Environmental performance of a Portuguese mature cheese-making dairy mill

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-73

  González García, Sara ^a,b   Castanheira, Érica G ^c   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Arroja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cheese; Dairy sector; Environmental analysis; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI); Milk; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CHEESES; DAIRIES; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; INVESTMENTS; METADATA; OXIDANTS; OZONE LAYER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS; MILK; PORTUGAL;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84868674176     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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