Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an internationally accepted tool for assessing the environmental impacts associated with a product, process or service throughout its life cycle, from the growing of the raw material, harvesting or extraction through to processing, transport, use, maintenance, reuse, recycling or disposal. For each of these stages, the impact is measured in terms of the resources used and environmental impacts caused.
LCA can help a business identify the most effective improvement than can be made in terms of environmental impacts and use of resources. LCA can also be a powerful tool for consumers to compare the environmental credentials of similar products and services.
The timber industry has contributed to the development of a number of LCAs and is contributing to the development of a database by the CSIRO of information on timber of wood products as well as the development of full life cycle assessment of building products.
AusLCI The Australian National Life Cycle Inventory Database Initiative (AusLCI) will provide a national, publicly-accessible database with easy access to authoritative, comprehensive and transparent environmental information on a wide range of Australian products and services over their entire life cycle
Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society The Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS) is a professional organisation for people interested in the practice, use, development and interpretation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Building Products Innovation Council With senior representation from across the spectrum of the product side of the building industry, the Building Products Innovation Council's (BPIC) mission is to promote the most efficient and innovative use of building products within a nationally consistent regulatory environment for building.
Life cycle assessment of timber products - phase 2 Forest & Wood Products Australia A project to create a rigorous Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of representative Australian forest and wood products and processes to evaluate the environmental impacts of common timber and engineered timber products and systems.
National Timber Product Stewardship Group
The National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG) is an initiative of the timber and wood products industry to double the recovery of post-consumer timber and wood products.
Find out where to reuse or recycle your old timber or wood products.
Find resources to help you reuse or recycle timber and wood products.
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