Students will understand the concepts and principles of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and learn how to model material recycling and energy recovery in LCA. They will understand the environmental fate of organic pollutants, outlining the main distribution of an otrganic compound in environmental compartments and their main degradation pathways and sinks. The student is expected to be able to: 1. Gain basic LCA modelling skills; 2. Understand and describe the main structural features of organic pollutants, their distribution and degradation pathways in environmental compartments.