life-cycle assessment
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
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.
Source
- 2007–present42 U.S.C. § 17061The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this title