Integrated life cycle management of aggregates quarrying, processing and recycling: definition of a common LCA methodology in the SARMa project
by Gian Andrea Blengini, Elena Garbarino
International Journal of Sustainable Society (IJSSOC), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2011

Abstract: Most of the environmental knowledge, presently used to understand or design sustainable industrial systems, is derived from an application of life cycle assessment (LCA). The mining/quarrying industry is probably one of the sectors where there has been relatively less use of LCA tools, or where LCA has received less consensus. A key issue is the integration between three interdependent life cycles: project, asset and product life cycles. Given the unique features of mining LCAs, this paper presents a common methodology implemented within the EU sustainable aggregates resource management project in order to boost adoption of LCA in the aggregate industry in South Eastern Europe.

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