Life Cycle Assessment of olive oil production in Greece

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-83

  Tsarouhas, P ^a   Achillas, Ch ^b   Aidonis, D ^a   Folinas, D ^a   Maslis, V ^c  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SERRES   (Greece)

^b INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Case study; Environmental impact; Greece; LCA; Olive oil production

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OLIVE OIL; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREECE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; OLIVE OIL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84926212782     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.042     Document Type: Article

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