Training Your Personnel: Level 4

Appendix 7.19

Example of materials assessment using LCA
Material assessment: an example
Wilkhahn + Hahne GmbH & Co., Bad Munder, Germany
Environmental evaluation of materials
 

Iron metals

Zinc Pressure Casts

Aluminium Parts

Cast Aluminium Parts

Aluminium Diverse

Polyamide

Polyethylene

Polyoximethalyene

Polypropylene

Polyurethylene Parts

Polyurethylene Foam

Polyvinylchloride

Polyester

Latex Foam

Veneers

Chipboard

SolidWood

Potential for recycling

-

O

-

-

-

O

-

-

-

O

O

-

O

O

-

O

-

Disposal

-

O

-

-

-

O

O

?

O

X

X

X

O

O

?

O

?

Product use

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Processing & finishing

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

O

O

Pre-production

O

O

O

O

O

X

O

X

O

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

Risk of accidents

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

Social acceptance

-

-

O

O

O

O

O

O

-

O

O

X

O

-

-

O

-

Legal context

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

-


Key

X :-  particularly significant environmental problem

O :-  there is an environmental problem

- :-  given current knowledge there is no environmental problem

? :-  not evaluated