REM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Resource Depletion, Life-Cycle Assessment, Biotic Material
14 Sep 2017
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In tutorial the week of february 20-22, 2017. Slides are due 9:00pm the day before tutorial (send them to your ta by email) Summary: conduct an environmental life-cycle analysis for a common consumer product and present it as a team. Life-cycle analysis is becoming more and more common as we try to assess the environmental effects of consumer products. For example, products receiving canada"s eco-logo environmental choice go through a type of life-cycle analysis. Choose a common consumer product (e. g. , sheet of paper, plastic bag, aluminum can, burger patty, cocktail shrimp, beer, banana). Keep it simple; do not choose something with a lot of parts like a boeing 747. Do some research to identify the inputs, outputs and impacts of the product"s full life- cycle. You do not need to be overly precise just do your best with the information that is available.
