Ghana is an important cocoa producer and exporter this production of high economic importance. Increasing interest in the sustainable productions cocoa/chocolate necessitated need to assess environmental impacts associated with different chocolate variants (extra dark (EDC), (DC), milk (MC) flavoured (FMC) Ghana, including identification hotspots for improvement. The life cycle assessment tool ...

The aim of this study is determination exergoenvironmental efficiency for using solar technologies in sunflower oil production Iran. Accordingly, the applications photovoltaic and photovoltaic/thermal systems were evaluated both agricultural industrial phases production. Energy results reveal that 1 ton consumes produces about 180,354 39,400 MJ energy, respectively. About 86% total energy consu...

This study estimates the life cycle water consumption and wastewater generation impacts of a Marcellus shale gas well from its construction to end of life. Direct water consumption at the well site was assessed by analysis of data from approximately 500 individual well completion reports collected in 2010 by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Indirect water consu...

Crop diversification is essential in lowland rice cropping systems to achieve sustainability, improve soil health, and as a climate-resilient practice reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted for the farms west-coast region of India assess environmental impact rice–rice rice–cowpea systems. The (LCIA) evaluated “cradle-to-gate” perspective. higher energ...

Abstract Harnessing of second-generation feedstocks via circular economy approaches is generally considered as environmentally friendly. Nonetheless, different potential impacts can be caused during collection and transformation such feedstocks, affecting overall sustainability. Assessment particular importance when producing waste-based biofuels. In this regard, work’s aim was to carry out a s...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are becoming more invasive and ever prevalent due to rises in nitrogen phosphorus pollution watersheds. Herein, we introduce a novel biorefinery that taps into the vast sources of Contaminated water is diverted flow over attached algae systems, feeding native, periphytic cultures scrubbing excessive nutrients from with produced biomass converted fuels through hydroth...

Responsible water use and sustainable consumption production are high on the agenda of multiple stakeholders. Different supply sources available, including tap water, bottled domestically harvested rainwater abstracted groundwater. The extent to which each these is used, differs over patterns in various housing types, being detached houses, semi-detached terraced houses apartments. To identify ...