scholarly journals A Report on the 22nd Workshop co-hosted by ILCAJ and JLCA: Life Cycle Thinking towards Sustainable Consumption and Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-195
Author(s):  
Jun NAKATANI ◽  
Masaharu MOTOSHITA ◽  
Koichi SHOBATAKE
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Sustainable Consumption And Production

scholarly journals Life Cycle Thinking in the Use of Natural Resources

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J. Koroneos ◽  
Ch. Achillas ◽  
N. Moussiopoulos ◽  
E.A. Nanaki
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Full Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Sustainable Consumption And Production

The continuous increase of production and consumption of material in the developed world and the increase of the standard of living of the developing countries leads to the increase of the use of natural resources and the degradation of the environment. Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) is essential to sustainable consumption and production which will impact the use of limited resources. LCT is the process of taking into account in decision making both the resources consumed and the environmental and health pressures associated with the full life cycle of a product. It includes the extraction of resources, production, use, re-use, transport, recycling, and the ultimate waste disposal to provide goods and services and it helps in avoiding shifting the burdens among various life stages of a resource processing. It is important to use the life cycle thinking in analysing products because they may have different environmental impacts at different life cycle stages. It is important to note that some products have very high environmental impacts during the extraction and processing of their original natural resource but they may have minor environmental impacts when they are recycled. A good example is aluminium. The objective of this work is to analyze the importance of the life cycle thinking concept, and show its direct linkage to sustainability.

scholarly journals Life Cycle Thinking for Sustainable Consumption and Production towards a Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Shabbir H. Gheewala
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Product Systems ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Responsible Consumption

The current model of a linear economy with end-of-pipe waste treatment is not sustainable. Cleaner production helps reduce resource use and emissions, but is still not an optimal solution without considering a life cycle perspective. Life cycle-based tools such as life cycle assessment and life cycle costing are useful for identifying optimal environmental and economic options for product systems. SDG 12 dealing with responsible consumption and production is key for sustainability. Developing of a circular economy requires life cycle thinking and life cycle-based tools for assessment. All these issues are discussed along with illustrative examples.

EU policies for Sustainable Consumption and Production—the Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-300
Author(s):  
Bettina Lorz
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Product Policy ◽  
Earth Summit ◽  
Sustainable Consumption And Production ◽  
Eu Policies ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe need to move towards sustainable consumption and production has been recognised since the First Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Yet progress in translating policy commitment into tangible measures has been slow. For the EU, the Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy presented by the Commission in July 2008 is an important step in that direction. It builds upon and further develops a life-cycle oriented product policy, and also addresses the consumption dimension. This article looks at implementation and application of the Action Plan. This is presenting a number of challenges: setting up and implementing a coherent legal framework, providing the requisite tools and steering voluntary processes. It concludes by looking to the future and the challenges for EU policies.

scholarly journals Use of Life Cycle Thinking in Environmental Education: Visualization and Recovery of the Missing Link towards Sustainable Consumption

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki HONDO ◽  
Yoshie HIRAYAMA ◽  
Kota NAKAJIMA ◽  
Shunsuke YAMADA ◽  
Ichiro FUKUHARA
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Missing Link
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