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Tech Brief: Environmental Product Declarations: Communicating Environmental Impact for Transportation Products
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UCD-ITS-RP-21-53 Brief Available online at: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56590 |
Suggested Citation:
Rangelov, Milena, Heather Dylla, John T. Harvey, Joep Meijer, Prashant Ram (2021) Tech Brief: Environmental Product Declarations: Communicating Environmental Impact for Transportation Products. Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are developed by the producers of construction materials as tools that communicate the environmental impacts of material production. In recent years, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), as well as other State and local government agencies, have expressed interest in using EPDs. This document is an expanded version of an affiliated document (Environmental Product Declarations, FHWA-HIF-19-027-c) and itsummarizes the information on to-date developments in the domain of EPDs forpavement materials a s well as their potential implementation. The purpose of this document is educational.
Key words: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), construction materials, material production
Key words: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), construction materials, material production