Abstract
Africa has launched a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) network in conjunction with the Society of Environment Toxicology and
Chemistry (SETAC), and this points to a recognized gap in LCA initiatives between developed and developing countries. Although
South Africa does not have legislation on carrying-out LCA initiatives, there is a huge drive on preserving our environment, and
that is evidenced through the carbon tax bill already proposed. It is due to such developments that the authors initiated an LCA
initiative in the design phase of a Biogas Plant for domestic applications. Thorough LCA initiatives are notorious for being time
consuming and often manipulated by organizations to “greenwash” their products. These challenges have been a stumbling block
for the acceptance of LCA initiatives. The paper looked at the operation of a biogas digester process, for a biogas digester that has
been developed in the University of Johannesburg. From the aforementioned process fundamental Life Cycle computation was
carried out to identify the environmental impact of the product.