Product Life Cycle Analysis on the Example of a Home Appliance

Abstract

Today's industrial production, with the constant growth of the world's population, has a great impact on the environment loading and human health in the world. With the development of the industry, the need for large amounts of energy and materials have increased sharply, which has led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which are the main cause of global warming on Earth. To reduce the impact of harmful gas emissions and global warming in the product life cycle, a new approach called LCA (Life-cycle assessment) has emerged. In the experimental part of the paper, the analysis of the impact of the product life cycle on the environment and human health was performed on the example of two household appliances using the software tool SimaPro. The conducted LCA analysis of two household appliances showed a significant impact of proper material selection at an early stage of construction on reducing the impact of production and products on the environment and human health.