4 Life Cycle Assessment www.thg.eco www.mycarbon.co.uk adam.lowe3@thehutgroup.com info@mycarbon.co.uk Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. FORMAL NOTES .............................................................................................................................. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. GOAL AND SCOPE .................................................................................................................. 7 2.1. GOAL OF THE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................7 2.2. SCOPE ..................................................................................................................................................7 2.2.1. Functions of the system...........................................................................................................7 2.2.2. Functional unit..........................................................................................................................7 2.2.3. System(s) to be Studied and their Boundaries ......................................................................7 2.2.4. Data Requirements ..................................................................................................................8 2.3. ALLOCATION ........................................................................................................................................8 2.4. ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ...........................................................................................................8 2.5. MATERIALITY THRESHOLD ................................................................................................................... 10 2.6. EXCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 10 3. LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS ...................................................................................... 11 3.1. DATA COLLECTION AND QUALITY ...................................................................................................... 11 3.2. REFINING SYSTEM BOUNDARIES ......................................................................................................... 11 3.3. CALCULATION PROCEDURES .............................................................................................................. 12 3.4. DATA VALIDATION, ASSURANCE AND CRITICAL REVIEW ...................................................................... 13 3.5. UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................... 13 4. IMPACT ASSESSMENT........................................................................................................... 15 4.1. CATEGORY DEFINITION ...................................................................................................................... 15 4.2. CLASSIFICATION ................................................................................................................................ 15 4.3. CHARACTERISATION ........................................................................................................................... 15 4.4. VALUATION & WEIGHING ................................................................................................................... 15 5. EMISSIONS SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 17 5.1. SUMMARY OF ALL EMISSIONS .............................................................................................................. 17 5.2. PREVIOUS LFBB PACKAGING EMISSIONS SUMMARY ............................................................................. 18 5.3. CURRENT LFBB PACKAGING EMISSIONS SUMMARY .............................................................................. 19 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION.......................................................................................... 21 6.1. HOTSPOT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 21 6.1.1. Previous LFBB packaging emissions hotspot analysis....................................................... 21 6.1.2. Current LFBB packaging emissions hotspot analysis ........................................................ 23 6.2. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 25 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 26 CONTACT DETAILS........................................................................................................................ 28 APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................................... 29
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