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LCA in Eastern Europe
The Life Cycle Assessment Management Tool for Technologies in Eastern Europe: Why and How
Siret Talve
Corresponding author:: Siret Talve, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tallinn Technical University, Ehitajate tee 5, 12612 Tallinn, Estonia; e-mail: siret@staff.ttu.ee
The knowledge and use of western-based environmental
management tools like LCA (life cycle assessment) in
Eastern Europe is very low. Discussions about introducing environmental
management systems and taking care of environmental
consequences of producing processes are very relevant now
in Eastern European countries that want to become members of
the European Union and to introduce their goods onto the international
market. In this paper, the problems connected to
introducing LCA based environmental management systems and
Eco-Labeling in Eastern European countries are described. The
poor financial condition of national sciences in Estonia does
not appear to be the main problem. A brief overview of the
development and current status of LCA research in Denmark,
Finland and Japan is presented. Solutions to current problems
are discussed, and experiences gained during conducting LCA
research on oil shale energy production in Estonia are presented. | | Keywords: eco-labeling; KCL-ECO; LCA; LCA in CEEC; LCA in Estonia |
6 LCA (3) 181-183 (2001)
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