Life cycle assessment of five vegetable oils

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2015, Pages 130-138

  Schmidt, Jannick H ^a  

^a 2 0 LCA Consultants ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consequential modelling; Palm oil; Peanut oil; Rapeseed oil; Soybean oil; Sunflower oil

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; OIL SHALE; OILSEEDS; PALM OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; VEGETABLE OILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; PEANUT OIL; RAPESEED OIL; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER STRESS INDICES;

SOYBEAN OIL;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84925302732     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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