Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LSCA) is a tool to characterise and assess the environmental, economic and societal aspects of a process, which can help in decision making.

For example, in choosing between different waste treatment processes to be installed at an industrial site, LCSA can be used to assess the impacts of environmental, economic and societal aspects of different waste treatment technologies. 

Below is a schematic diagram showing model BES to recover metals from wastewater at the cathode. LSCA assesses inputs (including materials and energy) and outputs (including all co-products) and the associated costs, benefits and impacts.