The food and drink sector is responsible for 20% to 30% of the overall environmental impact of private consumption in the EU, with meat and dairy products contributing most. The “IMPRO-meat and dairy” project have investigated these products in order to identify potential environmental improvements according to a life cycle perspective. Unfortunately, some issues related to the chosen methodology (i.e. IO-LCA) and reference legislation background seem to have affected result robustness. To overcome these limitations, the authors briefly present in this paper a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data set for cattle slaughtering. This LCI data set could be instrumental in conducting more accurate environmental assessments of the beef life cycle in the next future.
Developing a Life Cycle Inventory data set for cattle slaughtering
DE CAMILLIS, CAMILLO;RAGGI, Andrea;PETTI, Luigia
2010-01-01
Abstract
The food and drink sector is responsible for 20% to 30% of the overall environmental impact of private consumption in the EU, with meat and dairy products contributing most. The “IMPRO-meat and dairy” project have investigated these products in order to identify potential environmental improvements according to a life cycle perspective. Unfortunately, some issues related to the chosen methodology (i.e. IO-LCA) and reference legislation background seem to have affected result robustness. To overcome these limitations, the authors briefly present in this paper a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data set for cattle slaughtering. This LCI data set could be instrumental in conducting more accurate environmental assessments of the beef life cycle in the next future.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
