Green design involves taking a "cradle to grave" approach by considering a product's environmental impacts throughout its lifecycle from production to disposal. This includes minimizing use of resources, pollution, and long-term harm while ensuring efficient use and appropriate disposal. Life cycle analysis assesses a product's environmental effects at each stage to identify ways to reduce negative impacts, such as through design for disassembly to facilitate recycling. Green design and life cycle analysis allow improvements targeting high impact products and industries.