LCA for telecommunication cables

This LCA (life cycle assessment) for telecommunication cables has been carried out in accordance with the SETAC “Code of Practice” for conducting an LCA. The study was defined to comprise all manufacturing processes from raw material acquisition to the final disposal including transportation phases and the use of the product. The LCA made showed clearly the domination of the cable raw materials manufacturing when considering the environmental burdens and impacts caused during the whole life cycle of the product. The improvement assessment made, as part of the LCA, also clearly demonstrated that by changing materials and ways of disposal of the product, significant improvements in the environmental impacts could be achieved