NDLI: A decision support tool for communicating the environmental performance of products and organisations from the ceramic sector

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Ibáñez Forés, Valeria Bovea, María D.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This paper presents a tool designed to facilitate the communication of environmental information in the ceramic sector, both for companies and products. Specifically, the communication tool allows the environmental product declaration to be obtained for ceramic tiles in accordance with ISO 14025 and the environmental declaration of the organisation in accordance with the European Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS Register). Moreover, this tool makes it possible to verify compliance with the ecological criteria established by the European Eco-label programme for hard floor coverings (ceramic tiles) and, when they are not met, propose some best available techniques (BAT) to facilitate compliance with them. To do so, the tool is divided into four parts: (1) input data, where the user provides information related to the consumption of raw materials and resources, emissions into air, water and soil, solid waste, etc.; (2) database, including environmental indicators for different impact categories for the characteristics of the materials, processes and emissions of the ceramic sector; (3) reference documents, such as product category rules or different European regulations to guide the correct implementation of the environmental communication instruments included in the tool; and (4) output data in terms of the environmental declaration for the product and for the organisation, and verification of compliance with the European eco-label criteria and the proposal of BAT in the case of non-fulfilment, together with their environmental and economic consequences. The application of the tool is tested by a case study of ceramic tiles produced in an average Spanish organisation.
Starting Page	123
Ending Page	138
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1618954X
Journal	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	16189558
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2015-07-02
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Environmental communication Environmental product declaration EMAS Register Eco-label Ceramic industry Ceramic tile Sustainable Development Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Industrial and Production Engineering Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Environmental Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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