Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Canned Sardine Product from Portugal

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 607-617

  Almeida, Cheila ^a,b   Vaz, Sofia ^c   Ziegler, Friederike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canning; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Packaging; Sardines; Seafood processing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OIL SHALE; OLIVE OIL; OZONE LAYER; PACKAGING;

ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL; SARDINES; SEAFOOD PROCESSING;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALUMINUM; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OZONE DEPLETION; PLASTIC; SEAFOOD; TELEOST;

PORTUGAL;

CLUPEIDAE; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84942296293     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12219     Document Type: Article

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