Final Report Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of an Artificial Christmas Tree and a Natural Christmas Tree for American Christmas Tree Association West Hollywood, California by thinkstep AG - a Sphera company (known as "PE AmericasPE Americas" at the time) Boston, MA November 2010 Phone +1 [617]Contact: 247‐4477 Fax +1 [617] 236‐2033 Sabine Deimling E‐mail s.murphy@pe‐international.com Principal Consultant l.mar@
[email protected]‐international.com n.daSilva@pe‐international.com +49 711 341817-31 Internet www.pe‐americas.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PROJECT CONTEXT AND STUDY GOALS .................................................................................. 7 2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 DEFINITION OF PRODUCT SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 8 2.1.1 Artificial Tree ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Natural Tree ........................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 9 2.3 FUNCTIONAL UNIT .................................................................................................................. 9 2.4 STUDY BOUNDARIES ...........................................................................................................