Life-Cycle Assessment

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.