Practical LCA for short shelf life products

Lise Laurin; Mark Goedkoop; Greg Norris

doi:10.1117/12.628155

7 November 2005 Practical LCA for short shelf life products

Lise Laurin, Mark Goedkoop, Greg Norris

Proceedings Volume 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V; 59970G (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.628155
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Manufacturers in many of today's industries are faced with product shelf life counted in months. Traditionally, this has made it very difficult to make a life cycle assessment (LCA) of a product, since the product would be obsolete by the time the LCA was completed. A new concept in LCA that allows specialists in things other than LCA to rapidly create both a model and generate "what-if" scenarios will allow even manufacturers of short shelf life products take advantage of the benefits of LCA. These industry-specific "wizards" are built around a manufacturing process and can be rapidly updated or customized to a particular manufacturer or process type. Results can be used internally for decision-making and can also enable manufacturers submit information for environmentally preferable purchasing, eco-labels, etc.

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Lise Laurin, Mark Goedkoop, and Greg Norris "Practical LCA for short shelf life products", Proc. SPIE 5997, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V, 59970G (7 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.628155

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