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 Reversibility                             
                                                           Centuries/   
                         Years             Decades         indefinite   
Local/Regional...  Rapidly Renewable                                    
                    Resource                                            
                    Consumption.                                        
                   Conventional                                         
                    Pollutants.                                         
National.........  Hazardous Air      Bioaccumulative                   
                    Pollutants.        Pollutants.                      
                   Renewable                                            
                    Resource                                            
                    Consumption.                                        
                   Chemical Releases                                    
                                                         Resource       
                                                         Consumption.   
                                                        Ecosystem       
                                                         Impacts.       
                                                        Ozone Depleting 
                                                         Chemicals.     
                                                        Global Warming  
                                                         Gases.         
                                         Figure C-1.--Life-Cycle Stages                                         
                                                                                                                
                                                     Design                                                     
                                                                                                                
                                               packaging.             maintenance.

 
 

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