Life Cycle Assessment

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Table of Contents

Life Cycle Assessment

Hamburgers and the Environment

Resource Use and Waste

Producing the Hamburger Bun

Inputs to Grain Production

Outputs from Grain Production

Transporting Grain and Flour

Inputs to Flour Production

Outputs from Flour Production

Hamburger Bun Production

Other Farm Products

Where’s the Beef?

Where’s the Beef?

The Life Cycle of a Hamburger

Defining the Product Life Cycle

PPT Slide

A coffee maker’s life cycle

Life Cycle Assessment

Goal of the study

Scope of the study

The Life Cycle Inventory

The Unit Process

Inventory Assessment

Inventory Data Sources

Inventory Data: Inputs

Inventory Data: Outputs

General Issues

Impact Assessment

Impact Assessment

Example Impact Categories

Impact Classification: assigning of inventory data to impact categories

Multiple Inventory Items, Similar Impact

Characterization: modeling of the inventory data within impact categories

Global Warming Potentials

Eco-Indicators by Pré Consultants

Interpretation

LCA Software

Streamlined LCA Matrix

Streamlined LCA Software

Life Cycle Assessment

Author: Joyce Smith Cooper

Email: cooper@me.washington.edu

Home Page: http://www.me.washington.edu/~cooper/