Environmental life-cycle assessment of various dairy products

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-72

  Djekic, Ilija ^a   Miocinovic, Jelena ^a   Tomasevic, Igor ^a   Smigic, Nada ^a   Tomic, Nikola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Environment; Footprint; Indicators; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FARMS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); OZONE LAYER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; FOOTPRINT; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84897113630     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.054     Document Type: Article

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