Life cycle assessment application in the fruit sector: State of the art and recommendations for environmental declarations of fruit products

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 125-135

  Cerutti, Alessandro K ^a,e   Beccaro, Gabriele L ^a   Bruun, Sander ^d   Bosco, Simona ^b,e   Donno, Dario ^a   Notarnicola, Bruno ^c,e   Bounous, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Italian LCA Network   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit products; Functional unit; Orchard; Sustainable production; System boundaries; System modelling for impact assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE; ORCHARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURES; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SYSTEM BOUNDARY;

FRUITS;

EID: 84901303401     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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