Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as an introduction to the Circular Economy

• Authors: Corbett Charles J.

Title variants

PL

Ocena cyklu życia jako wprowadzenie do gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The notion of “the circular economy” is gaining increasing traction in some circles. To move towards a circular economy it will be important to better understand the full environmental impacts of products and services, which is what life-cycle assessment (LCA) helps us to do. This paper briefly introduces the circular economy, the concept of LCA, and some practical aspects of LCA.

PL

Pojęcie „gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym” cieszy się coraz większym zainteresowaniem wielu środowisk. W celu przejścia do gospodarki o obiegu zamkniętym należy lepiej zrozumieć całościowe oddziaływanie produktów i usług na środowisko, co umożliwia narzędzie, jakim jest ocena cyklu życia (LCA). Artykuł skrótowo opisuje gospodarkę o obiegu zamkniętym oraz koncepcję LCA wraz z kilkoma praktycznymi aspektami.

Keywords

EN

sustainability; life-cycle assessment (LCA); packaging

PL

zrównoważony rozwój; ocena cyklu życia (LCA); opakowanie

• Publisher: M&M Consulting
• Journal: Logistyka Odzysku
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 3(16)
• Pages: 61-63

Dates

published

2015-07

Contributors

author

Corbett Charles J.

• Professor of Operations Management and Sustainability UCLA Anderson School of Management UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

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Notes

EN

This paper follows the invited keynote presentation that the author delivered at the V International Conference on Reverse Logistics in Wroclaw, June 16, 2015.

Identifiers

ISSN

2083-6422