Standardization of LCI Calculation Methodology for Steel Products and Its Development in Japan

摘要

In assessing the effect on the environment of many products used in our daily life, while attention is liable to be focused on the stage of production and application of these products, it is not always correct to judge environmental performance only in the stages of production and application. Rather, it is important to assess the effect of products on the environment over the entire lifecycle of products that covers processes from the mining of raw materials to the manufacture and application of products and further to recycling after the disposal of used products. That is, lifecycle assessment is important in assessing the environmental performance of products.