This standard specifies the terms and definitions, life cycle assessment and life cycle reports for life cycle assessment of electrical and electronic products.
This standard is applicable to the guidance for development of product category rules for the life cycle assessment of specific electrical and electronic products.
Note: If the specific product category rule is not available, the life cycle assessment can be carried out with reference to this standard and Type III environmental declaration can be made in accordance with GB/T 24025.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 24040-2008 Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework
GB/T 24044 Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines
3 Terms and definitions
For the purpose of this document, the terms and definitions defined in GB/T 24040-2008 and GB/T 24044 and the following terms and definitions apply. For the convenience of application, some terms and definitions in GB/T 24040-2008 are listed repeatedly as follows.
3.1
life cycle
a series of stages in the product system that are connected in sequence from acquiring raw materials from the natural world or from natural resources to the final disposal
[Definition 3.1, GB/T 24040-2008]
3.2
life cycle assessment; LCA
summary and assessment for input, output and potential environmental impact of a product system in the life cycle
GB/T 37552-2019 The following standards are cited：
