Global warming potential associated with dairy products in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 163, Issue , 2017, Pages 262-273

  Finnegan, William ^a   Goggins, Jamie ^a,b   Clifford, Eoghan ^a   Zhan, Xinmin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy; Environmental life cycle assessment; Global warming potential; Ireland; Milk processing

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; POWDERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DAIRY PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; IRELAND; MILK PROCESSING; REPUBLIC OF IRELAND; WATER CONSUMPTION; WHOLE MILK POWDER;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84940055563     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.025     Document Type: Article

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