Sentences with phrase «doing life cycle analysis»

What an exciting prospect that the pulp and paper sector is going to start doing life cycle analysis.

Weiss said that the packaging manufacturer, GET, did a life cycle analysis of both disposable packaging and their reusable plastic packaging, and found that the reusable packaging will beat the disposable after 24 - 36 uses.

And therefore, according to the University of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources (with whom we did our life cycle analysis 14 years ago), the type of resin is of small consequence compared to the weight, because the weight is all the embodied energy.

Not exact matches

Life cycle analyses of diapers done by Franklin Associates in the U.S. and the UK's Environment Agency found that using cloth diapers instead of disposables would decrease landfill waste but increase water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Alexis Laurent does however highlight carbon footprinting as a useful first step towards a more detailed full life cycle analysis, when you wish to assess sustainability of products or services.

As parasites are evident on a fecal analysis only in certain stages of their life - cycle, a «negative» fecal does NOT mean that your pet is clear of parasites.

Many of the simple assumptions we make about what is good for the environment do not necessarily stand up to full life cycle analysis, as the article points out.

We did not engage in a detailed discussion of the carbon cycle within grasslands, life - cycle analysis of various management schemes, and several other issues simply because we believe it's not necessary to address these given the large gap between the problem (elevated atmospheric CO2) and the purported solution (altered management of arid / semi-arid grasslands).

4) Life cycle analysis of emissions has repeatedly shown that solar PV does result in net reduction of emissions compared with the conventional energy displaced.

Second, a very simple directive that states, agencies, cities, and the federal government could do to bring the committed emissions into focus is to do that GHG life - cycle analysis along with other project assessments.

At a more detailed level the Life Cycle Analysis used is focused on Avoided Carbon, reduced emissions from power plants, which does not solve the climate threat.

«Our analysis is a world - first look at the true cost of tourism — including consumables such as food from eating out and souvenirs — it's a complete life - cycle assessment of global tourism, ensuring we don't miss any impacts,» said Arunima Malik from the School of Physics at the University of Sydney.

EPA does not perform a life - cycle analysis to net out the CO2 injected underground to increase oil production against the additional CO2 emitted when the recovered oil is combusted.

Manufacturing wood info flooring does not contribute to global warming (Source: University of Wisconsin — Wood Products Program Solid Wood Flooring Life Cycle Analysis).