Life Cycle Assessments
Chemistry: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 10.2.1
Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) assess all four stages of a product’s life cycle to try and calculate its total environmental costs. The four stages are:
Collecting the raw materials needed
Making and packaging the product
Product use
Disposal of the product
Test yourself on Life Cycle Assessments
Stages of a product's lifetime
What is not a stage of a product's lifetime?
What does LCA stand for?
Lifetime of a Product
Why do Life Cycle Assessments look at all four stages of a product's life, from raw materials to disposal?