The mining/quarrying industry is a sector of industry where there are very few Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools, and where the role of LCA has been poorly investigated. A key issue is the integration of three inter-dependent life cycles: Project, Asset and Product. Given the unique features of mining LCAs, this Note from the Field presents a common methodology implemented within the Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa) Project (www.sarmaproject.eu) in order to boost adoption of LCA in the aggregate industry in South Eastern Europe. The proposed methodology emphasises the importance of resource efficiency and recycling in the context of a Sustainable Supply Mix of aggregates for the construction industry. Through its adoption, aggregate producers, recyclers, and governmental planners would gain confidence with LCA tools and conduct consistent and meaningful life cycle analyses of natural and recycled aggregates.

Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for the Sustainable Production and Recycling of Aggregates: The Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management Project (SARMa) / Blengini, GIOVANNI ANDREA; Garbarino, Elena; Solar, S.; Shields, DEBORAH JEAN; Hámor, T.; Vinai, Raffaele; Agioutantis, Z.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. - ISSN 0959-6526. - STAMPA. - 27:(2012), pp. 177-181. [10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.020]

Life Cycle Assessment Guidelines for the Sustainable Production and Recycling of Aggregates: The Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management Project (SARMa)

BLENGINI, GIOVANNI ANDREA;GARBARINO, ELENA;SHIELDS, DEBORAH JEAN;VINAI, RAFFAELE;
2012

Abstract

The mining/quarrying industry is a sector of industry where there are very few Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools, and where the role of LCA has been poorly investigated. A key issue is the integration of three inter-dependent life cycles: Project, Asset and Product. Given the unique features of mining LCAs, this Note from the Field presents a common methodology implemented within the Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa) Project (www.sarmaproject.eu) in order to boost adoption of LCA in the aggregate industry in South Eastern Europe. The proposed methodology emphasises the importance of resource efficiency and recycling in the context of a Sustainable Supply Mix of aggregates for the construction industry. Through its adoption, aggregate producers, recyclers, and governmental planners would gain confidence with LCA tools and conduct consistent and meaningful life cycle analyses of natural and recycled aggregates.
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