CONTENTS

 1     Life-cycle analysis
        1.1     Manufacturing
        1.2     Usage
        1.3     Scrapping
                  1.3.1     Disassembling
                  1.3.2     Recycling/waste
Appendix I – Environmental issues for the outside plant – A "cradle to the grave" approach for environmental impact from a transmission line based on LCA
        I.1     Life-cycle analysis (LCA) on an optical transmission media
                  I.1.1     Abstract
                  I.1.2     Introduction
                  I.1.3     Scope – "Cradle to the grave" perspective on optical cables
                  I.1.4     Conditions for the study
        I.2     Manufacturing
        I.3     Usage
        I.4     Scrapping
        I.5     Summary