Life-Cycle Assessment presents a brief overview of the development of the life-cycle assessment process and develops guidelines and principles for implementation of a product life-cycle inventory analysis. The book describes inventory analysis impact analysis and improvement analysis-the three components of a product life-cycle assessment. It discusses the major stages in a life cycle including raw materials acquisition materials manufacture final product fabrication filling/packaging/distribution and consumer use and disposal. |Life-Cycle Assessment Inventory Guidelines and Principles | Environmental Engineering