Environmental Labels: How Life Cycle Assessment Can Help with their Definition

Umweltlabels: Wie Ökobilanzierung bei deren Definition helfen kann.

Numerous environmental labels are based on life cycle assessment in combination with other methods. Are these methods compatible, and is it actually necessary to combine them? An Agroscope study investigates with the issue.

Swiss Agricultural Research: Environmental Labels: How Life Cycle Assessment Can Help with their Definition

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Life Cycle Assessment

Life cycle assessment quantifies and evaluates the potential environmental impacts of a product or service. In analysing the entire life cycle, from the extraction of the raw materials up to the disposal or recycling of the waste, all of the environmental impacts associated with a product system are recorded.