Author/Authors :
Said, Saidah Md Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam, Malaysia , Said, Saidah Md Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia , Sharaai, Amir Hamzah university of malaya - Fakulti Sains, Institut Sains Biologi, Malaysia , Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia , Bakri, Sitty Nur Syafa Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam, Malaysia , Bakri, Sitty Nur Syafa Malaysia Life Cycle Assessment (MyLCA) Network, Malaysia
Abstract :
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a tool to measure and compare the environmental impacts by human activities of a process or product from cradle to grave. Resources consumption and emission to environment occur at many stages in a product’s life cycle from raw material extraction, energy acquisition, production and manufacturing, use, recycling until the disposal. These potentially contribute to climate change, ozone depletion, acidification, euthrophication, toxicological stress on human health and ecosystems, the depletion of resources, land use, and others. This paper introduces the LCAframework and procedure, applications, advantage and limitation of LCAas well as its application in environmental management and pollution prevention scenarios.
