A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of three apricot orchard systems located in Metapontino area (Southern Italy)

Pergola, Maria; Persiani, Alessandro; Pastore, Vittoria; Palese, Assunta Maria; Arous, Aissa; Celano, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.030

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“…The analysis was performed using the LCA approach according to the ISO 14040-44: 2006 [55,56]. As said by Pergola et al [57], LCA is an analytical tool which allows one to identify the overall environmental impacts of a product, process or human activity from raw material acquisition, through production and use, to waste management [58]. The purpose of LCA studies can be the comparison of alternative products, processes or services; the comparison of alternative life cycles for a certain product or service; or the identification of steps of the life cycle where the greatest improvements can be made [59].…”

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“…Keeping in mind that the aim of the present research was the estimation of environmental impacts to adopt the most sustainable management options, two functional units, namely the reference on the basis of which all data were analyzed and characterized [55,56], were chosen: on the one hand, one liter of oil produced, as established by the relative PCR, including its primary and secondary packaging in glass bottles (capacity of 0.1-0.25-0.75-1 liter) and in tins (capacity of 3 and 5 liters); on the other hand, the surface unit (1 hectare) with the aim to improve environmental results interpretation [57,61,62].…”

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“…Additionally, to estimate direct and indirect emissions, the active ingredient of each product, and the amount of fuel and energy consumed, were calculated and used in the analysis for each operation as a standard practice in LCAs. Methodological details are specified in Pergola et al [57]. Table 2.…”

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“…LCA procedure is described by ISO 14040-44 [42,43]. This method can be classified into four steps [44][45][46]. These are described in the following sections:…”

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A comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of three apricot orchard systems located in Metapontino area (Southern Italy)

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