life-cycle assessment
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 17061 — in this title
The term “life-cycle assessment” means a comprehensive system approach for measuring the environmental performance of a product or service over the life of the product or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition and continuing through manufacturing, transportation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste management.