Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

Shaked, Shanna; Crettaz, Pierre; Saadé-Sbeih, Myriam; Jolliet, Olivier; Jolliet, Alexandre

doi:10.1201/b19138

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“…Through IMPACT 2002+, 17 impact categories (midpoints) are aggregated into endpoint categories-human health impact of pollution (e.g., by fine particulate matter), ecosystem quality, resource consumption, water use, and carbon footprint-to indicate environmental damages. More detailed explanations of LCA, LCIA and damage categories are available elsewhere [53][54][55][56][57].…”

Section: Life Cycle Inventory and Impact Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Meatless and Meat-Containing Meals in the United States

Ernstoff

Tu²,

Faist

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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This study compares the environmental impacts of meatless and meat-containing meals in the United States according to consumption data in order to identify commercial opportunities to lower environmental impacts of meals. Average consumption of meal types (breakfast, lunch, dinner) were assessed using life cycle assessment. Retail and consumer wastes, and weight losses and gains through cooking, were used to adjust the consumption quantities to production quantities. On average, meatless meals had more than a 40% reduction in environmental impacts than meat-containing meals for any of the assessed indicators (carbon footprint, water use, resource consumption, health impacts of pollution, and ecosystem quality). At maximum and minimum for carbon footprint, meat-containing dinners were associated with 5 kgCO2e and meatless lunches 1 kg CO2e. Results indicate that, on average in the US, meatless meals lessen environmental impacts in comparison to meat-containing meals; however, animal products (i.e., dairy) in meatless meals also had a substantial impact. Findings suggest that industrial interventions focusing on low-impact meat substitutes for dinners and thereafter lunches, and low-impact dairy substitutes for breakfasts, offer large opportunities for improving the environmental performance of the average diet.

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Section: Life Cycle Inventory and Impact Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Meatless and Meat-Containing Meals in the United States

Ernstoff

Tu²,

Faist

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used as a decision support tool in various technological domains and disciplines (Curran, 2012;Hauschild et al 2017), but literature on pedagogical experiences and applications is scarce (e.g., Cooper and Fava 2000a, b;Evans et al 2008;Lin et al 2012;Masanet et al 2014;Mälkki and Alanne 2017), despite a sizeable number of dedicated LCA guidance and teaching books (Baumann and Tillman 2004;Consoli et al 1993;Curran 2012Curran , 2015Guinée et al 2002; Hauschild and Wenzel 1998;Hauschild et al 2017;Heijungs and Suh 2002;Jolliet et al 2016;Klöpffer and Grahl 2014;Lindfors et al 1995;Matthews et al 2015;NCM 1992;Wenzel et al 1997;White and Schenck, 2014;UNEP 1996).…”

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confidence: 99%

Learning-by-doing: experience from 20 years of teaching LCA to future engineers

Cosme

Hauschild

Molin

2018

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…The estimation of environmental impacts such as carcinogens, climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, acidification, and land use is modelled by using SimaPro software (Jolliet, Saadé-Sbeih, Shaked, Jolliet, & Crettaz, 2016).…”

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Environmental impact assessment of total alkaloid extracted from the Atropa belladonna L. using LCA

Amiri

Arabhosseini

Kianmehr

et al. 2017

Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes

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In recent years, evaluation the effects of alkaloids extraction on the environment is considered regarding the importance of environmental issues. Tropane alkaloids such as hyoscyamine and scopolamine have many applications in the medical field. The purpose of the present study is using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the environmental impact assessment of total alkaloid extracted from Atropa belladonna, so all the usable materials and technologies as well as the diffusion of various substances into the environment were estimated for 6.2 mg total alkaloid extract. The LCA model was developed with the application of SimaPro 8.1 software, for analysing the data resulted by the IMPACT 2002+ method. The IMPACT 2002+ impact assessment method, comprising of two sets of impact categories, eighteen midpoint-level impact categories (e.g., climate change, ozone and water depletion, eutrophication, and particulate matter formation), and three endpoint categories (damage to human health, ecosystem diversity, and resource availability). Based on the results of this study, it was found that green processes should be used for extraction of alkaloids, and based on the effects of chloroform used in the extraction process, the chemical materials with minimal damage to the environment must be replaced.

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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

Cited by 103 publications

References 94 publications

Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Meatless and Meat-Containing Meals in the United States

Comparing the Environmental Impacts of Meatless and Meat-Containing Meals in the United States

Learning-by-doing: experience from 20 years of teaching LCA to future engineers

Environmental impact assessment of total alkaloid extracted from the Atropa belladonna L. using LCA

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