Market information in life cycle assessment

Figure 5.2 illustrates the implications of the three rules, in terms of how the different processes in figure 5.1 are ascribed to the two products A and B.   Product A: Determining product   for the co-producing process                                                  Product B,      in which                    the dependent                 Displaced product     co-product   is  used Figure 5.2 Illustration of the three rules and their cut-off implications. Rule 1 implies that process A is always fully ascribed to the determining co- product. Rule 2 - which is applicable when the dependent co-product is fully utilised - implies that product A is ascribed all processes until the point of displacement. Rule 3 - applicable when the dependent co-product is not utilised fully - implies that product B is ascribed all processes after the split- off point. point of displacement split-off point rule 1 Process A:   Co-producing process Process I: Intermediat e treatment Process D: Displaced process or sub-system (most sensitive supplier)    Process B,   where the dependent co- product is Process W: Displaced waste treatment of dependent co-product rule 2 rule 3