The environmental impacts of five waste management scenarios for polylactic acid (PLA)-based bioplastics and food were quantified using life cycle assessment. Laboratory experiments have demonstrated the potential a pretreatment process to accelerate degradation modeled in two assessed. analyzed this study were: (1a) Anaerobic digestion (1b) with pretreatment; (2a) Compost; Compost (3) Landfill...

Abstract Purpose Global food production needs to increase provide enough for over 9 billion people living by 2050. Traditional animal is among the leading causes climate change and occupation of land. Edible insects might be a sustainable protein supply humans, but environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on them are scarce. This study performs an LCA small-scale system yellow mealworm...

This paper aimed to analyse and compare the environmental energy sustainability of two orchards (peach versus kiwifruit) located in Southern Italy using Life Cycle Thinking. To this end, anthropogenic energy, CO2 emissions, biogenic carbon gains were also considered through Assessment methodology Energy Analysis. The C–CO2 balance was calculated as difference between total stored soil trees, at...

The marble industry is growing in Pakistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province the largest producer of tiles Pakistan. Marble production consumes a considerable amount water during its life cycle stages impacts various environmental compartments, such as air, water, soil; therefore, this study aimed to quantify impacts, footprint, cumulative energy demand one-tonne tile manufactured small industri...

this study aimed to evaluate the environmental consequences of kiwifruit production in guilan province of iran by the life cycle assessment (lca) methodology during growing season of 2011-2012. data were obtained from 84 kiwifruit producers using a face to face questionnaire method. for this purpose, a functional unit equal to one ton kiwifruit was assumed based on iso 14040 method. impacts of ...

The environmental impacts associated with the intensification of agricultural practices have become an emerging issue, and new techniques are being developed to satisfy public demands. application fertilizers is a crucial step for agriculture practices. Building upon previous studies at Mediterranean basin, objective research presented herein was quantify greenhouse gas emissions four different...

Abstract One of the biggest energy consumers and CO2 emitters in world is steel sector. With growth infrastructure construction, output has risen year over year. Therefore, a life cycle assessment inputs outputs at each stage manufacturing process necessary to enable adoption management offer sustainable production consumption. The Life Cycle Assessment method employed this study assess environ...

the objectives of this study was to estimation of greenhouse gases (ghg) emissions and global warming in rice production and identify measures to reducing fossil energy use and greenhouse gases emissions. three rice production systems included sri, improved and conventional were studied. all activities, field operation and data in production methods and differents inputs rates were monitored an...

This study assesses the environmental performance in end-of-life (EoL) of double walls made carbon-reinforced concrete (CRC) and steel-reinforced (SRC). The most feasible CRC EoL scenarios are evaluated using life cycle assessment their performances then compared to those SRC. results showed that mechanical recycling is best scenario, with a global warming potential (GWP) 7.0 kg CO2 eq., while ...