From "farm to fork" strawberry system: Current realities and potential innovative scenarios from life cycle assessment of non-renewable energy use and green house gas emissions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 473-474, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-53

  Girgenti, Vincenzo ^a   Peano, Cristiana ^a   Baudino, Claudio ^b   Tecco, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ortofruititalia   (Italy)

Author keywords

LCA; Mulching; Packaging; Strawberry; Waste

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DETERIORATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY; MULCHING; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE; STRAWBERRY;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRUIT; GLOBAL WARMING; MULCHING; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONRENEWABLE ENERGY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SHELF LIFE; STRAWBERRY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ITALY;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

LCA; MULCHING; PACKAGING; STRAWBERRY; WASTE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FRAGARIA; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84890819338     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.133     Document Type: Article

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