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The ‘Virtual Pollution Prevention Costs ‘99’

A Single LCA-Based Indicator for Emissions

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In literature, many models (qualitatively as well as quantitatively) can be found to cope with the problem of communicating results of LCA analyses with decision takers. Most models translate data on emissions in a single indicator, using a classification and charac-terisation step. More than 30 of these models have been looked at, 14 of which have been studied in detail. From these analyses, it was concluded that there is still a need for further development.

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  1. Delft University of Technolgoy, Faculty OCR, Section Design for Sustainabiliry, Jaffalaan 9, NL-2628BX, Delft, Netherlands

    Joost G. Vogtlander & Arianne Bijma

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Vogtlander, J.G., Bijma, A. The ‘Virtual Pollution Prevention Costs ‘99’. Int. J. LCA 5, 113–120 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979733

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