Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., recently became a Life Cycle Assessment Certified Professional (LCACP).This certification program, run by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) since 2008, consists of standards for educational and professional background, successfully passing…

Eileen Ekstrom, director of Ecosystem Analytics Inc., will be presenting at the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment LCAXII Conference, the leading LCA conference in the U.S., in Tacoma, Washington Sept. 25 through Sept. 27, 2012. She is presenting the…

Conventional wisdom holds that evaluating the waste produced or end-of-life disposal of a product is the main determinant of whether it is “green” or not. Reusable — green, disposable — not green. However, to get a proper assessment of the…