Quantitative Evaluation Method of Environmental Impact of Recycling and Refuse Disposal for Life-Cycle Assessment

Wada, Yasuhiko; Miura, Hiroyuki; Nakano, Kazuko

doi:10.2208/jscej.1996.539_155

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“…The energy required for cooling during transportation was also excluded because cooling is not conducted in actual peach transportation in Japan (MAFF 2009). Only the impacts associated with incineration and landfills were included in the waste stage; the environmental impact of recycling was not included because this evaluation requires the consideration of other factors (e.g., a decrease in the Table 4 Material and energy inputs per mass-based functional unit (kg of undamaged peaches) in the packaging and nonpackaging scenarios from waste transportation to package waste (after consumption) (transportation distance 0~300 km) * The inventories in Table 4 were the same for the distance of 0 to 300 km because these inventories from waste transportation to package waste (after consumption) were not affected by the transport distance ** Only amounts of package waste associated with incineration and landfill deposition are shown in environmental burden at the waste management stage) (Wada et al 1996) beyond the scope of this study. All the wasted peaches were directly incinerated.…”

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Life cycle assessment of peach transportation considering trade-off between food loss and environmental impact

Sasaki

Orikasa

Nakamura

et al. 2021

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose We evaluated the environmental impacts of the peach transportation process using life cycle assessment with the damage area ratio as an indicator to assess both food loss and the environmental burden. A hot spot analysis was also conducted to identify the most relevant impact categories and processes in the peach life cycle. Methods The environmental burden of the peach life cycle was assessed by using a mass-based functional unit (kg of undamaged peaches). The environmental impact of the packaging scenario (using plastic packaging and cardboard during transportation) in the peach life cycle was compared with that of the nonpackaging scenario (using cardboard only). Vibration tests for transportation were performed for several transportation distances to determine the damage area ratios. An impact assessment of the characterization and a calculation of single score results were followed by LIME2, and 15 impact categories were investigated. Results and discussionThe packaging scenario had lower environmental impacts than the nonpackaging scenario, and the climate change (CC), resource consumption (RC), and urban air pollution (UAP) impacts in the packaging scenario were reduced by up to 94.1% compared with those in the nonpackaging scenario. Packaging decreased food losses related to injury during transportation; in turn, it also mitigated the environmental burden of additional peach cultivation to compensate for food losses. The results of the hot spot analysis indicated that cultivation, package production, peach waste (due to food loss), and transportation from a fruit sorting facility to the wholesale market stage largely formed the life cycle, with the cultivation stage accounting for the largest portion of the cycle (contribution ratios 36.4 to 89.4%). ConclusionThis study shows that packaging can potentially reduce the environmental impacts of peach production; notably, using packaging for peaches effectively decreases the environmental burden of the peach life cycle. This finding suggests that considering the trade-offs between food loss and the environmental burden associated with the peach life cycle is important for achieving a sustainable postharvest process for peaches from an environmental perspective.

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Life cycle assessment of peach transportation considering trade-off between food loss and environmental impact

Sasaki

Orikasa

Nakamura

et al. 2021

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…29 All the damaged peaches and inedible parts were incinerated while used packaging was either incinerated or deposited in landfills as per the ratio indicated in Table A2 of Appendix A. The recycling process was excluded from the analysis of the waste management process because the analysis of the recycling process is complicated, 38 and a detailed assessment of the impact of recycling on the environment is beyond the scope of this study.…”

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Ideal packaging for ripened peaches determined through modeling the relationship between food loss reduction and life cycle environmental impacts

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Ripeness of fruits is one of the factors causing food losses in the supply chain. Food loss increases the environmental burden through additional production undertaken to compensate for the losses. Packaging decreases the losses and consequently, the environmental burden, but itself causes additional environmental burden. This study models the relationship between food loss reduction via packaging for ripened peaches and the environmental burden across their life cycle. The results reveal that the slope of the straight line approximating the relationship increases with transportation distance. Relationship between the slope and transportation distance shows that for transportation up to 100 km, packaging with lower environmental burden is sufficient while above 300 km, packaging that provides a high level of protection for peaches—with the consequent reduction in food loss contributing to the reduction of the environmental burden—is appropriate. We propose packaging with superior environmental‐friendly qualities, based on the transportation distance, for ripened peaches.

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Automobile life cycle assessment issues at end-of-life and recycling

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Quantitative Evaluation Method of Environmental Impact of Recycling and Refuse Disposal for Life-Cycle Assessment

Cited by 5 publications

References 6 publications

Life cycle assessment of peach transportation considering trade-off between food loss and environmental impact

Life cycle assessment of peach transportation considering trade-off between food loss and environmental impact

Ideal packaging for ripened peaches determined through modeling the relationship between food loss reduction and life cycle environmental impacts

Automobile life cycle assessment issues at end-of-life and recycling

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