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- 1Industrial Ecologyndustrial ecology is the study of the means by which humanity can deliberately and rationally approach and maintain a desirable carrying capacity, given continued economic, cultural, and technological innovation. The concept requires that an industrial system be viewed not in isolation from its surrounding systems but in concert with them. It is a systems view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished product, to component, to product, to obsolete product, and to ultimate disposal. Factors to be optimized include resources, energy, and capital.
- 2Societal approach to interaction between technology and environment
- 3Resource Flow Types1. Linear
2. Quasi-circular
3. Circular - 4Resource Flow Type I
- 5Resource Flow Type II
- 6Resource Flow Type III
- 7What is life cycle assessmentLife cycle assessment is an objective process to evaluate the environmental burdens associated with product, process, or activity by identifying and quantifying energy and material usage and environmental releases, to assess the impact of those energy and material uses and releases to the environment, and to evaluate and implement opportunities to affect environmental improvements. The assessment includes the entire life cycle of the product, process, or activity, encompassing extracting and processing raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, use/reuse/maintenance, recycling, and final disposal.
- 8Source Reduction
- 9How does the old and new approach of material selection differ?1. Old approach: material selection is based on product specification, e.g. bleach much whiten textiles.
2. New approach: accounts environmental impact while meeting the product specifications.