Abstract
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the method which quantitatively evaluates the environmental impacts along life cycle of products or services. Various kinds of methodologies and procedures for LCA have proposed by the research groups in Europe and the USA. However, they are not only tentative, but also unacceptable worldwide. Using the panel method, we have gathered information about category weighting factors and proposed Environmental Load Point (ELP) as a single indicator. In this report, firstly we evaluate the environmental impacts of air-conditioner including HCFC, R-410a, and refrigerator including HFC, HCFC with ELP. Secondly, we evaluate the environmental impacts of air-conditioner and refrigerator at Demonstration Plant for Recycling Post-use Electric Home Appliance. The results show; 1) Metal Recycling is effective to reduce the environmental load of Electric Home Appliance. 2) Reduction rate of environmental load of air-conditioner is highest at Recycling Plant.
