Comparing environmental impacts for livestock products: A review of life cycle assessments

M De Vries, IJM de Boer - Livestock science, 2010 - Elsevier
Livestock production has a major impact on the environment. Choosing a more
environmentally-friendly livestock product in a diet can mitigate environmental impact. The …

A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) on some food products

P Roy, D Nei, T Orikasa, Q Xu, H Okadome… - Journal of food …, 2009 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool that can be used to evaluate the environmental load of
a product, process, or activity throughout its life cycle. Today's LCA users are a mixture of …

Packaging, blessing in disguise. Review on its diverse contribution to food sustainability

F Licciardello - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Packaging has been blamed for representing one of the highest environmental
impacts in food productions. Although it cannot be denied that packages, with special …

Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands

MA Thomassen, KJ van Calker, MCJ Smits… - Agricultural systems, 2008 - Elsevier
Production of milk causes environmental side effects, such as emission of greenhouse
gases and nutrient enrichment in surface water. Scientific evidence that shows differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from milk production and consumption in the United States: A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment circa 2008

G Thoma, J Popp, D Nutter, D Shonnard, R Ulrich… - International Dairy …, 2013 - Elsevier
This article presents a cradle-to-grave analysis of the United States fluid milk supply chain
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are accounted from fertilizer production through …

Attributional and consequential LCA of milk production

MA Thomassen, R Dalgaard, R Heijungs… - The International Journal …, 2008 - Springer
Background, aim and scope Different ways of performing a life cycle assessment (LCA) are
used to assess the environmental burden of milk production. A strong connection exists …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of food loss within life cycle assessment: From current practice towards a systematisation

S Corrado, F Ardente, S Sala, E Saouter - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Food loss is a major concern from both environmental and social point of view. Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) has been largely applied to quantify the environmental impact of food …

Eco-efficiency of intensification scenarios for milk production in New Zealand

C Basset-Mens, S Ledgard, M Boyes - Ecological economics, 2009 - Elsevier
New Zealand (NZ) dairy farms used to be the lowest input and most efficient dairy farms of
the world. However, intensification of the traditional pasture-based system has occurred over …

Life cycle environmental impacts of wine production and consumption in Nova Scotia, Canada

E Point, P Tyedmers, C Naugler - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2012 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to quantify environmental impacts and improvement
options for the full life cycle of one 750ml bottle of wine produced and consumed in Nova …

Economic allocation in life cycle assessment: the state of the art and discussion of examples

F Ardente, M Cellura - Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines methods for analyzing allocation in life cycle assessment (LCA); it
focuses on comparisons of economic allocation with other feasible alternatives. The …