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CONTENTS

23.5.3 Setting up of a National Inventory Database
and Development of Tools to Set Up, Maintain
and Disseminate Data 558
23.5.4 Development of National Life Cycle
Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methodologies 559
23.5.5 Capacity Development to Apply LCA
in Industry and in Public Decision Making 559
23.5.6 Promotion of LCA Applications and Creating a Stock
of Success Stories and Dissemination 560
23.5.7 Policy Development 560
23.6 Conclusions 560
References 561

Environmental Accountability: A New Paradigm for
World Trade is Emerging 563
Ann K. Ngo
24.1 Introduction 563
24.2 The Paradigm Shift and LCA 564
24.3 International Trade and LCA 568
24.4 Behavior Change and LCA 570
24.4.1 The Role of Businesses 571
24.4.2 The Role of Governments 572
24.4.3 The Role of Consumers 576
24.4.4 The Role of NGOs 577
24.4.5 The Role of Academia 578
24.5 Challenges and Opportunities for a World Shifting
to Using LCA and Environmental Impacts as Components
of Regulation and Commerce 580
Appendix I 582
References 583

Life Cycle Knowledge Informs Greener Products 585
James Fava
25.1 Introduction 585
25.2 Situation Analysis 586
25.2.1 How Could We Set a River on Fire? 586
25.2.2 After an Early LCA Study, Coca-Cola Opted
to Challenge its Suppliers to Improve their Products
Rather than Simply Prohibiting the
Use of Certain Materials 587
25.2.3 Dueling Diaper Debates Fueled the Initial
Understanding that all Products have Impacts
that may differ in Nature, Scope, and Medium 587
25.2.4 Mercury found in Fluorescent Light Bulbs is not
the Predominant Source of Mercury that may
Enter the Environment as a Result of Light Bulb
Use and Disposal 588