An agricultural farming company is assessing the environmental impacts (global warming potential and land use) of packaging and delivering its products at the doorstep of its residential customers through an LCA study. A semi-automated process powered by diesel handles the packaging process. The packaging material used is paper. Each package is of standard weight. A truck powered by diesel then delivers the packages. The consumer unpacks the product and disposes the post- consumption packaging materials for recycling. The LCA Inventory data collected represents the site average for the various processes.
Required:
(A) In the LCA study above, provide the following details:
1. Goal of the study
2. Scope of the study:
a. List the products and processes involved
b. Initial Flow Chart and Flow model
c. System Boundary (Draw on Flow Chart)
d. Functional Unit
e. Impact categories
f. Type of LCA study
g. Principles of allocation, if any
h. Data quality requirements
i. Critical Review needed