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Inputs and Outputs Included Captures Input Materials or land use, Captures Output Products, Captures Output Wastes (recycling) Provides a Description of Unit Processes Captures Input Materials or land Use (materi- als into landfills and incineration), captures Output Wastes (recycling) Captures Output Products Provides a Description of Unit

Table 5.3 (cont.) Life cycle inventory data sources, prepared by Joyce Cooper, University of Washington. Available at

Specific Sectors, Facilities, Unit Processor or Materials Captured Electric utilities; fossil fuels (primarily coal), nuclear, renewable resources.

http://faculty.washington.edu/cooperjs/Definitions/inventory squared.htm (accessed January 2012).

Categories of Sectors, Facilities, or Unit Processes Production Household waste management practices Municipalities Energy Production Industry, utilities, agriculture, services, etc.

Applicability Materials Acqu. & Process End-of-Life End-of-Life Energy Materials Acqu. & Process, Agriculture, construct. & Manuf., Use, End-of-Life, energy, Transport

Processes, Facility, Sector, or Material-Based Materials Facilities Materials Process Processes and Materials

Database Title Mineral Industry Survey (USGS) Municipal Solid Waste Factbook (US EPA) Municipal Solid Waste Survey (US EPA Office of Solid Waste) Net Generation and Utility Retail Sales (US Census Bureau) Search US Patents