LCA

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• Other LCAs have evolved beyond comparing energy returns to account for at least some outputs—especially environmental effects.

  Academic text (2007)

• In comparing biofuel options, the ledgers of even the simpler LCAs account in detail for a long list of energy and material inputs, including fossil fuels, for producing an energy crop, processing it into ethanol or biodiesel, and distributing it.

  Academic text (2007)

• A description of what is needed for a complete LCA will help reveal why it is so difficult to achieve.

  Academic text (1991)

• LCAs are increasingly a part of such planning efforts.

  Academic text (2007)

• The final step of an LCA is improvement analysis, which uses the knowledge gained from the inventory and impact analysis to reduce the environmental effects of the product throughout its life cycle.

  Academic text (1991)

• Although Green Cross recognizes that uncertainties still surround the accuracy of life-cycle analysis, it is working on an LCA-based seal in addition to its seal denoting recycled content.

  Academic text (1991)

• The LCA evaluates the environmental impacts of a product from raw material extraction to disposal.

• Using an LCA, companies can identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint throughout the product's life cycle.

• The report included a detailed LCA to demonstrate the sustainability of the new packaging design.

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