Which resource is it easy to quantify during a life cycle assessment?

The resource that is easy to quantify during a life cycle assessment is numerical values for water use and waste production. Life cycle assessments (LCAs) focus on evaluating the environmental impacts of a product throughout its entire life cycle, including raw material extraction, production, usage, and disposal. Water use and waste production are tangible, measurable quantities that can be systematically tracked and recorded.

In contrast, aspects like the volume of products sold or market demand are influenced by various external factors and market trends that can fluctuate over time, making them less straightforward to quantify in the context of an assessment of environmental impact. While employee satisfaction ratings are important considerations in evaluating the overall impact of a product or process, they are inherently subjective and qualitative, complicating their quantification compared to numerical data associated with resource usage.