Life Cycle Assessment guidelines for the sustainable production and recycling of aggregates: The Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management project (SARMa)

Gian Andrea Blengini; Elena Garbarino; Slavko Šolar; Deborah J. Shields; Tamás Hámor; Raffaele Vinai; Zacharias Agioutantis

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.020

Life Cycle Assessment guidelines for the sustainable production and recycling of aggregates: The Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management project (SARMa)

Gian Andrea Blengini, Elena Garbarino, Slavko Šolar, Deborah J. Shields, Tamás Hámor, Raffaele Vinai, Zacharias Agioutantis

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Abstract

The mining/quarrying industry is a sector of industry where there are very few Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools, and where the role of LCA has been poorly investigated. A key issue is the integration of three inter-dependent life cycles: Project, Asset and Product. Given the unique features of mining LCAs, this Note from the Field presents a common methodology implemented within the Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management (SARMa) Project (www.sarmaproject.eu) in order to boost adoption of LCA in the aggregate industry in South Eastern Europe. The proposed methodology emphasises the importance of resource efficiency and recycling in the context of a Sustainable Supply Mix of aggregates for the construction industry. Through its adoption, aggregate producers, recyclers, and governmental planners would gain confidence with LCA tools and conduct consistent and meaningful life cycle analyses of natural and recycled aggregates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-181
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.020
State	Published - May 2012

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Funding Information:
The research presented in this paper was developed within the SARMa Project, an European Commission funded project: Contract No SEE AF/A/151/2.4/X ( www.sarmaproject.eu ).

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment
Mining
Natural aggregates
Recycled aggregates
Recycling
Resource-efficiency

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Environmental Science
Strategy and Management
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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