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Assessing environmental impacts

Find out how Life Cycle Assessment helps to monitor and predict environmental impacts of the Bioeconomy.

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate environmental impacts of Bioeconomy

  • It is vital to monitor and predict environmental impacts of the bioeconomy to ensure that it operates within safe ecological limits.
  • Life Cycle Assessment, known as LCA, is a standardised methodology that looks at the impacts of a system’s life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials to waste management.
  • The regulatory approach supports the implementation of specific legislative instruments. It should be exact, well defined and easy to calculate.
  • The strategic approach assesses large-scale impacts across economic sectors, geographic areas and ecological processes to avoid any unintended consequences of policy decisions.
  • To avoid misinterpretation and misuse of results of those approaches, LCA practitioners must communicate clearly on the scope, assumptions and limitations of each study.

 

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Brief on the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate environmental impacts of the bioeconomy
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