Environment, health and safety

Which technique evaluates environmental impact across a product's whole life, from raw material procurement through manufacturing, use and disposal?

  1. AFMEA
  2. BSPC
  3. CLife cycle assessment (LCA)
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Answer: C. Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Life cycle assessment (LCA) quantitatively evaluates energy and resource use, greenhouse gas emissions and so on over a product's entire life. For semiconductors, power consumption during product use is considered in addition to electricity and process gases in manufacturing.

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