This paper aims to review the evolution of the environmental impact control and management activities in the last years, for the ceramic floor and wall tile sector. The objective of "sustainable development" requires new environmental analysis tools, on which the scientific and industrial research has been focused recently. A Life Cycle Assessment procedure specific for the ceramic tile industry has been developed, and used to compare the environmental performances of different products and technologies. Attention has been focused, in particular, on techniques having cross media effects (for example, the purification of gases emissions and cogeneration): the LCA procedure applied enables to identify and quantify possible environmental benefits or risks associated to these techniques.
