Practical Approach to Life-Cycle Evaluation of Solvent Usage

8 Practical Approach to Life-cycle Evaluation of Solvent Usage 

The relatively new field of industrial ecology provides a useful organizing framework for DEE (Lowe, 1993). Design for Environment (DEE) is the terminology for the third component of the LCA life-cycle improvement assessment. The principle of sustainable development suggests that companies or individuals should try both to minimize the consumption of virgin natural resources and to minimize the generation of waste material that has no productive use. 

2 Integrating LCA with Economics to Monitor Process/Product Performance 

While LCA focuses on assessing environmental releases and impacts, the emerging field of life-cycle cost management (LCCM) is aimed at helping individuals and com- 

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