A price-based life cycle impact assessment method to quantify the reduced accessibility to mineral resources value

• Published in: The international journal of life cycle assessment Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 95 - 109
• Main Authors: Ardente, Fulvio, Beylot, Antoine, Zampori, Luca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2023; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Copper; cradle-to-gate; data collection; Datasets; Dissipation factor; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Emissions; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Economics; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Heavy metals; Impact damage; Life cycle assessment; life cycle impact assessment; life cycle inventory; Life cycles; markets; Mathematical analysis; Methods; Mineral resources; Minerals; Policies and Support in Relation to Lca; Pricing; Sciences of the Universe; Sensitivity analysis; Normalization value; Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Price; Mineral resources; Dissipation

Purpose Several methods were developed to quantify the damage to mineral resources in LCA. Building on these and further expanding the concept of how to assess mineral resources in LCA, the authors developed in previous articles a method to account for dissipative resource flows in life cycle invent...