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The Importance of LCAs—Warts and All

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Life‐cycle assessment (LCA) is a new method for exploring the environmental implications of human action. Like all methods, it is analytically limited and consequently it must be used with caution. Recent papers have criticized LCA and caution against its use in all but a few narrow applications. Even while accepting many of these arguments, this article argues that LCAs, like other analytic frameworks used in the policy and planning domains, have important uses in shaping the processes by which both products and policies are designed. The arguments made against the use of LCAs omit comparisons to realistic appraisals of alternative and competing methods of environmental assessment.

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  • John R. Ehrenfeld, 1997. "The Importance of LCAs—Warts and All," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 1(2), pages 41-49, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:inecol:v:1:y:1997:i:2:p:41-49
    DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.2.41
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    2. Taylor, Rebecca L.C., 2019. "Bag leakage: The effect of disposable carryout bag regulations on unregulated bags," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 254-271.

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