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	[[File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Different aspects of the life cycle of a product.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 25, 2015). ''Life Cycle Thinking'' [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cycle_Thinking#/media/File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg</ref>]]		[[File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg\|400px\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. Different aspects of the life cycle of a product.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 25, 2015). ''Life Cycle Thinking'' [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cycle_Thinking#/media/File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg</ref>]]
	<onlyinclude>'''Life cycle''' or '''product life cycle''' is the cycle ~~through which~~ every product goes through from "cradle to grave". This includes every step in its life including the extraction of resources to the disposal of the item itself.</onlyinclude><ref name="RE1">The Economic Times. (May 28, 2015). ''Product Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/Product-Life-Cycle</ref> Understanding what steps take place in the life cycle of a product allows ~~for~~ a [[life cycle analysis]] to be done. Every product or service has a potential social, economic, or [[environmental impact]] that may or may not be obvious. Understanding the steps in the life cycle of a product can help to clarify what impacts exist.		<onlyinclude>'''Life cycle''' or '''product life cycle''' is the cycle that every product goes through from "cradle to grave". This includes every step in its life including the extraction of resources to the disposal of the item itself.</onlyinclude><ref name="RE1">The Economic Times. (May 28, 2015). ''Product Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/Product-Life-Cycle</ref> Understanding what steps take place in the life cycle of a product allows a [[life cycle analysis]] to be done. Every product or service has a potential social, economic, or [[environmental impact]] that may or may not be obvious. Understanding the steps in the life cycle of a product can help to clarify what impacts exist.

	The steps in a products life cycle are made up of all activities that go into producing, selling, transporting, using, and disposing of a product and include:<ref name="RE2">University of Alberta. (May 28, 2015). ''Green Purchasing Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://www.sustainability.ualberta.ca/en/GetInvolved/GreenPurchasing/GreenPurchasingLifeCycle.aspx</ref>		The steps in a products life cycle are made up of all activities that go into producing, selling, transporting, using, and disposing of a product and include:<ref name="RE2">University of Alberta. (May 28, 2015). ''Green Purchasing Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://www.sustainability.ualberta.ca/en/GetInvolved/GreenPurchasing/GreenPurchasingLifeCycle.aspx</ref>
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	* Disposal		* Disposal
	The environmental impacts can be lessened at each of these steps with fairly simple changes. Utilizing extensive recycling, adopting new production techniques, minimizing packaging, purchasing only needed items, maintaining products well and desposing of them mindfully can all help lessen the impact of consumption.<ref>Global Development Research Center. (May 28, 2015). ''Life Cycle Analysis'' [Online]. Available: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/lca-define.html</ref>		The environmental impacts can be lessened at each of these steps with fairly simple changes. Utilizing extensive recycling, adopting new production techniques, minimizing packaging, purchasing only needed items, maintaining products well and desposing of them mindfully can all help lessen the impact of consumption.<ref>Global Development Research Center. (May 28, 2015). ''Life Cycle Analysis'' [Online]. Available: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/lca-define.html</ref>

			==For Further Reading==
			*[[Embodied energy]]
			*[[Environmental impact]]
			*[[Life-cycle cost]]
			*[[Life cycle assessment]]
			*Or explore a [[Special:Random\|random page]]

	==References==		==References==
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[[File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg|400px|framed|right|Figure 1. Different aspects of the life cycle of a product.<ref>Wikimedia Commons. (May 25, 2015). ''Life Cycle Thinking'' [Online]. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cycle_Thinking#/media/File:Life_Cycle_Thinking_Product_System.jpg</ref>]]
<onlyinclude>'''Life cycle''' or '''product life cycle''' is the cycle through which every product goes through from "cradle to grave". This includes every step in its life including the extraction of resources to the disposal of the item itself.</onlyinclude><ref name="RE1">The Economic Times. (May 28, 2015). ''Product Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/Product-Life-Cycle</ref> Understanding what steps take place in the life cycle of a product allows for a [[life cycle analysis]] to be done. Every product or service has a potential social, economic, or [[environmental impact]] that may or may not be obvious. Understanding the steps in the life cycle of a product can help to clarify what impacts exist.

The steps in a products life cycle are made up of all activities that go into producing, selling, transporting, using, and disposing of a product and include:<ref name="RE2">University of Alberta. (May 28, 2015). ''Green Purchasing Life Cycle'' [Online]. Available: http://www.sustainability.ualberta.ca/en/GetInvolved/GreenPurchasing/GreenPurchasingLifeCycle.aspx</ref>
* Extraction of raw materials
* Manufacturing and production
* Distribution and packaging
* Purchasing
* Use and maintenance
* Disposal
The environmental impacts can be lessened at each of these steps with fairly simple changes. Utilizing extensive recycling, adopting new production techniques, minimizing packaging, purchasing only needed items, maintaining products well and desposing of them mindfully can all help lessen the impact of consumption.<ref>Global Development Research Center. (May 28, 2015). ''Life Cycle Analysis'' [Online]. Available: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/lca/lca-define.html</ref>

==References==
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