PD 6607:1996

This standard PD 6607:1996 Packaging. Recommendations for conducting life-cycle inventory analysis of packaging systems is classified in these ICS categories:

• 55.020 Packaging and distribution of goods in general

The scope of this CEN report is to establish a set of guidelines of best practice for undertaking those aspects of life-cycle inventory analysis specific to packaging systems.

In the field of life-cycle assessment (LCA) development and research are ongoing in various areas. The methodology of life-cycle assessment is under continuous progression. Hence, this CEN report, which contains basic advice on the methodology of life-cycle inventory analysis, only serves as a guide to conducting inventory analysis of the life-cycle of packaging systems.