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'''Service cycle is a [[feature]] of [[Product group]] and [[product]]'''
A '''service cycle''' describes everything behind an economic transaction, down to [[nature's services]], [[state services]] and other [[service economy]] elements.  It goes below [[commodity]] and [[product]] relations where it can find out about them, and tries to include all impacts from every service stage:
A '''service cycle''' describes everything behind an economic transaction, down to [[nature's services]], [[state services]] and other [[service economy]] elements.  It goes below [[commodity]] and [[product]] relations where it can find out about them, and tries to include all impacts from every service stage:


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*[[recycling]] and [[waste disposal]], e.g. [[biodegradeable]]
*[[recycling]] and [[waste disposal]], e.g. [[biodegradeable]]
*other [[comprehensive outcome]] elements of the service cycle as above
*other [[comprehensive outcome]] elements of the service cycle as above
===A primitive example===
#[[Sun]] shines
#Sunshine causes [[rainfall]]
#[[Vegetation]] grows
#[[Animal]] eats vegetation
#[[Animal]] gets milked by [[farmer]]
#Farmer drinks milk
#Farmer takes a pee
#The nutrients from the urine helps 3.
This is the ''Service cycle'' of [[Milk]] in a primitive production setting. In a more advanced setting we would have makers of agricultural machines, transportation, vets, pharmaceuticals, electricity, diesel, milking robots, buildings and some other stuff to get [[milk]]
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