C14 - Life Cycle Assessment

What is the purpose of using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?

• To market the product

• To design the product

• To calculate the product's profitability

• To assess the environmental impact of a product's life cycle

Which of the following is NOT a stage considered in LCA?

• Making the product

• Disposing of the product

• Advertising the product

• Getting and processing raw materials

What does LCA take into account?

• Only the raw materials needed

• Only the energy needed to make the product

• The profit margin of the product

• The total energy for extraction, making, and distribution of the product

What is the first step in carrying out an LCA?

• Evaluating potential environmental impacts

• Listing all energy and material inputs and outputs

• Marketing the product

• Interpreting the results

What is included in the outputs back into the environment in an LCA?

• Only energy dissipations

• Atmospheric emissions, water borne wastes, and energy dissipations

• Only water borne wastes

• Only atmospheric emissions

What is the final stage of an LCA?

• When all materials are returned to the environment

• When the product is first used

• When the product is sold

• When the product is designed

What does an LCA provide an estimate of?

• The total energy used by the company

• The total sales of the product

• The total environmental impact of the product's life cycle

• The total cost of the product

What is evaluated in the second step of an LCA?

• The marketing strategy for the product

• The potential environmental impacts from inputs and outputs

• The product's price

• The product's design

What is the purpose of interpreting the results in an LCA?

• To plan the marketing strategy

• To make decisions about using one material or product over another

• To improve the product's design

• To decide on the product's price

Which of the following is NOT an output back into the environment considered in an LCA?

• Product's profitability

• Energy dissipations

• Water borne wastes

• Atmospheric emissions