CSA PLUS 1119 : 1997

Technical Committee on Life Cycle Impact Assessment
Methodology for the Pulp and Paper Production Phase
Preface
1 Introduction
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 Organization
   1.3 Definitions
   1.4 Approach
   1.5 The Pulp and Paper Life Cycle in Canada
2 Review of Applicable LCIA Models
   2.1 LCIA Frameworks
   2.2 LCIA Models
3 Potential Impact Classification and Characterization
   3.1 Methodological Approach to the Selection of
        Potential Impact Metrics
   3.2 Air Emissions
   3.3 Biological Parameters
   3.4 Solid Waste
   3.5 Resource Depletion
   3.6 Energy
   3.7 Other Potential Impact Stressors
4 Valuation and Impacts
   4.1 General
   4.2 Environmental Priorities Strategy for
        Design (EPS) (Sweden)
   4.3 Swiss Ecological Scarcity (Ecopoints)
   4.4 Centre for Environmental Science (CML)
        Guide Method
   4.5 Environmental Theme (Netherlands)
   4.6 PIRA Pulp and Paper Impact Assessment Model
   4.7 European Union Tissue Ecolabel
   4.8 Environmental Choice Program (ECP)
   4.9 Recommendations
5 Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methodology for the
   Pulp and Paper Production Phase
   5.1 Purpose
   5.2 Product Unit Definition
   5.3 Establish System Boundaries for the LCIA
   5.4 Collection of LCIA Data - Life Cycle Inventory
   5.5 Classification
   5.6 Characterization
   5.7 Valuation
   5.8 LCIA Report
   5.9 Auditing Possibilities
6 Conclusions and Recommendations
   6.1 Purpose and Objectives of LCIA-PPPP Methodology
   6.2 Selection of Potential Impact Metrics
   6.3 Options for Valuation
   6.4 Provisional LCIA-PPPP Methodology
Appendices
A - References
B - Comments from Technical Committee Members

Gives guidance on the application of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) to the Pulp and Paper Production Phase (PPPP) of the Pulp and Paper Life Cycle.