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Abstract

As a matter of fact, the automotive industry has expanded and experienced growth increasingly. Approximately 2.9 cars are produced and sold every single second with a view to meeting the high demand in a flourishing market. As a result, this has led to a growth in the location of production plants to meet the needs of the market and at the same time an impact on the environment. In this context, the objective of this article is to evaluate the environmental impacts of a sector of the automotive industry. That is to say, the objective is about the manufacturing industry of headrests in Morocco for the purpose of better analyzing and identifying the processes and the categories, which have negative impacts on the environment. The evaluation was conducted via the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology using the OpenLCA software, the Ecoinvent database and the Impact 2002+ endpoint impact characterization method. Therefore, we concluded that the manufacture of the head restraints for a car seat has negative impacts on the environment.