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LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
- The essential steps for successfully achieving the goal of waste minimization begin with ‘Waste Audit’
- A formal waste audit examines each operation that generates waste to determine how the waste is generated, what the characteristics are, how it is managed and what the associated costs are.
- Key Components of a waste audit
- Identify the amounts and types of hazardous substances in wastes and emissions, including both regulated and unregulated.
- Identify the specific production sources of the wastes and emissions.
- Set priorities for waste reduction action on the basis of costs, environmental concern, worker health and safety, liabilities and production constraints.
- Compare the economies of waste reduction alternatives with current and future waste management or pollution control options.
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