The rest of the paper is structured as follows. Section 2 describes the methodology, where conceptual process design is conducted for CNC production, and LCA is employed to evaluate its environmental impacts. Section 3 presents the process calculation results for CNC production with and without acid recycling, and then evaluation of the environmental impacts of the production in Quebec, Canada. Section 4 discusses the feasibility of a virtual plant in other geographic locations. The final section presents conclusions and outlook.