Note on the critical review of the study "life Cycle Assessment for the different used tyres recycling methods" prepared for Aliapur by Ecobilan

Abstract

This note describes the "a posteriori" critical review process of a large Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study. This LCA study covered nine different recycling options of used tyres. The review was conducted by an international and multipartite seven-member review panel. It should be noted that the preliminary administrative tasks took more time than expected. After that, it took about 4 months from the distribution of the preliminary LCA report to the editing of the final, approved, critical review report. About 140 questions or comments were answered, which contributed to the improvement of the LCA report concerning methodology, data quality and clarity aspects, and to highlighting some research directions. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.