Suggestions for the update of the environmental footprint Life Cycle Impact Assessment : impacts due to resource use, water use, land use, and particulate matter

The present report illustrates the assessment of available characterisation models and factors in order to suggest an update of those recommended in the EF. The suggested updates where firstly reported in the EF reference package 2.0 and subsequently refined in the EF reference package 3.0) for the impact categories related to resource use, land use, water use, and particulate matter. It has to be noted that the EF reference package 2.0 includes as well updated characterisation factors for other impact categories (e.g. Climate change, ozone depletion) for which details are available in Fazio et al 2018a. The main steps followed to suggest updates of the recommendations for the Environmental Footprint Life Cycle Impact Assessment are reported in the workflow on the right.