specified the political intention and willingness of most countries to forcefully support the development of bio-based and biocompalible materials. Literally, Principle 4 of the Rio Declaration slates that In order to achieve sustainable development, environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process and cannot be considered in isolation from it With the tools of life cycle assessment (LCA) and cleaner production studies, much effort is contemporarily devoted to quantifying the environmental impact and feasibility of processes for production of polymeric materials (Sudesh and Iwala 2008). 

US Environmental Protection Agency. Life cycle assessment principles and practice. EPA 600-R-06—060. Cincinnati, OH National Risk Management Research Laboratory 2006. Available from http //www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/lca/lca.htinl [accessed 31.07.15]. 

Michael is currently Chief of the Systems Analysis Branch in the US Environmental Protection Agency s (US EPA s) Office of Research and Development. His branch conducts life cycle assessment, impact assessment, and sustainable chemistry research. Michael has also served as the Senior Advisor of Green Chemistry to the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and was responsible for integrating green chemistry and engineering into ORD s research portfolio. 

Udo de Haes, H. and Lindeijer, E., (2002) Areas of protection. The areas of protection in life cycle impact assessment. Final draft chapter, in Global LCA Village, Gate to Environmental and Health Science (EHS), (ed. Klopffer, W.), Ecomed, Landsherg, pp. 1—8. 

Preliminary Assessment of Life-Cycle Costs of Protective Clothing US. Environmental Protection Agency, 1990. EPA/600/S2-90/021. 

Figure 21.4 Life cycle risk assessment for human and environmental exposure to nanomaterials. (From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nanotechnology White Paper. U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C., 2007.)...

Laursen, S.E., Hansen, J., 1997. Environmental Assessment of Textiles Life Cycle Screening of Textiles Containing Cotton, Wool, Viscose, Polyester or Acrylic Fibres. Danish Environment Protection Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Hauschild M, Potting J (2005) Spatial differentiation in life cycle impact assessment the EDIP2003 methodology. Envirraunental News no. 80. The Danish Ministry of the Envirrannent, Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen... 

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