The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), Raleigh, North Carolina, is organizing a one-day Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) Workshop for Thursday, April 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 3301 Benson Dr. in Renaissance One Building, First Floor (Garden Room), Raleigh, North Carolina.
The event is designed to establish dialogue and provide more information on the question of whether mass is the best means to evaluate recycling and diversion practices versus a measuring environmental burden through life-cycle analysis (LCA).
The workshop will provide a forum to discuss how LCA currently is used and how it can be used to direct policy and decision-making for solid waste management. This includes examining the idea of whether federal, state and local goals should be based on weight or environmental burden (which would dictate an LCA approach).
EREF says its workshops bring together industry professionals, practicing engineers, academics, government personnel and policymakers.
Topics for discussion include:
- using LCA for waste management decision making: overview, challenges and possibilities;
- considerations for practical implementation of LCA by management entities and policymakers;
- tools of the trade – available and upcoming LCA models;
- life-cycle inventory data – the key ingredient to a robust LCA;
- case studies using LCA for decision-making; and
- weight versus LCA-based goals for sustainable materials management – perspectives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), industry and state/local government.
Representatives of the U.S. EPA, Waste Management Inc., Oregon Division of Environmental Quality, Research Triangle Institute, Golder Associates, RSS, North Carolina State University and EREF will be presenting.
Leading up to this event, EREF will conduct a Life-Cycle Analysis 101 webinar March 23 titled “Introduction to Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainable Materials Management.” This webinar will present the concept of life-cycle thinking and why life-cycle analysis is used. Participants will learn key concepts and terminology in LCA, using examples from solid waste and sustainable materials management, the association says.
The cost to register for the EREF workshop is $95 for consultants/industry personnel and $30 for agency/municipality/academic personnel.
The tentative workshop agenda and registration information are available at https://erefdn.org/lca-workshop or by emailing education@erefdn.org.
Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information or to secure a sponsorship, email kpickurel@erefdn.org.
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