Evaluating the sustainability of electronic media: Strategies for life cycle inventory data collection and their implications for LCA results

This paper compares two Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies independently carried out to assess the environmental impacts of electronic versus print media. Although the two studies lead to the same ...

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