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What is Life Cycle Analysis

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Development and Opportunities in Circular Economy
A concept used in environmental management and assumes that products have a beginning and end of life where the impacts of them on environment can be recorded.
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Linear Economy to Circular Economy: Planned Obsolescence to Cradle-to-Cradle Product Perspective
Pınar Özkan (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey) and Ezgi Karataş Yücel (Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5116-5.ch004
Abstract
The reflections of linear and circular economy models, which are completely separated from each other in the ways of evaluating resources and wastes, also differ completely in the production and consumption processes. The linear economy, which consists of production and consumption mechanisms, converts resources into waste after using one time and is supported by planned obsolescence practices and causes economic and environmental damages. The scarcity of resources and the pressure of environmental pollution have led to an industrial transformation in which production and consumption forms redesigned in a way that does not create waste. Because of this transformation, the circular economy model emerged, and its application direction evolved to cradle-to-cradle practices. In this study, firstly, the linear economy model and planned obsolescence are discussed, and then circular economy and cradle-to-cradle applications are explained with examples.
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Serious Gaming Supporting Competence Development in Sustainable Manufacturing
Is a “cradle-to-grave” approach for assessing industrial systems. “Cradle-to-grave” begins with the gathering of raw materials from the earth to create the product and ends at the point when all materials are returned to the earth. LCA evaluates all stages of a product’s life from the perspective that they are interdependent, meaning that one operation leads to the next. LCA enables the estimation of the cumulative environmental impacts resulting from all stages in the product life cycle, often including impacts not considered in more traditional analyses (e.g., raw material extraction, material transportation, ultimate product disposal, etc.) (Curran, 2006).
Published in Chapter: Serious Gaming Supporting Competence Development in Sustainable Manufacturing; From: Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools
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Antecedents of Green Consumerism
An evaluation method that provides information, including the calculation of the environmental impact of a product, service, or process starting from the acquisition of raw materials, through processing, production, use, end - of - life and disposal throughout the whole life cycle, where it can be measured, reported, resource efficiency and amount of waste generation.
Published in Chapter: Antecedents of Green Consumerism; From: Green Marketing as a Positive Driver Toward Business Sustainability
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