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The
analysis of the Life Cycle of a Product
The analysis of a life cycle of a product,
also known by the English acronym LCA (Life
Cycle Assessment) according to its definition,
"is an objective procedure of the evaluation
of energetic and environmental charges relative
to a process or to an activity carried out through
the identification of the energy and the materials
used, or to the waste materials released into
the environment. The evaluation includes the
entire life cycle of the process or activity
comprising the extraction and the treatment
of raw materials, the manufacturing, transportation,
distribution, use, reuse, recycling and the
final disposal". In other words, it is
a methodology that allows the quantification
and evaluation of the effects on various environmental
aspects of a specific product or service during
its entire life cycle, in other words from the
extraction and manufacturing of raw materials
up to the final disposal of the product.
Lati S.p.A., thanks to its ten-year experience
in conformity to UNI
EN ISO 14001, in collaboration with an important
research institute has recently concluded the
LCA study of the following widely-used products
in the electronic and electrotechnical sector:
- PA66-GF25FR(10)
- PA6-GF20FR(30)
- PA66-GF25FR(52)
The study, which took more
than a year to complete, required the compilation
of a vast amount of data concerning the production,
origin, transportation of raw materials as well
as energy consumption and natural resources,
and not least, specific environmental data gathering
on gas emissions and reflux.
If customers are interested in the above-mentioned
study or would like to collaborate with Lati
S.p.A. in order to extend it to their products,
they can contact the Customer
Assistance service.
Lati S.p.A. has always been sensitive to environmental
issues and is at the disposal of its customers
through the Customer
Assistance service to take into consideration
the development of life cycle assessment, specifically
with a complete from cradle to grave approach.
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