Identification and Evaluation of Environmental Aspects

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Environmental aspect of the product could be anything for example it could be the product packaging or the recyclability of the product at the end of its life cycle. According to ISO 14001, an organization must identify environmental aspects and determine those aspects that can have considerable impact to the environment. Keep a register on general environmental aspects, which is regularly updated.

Environmental aspects could be classified as direct and indirect. In order to identify the environmental aspects, a person must study how the activities and services of an organization are affecting the environment.  While identifying environmental aspects the elements which are usually considered are missions, releases to land and water, raw materials used, natural resources and impacts on the biodiversity.

Other vital techniques that could be used to evaluate environmental aspects are value chain method, materials identification method, value chain method, process flow method and value chain method.

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