Product chain actors' potential for greening the product life cycle: The case of the Swedish postfarm milk chain

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-110

  Berlin, Johanna ^a   Sonesson, Ulf ^a   Tillman, Anne Marie ^b  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actor; Cheese; Food; Improvement; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Yogurt

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CONSERVATION; DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LABELING;

ACTOR; CHEESE; ENERGY USES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; FOOD; IMPROVEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT); ORGANIC PRODUCTS; PRODUCT CHAIN; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PRODUCT OFFERINGS; TRANSPORT PATTERNS; YOGURT;

LIFE CYCLE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MILK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 48349100725     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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