Glass vs. plastic: Life cycle assessment of extra-virgin olive oil bottles across global supply chains

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2818-2840

  Accorsi, Riccardo ^a   Versari, Lorenzo ^a   Manzini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evoo; Extra virgin olive oil; Food supply chain; Lca; Life cycle assessment; Packaging; Recycle; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD SUPPLY; GLASS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC; POLICY MAKING; RECYCLING;

EID: 84926325756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7032818     Document Type: Article

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