Tomato puree in the Mediterranean region: An environmental Life Cycle Assessment, based upon data surveyed at the supply chain level

Ingrao, Carlo; Faccilongo, Nicola; Valenti, Francesca; Pascale, Gianluigi De; Gioia, Leonardo Di; Messineo, Antonio; Arcidiacono, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.056

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“…Their study considered the entire production process from the cultivation stage to the packaging and storage stages and emphasized the use of glass lightweighting as a potential improvement in regard to the environmental impact. Ingrao et al (2019), in their LCA study of the tomato supply chain, underlined that virgin glass is the best option for tomato puree, namely '100% virgin glass is utilised for jar manufacturing due, in turn, to 100% transparency and purity required for the glass itself'. The glass transparency is very important because consumers want to see what they are buying, especially in the case of food products.…”

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Environmental performance scenarios in the production of hollow glass containers for food packaging: an LCA approach

Gallucci

Lagioia

Piccinno³

et al. 2020

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose The importance of glass in the production of food packaging has stimulated the assessment of its impact. This study evaluates the environmental performance of hollow glass production in a manufacturing plant operating in Apulia (Italy), compares baseline and two alternative scenarios based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) method and proposes more environmentally friendly options. Methods The LCA study was performed on primary data provided by a company for 2017 and secondary data retrieved from databases. The LCA was conducted according to ISO 14040:2006 and 14044:2018 with product category rule (PCR) basic module CPC 37. A midpoint approach was chosen. The software selected for the analysis was GaBi thinkstep AG version 8.7.0.18. The study was performed from cradle to grave, and the functional unit considered was 1 kg of finished hollow glass. Results and discussion A comparative analysis of the different scenarios was conducted considering seven environmental impact indicators. The results highlight major improvements in the environmental impact indicators: in particular, the replacement of raw materials with cullets would yield significant improvements if all of the cullets are recovered in the regional territory. These improvements, as confirmed by the results of Scenario 2, could be further increased both by the use of renewable energy such as photovoltaic (PV) energy and by technological improvements such as lightweighting. Conclusions Through the LCA, the authors quantified the potential environmental impact associated with the production of hollow glass, thereby identifying solutions and formulating suggestions to reduce the environmental impacts associated with food packaging. The evaluation of the different scenarios could help managers in the decision-making process, thus improving the environmental performance of both the process and final product.

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Environmental performance scenarios in the production of hollow glass containers for food packaging: an LCA approach

Gallucci

Lagioia

Piccinno³

et al. 2020

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…Among the few published studies on this item, [9], have highlighted that replacing glass bottles with PET ones, in the case of beer production, did not lead to a significant reduction in CF emissions, unless refillable PETs or Glass are used. According to [39], virgin glass is the best option for tomato puree.…”

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The Environmental Performance of Glass and PET Mineral Water Bottles in Italy

Paiano¹,

Gallucci²,

Pontrandolfo³

et al. 2021

Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes

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Worldwide the environmental weight of the packaging has overtaken the threshold, both due to the waste and the emissions generated. This issue stimulated the European Union (EU) to provide for a stringent regulation to tackle this burden. Particularly, the consumption of mineral water packed is very significant, as regards the use of plastic bottles, especially in the small size, which stresses the need for a boosted management of packaging by the governments, industries and consumers (Botto et al. in Environ Sci Policy 14:388-395, 2011). Over the years, the EU has shown an increasing consumption of mineral water packed, and Italy, with 222 L per capita is the first European consumer country and the third worldwide. This chapter investigated the glass and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) packaging to analyse their environmental impact and undertake a comparison among them (Vellini and Savioli in Energy 34: [2137][2138][2139][2140][2141][2142][2143] 2009). Particularly the research provides a twofold analysis. Firstly, it assesses the impacts of 1 kg of hollow glass through the Life Cycle Assessment methodology (Schmitz et al. in Energy Policy 39:142-155, 2011;Vinci et al. in Trends in beverage packaging 16:105-133, 2019;) and makes a comparison with a 1 kg of PET ( Marathe KV, Chavan K, Nakhate P (2017) Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles-Indian Perspective. http://www.in-beverage.org/lca-pet/ICT%20Final%20Report%20on% 20LCA%20of%20PET%20Bottles_for%20PACE_01_01_2018.pdf. Accessed 2 March 2021). Secondly, the Greenhouse gas emissions of still water bottled based

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“…In general, the agri-food chain can be made more sustainable. However, it is vital to act on a systemic level, using tools that can consider the different stages that characterise the complex food system (Notarnicola et al, 2012;Ingrao et al, 2019). Applying the CE and its principles can be the key to transforming society and making production systems and communities more circular (Gravagnuolo et al, 2019;Caputo et al, 2020;Paiho et al, 2020).…”

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“…However, it is vital to act on a systemic level, using tools that can consider the different stages that characterise the complex food system (Notarnicola et al. , 2012; Ingrao et al. , 2019).…”

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The circular potential of a Bio-District: indicators for waste management

Poponi

Pacchera

Arcese

2023

BFJ

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PurposeThis work aims to assess the potential of a Bio-District as a model for applying the circular economy concerning the waste scope. It aims to understand the capability of organic farms to manage waste with a circular perspective, starting with the use of indicators that directly or indirectly impact the waste scope.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on previous work that identified and systematised the circular indicators of the agri-food sector within a dashboard. With this research as a basis, the indicators within the waste scope in the dashboard were extracted. Cross-linked indicators with an indirect connection to the waste scope were also systematised and tested in a case study. Primary and secondary data were used for the study. The primary data came from a semi-structured interview, and the secondary data were from official databases.FindingsThe work highlights two important results. The first allows the definition of a subclassification of indicators by product and organisation, extracting those with a cross-linked characteristic concerning the waste scope. Secondly, the indicators' application shows the farm's circular and waste valorisation potential within the Bio-District. The study also made it possible to test a new indicator, the “Potential Energy Biomass Recovery”, to measure the farm's potential to produce energy from waste.Originality/valueThis research proposes a new circular economy approach to evaluate waste management in the agri-food sector.

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Tomato puree in the Mediterranean region: An environmental Life Cycle Assessment, based upon data surveyed at the supply chain level

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Environmental performance scenarios in the production of hollow glass containers for food packaging: an LCA approach

Environmental performance scenarios in the production of hollow glass containers for food packaging: an LCA approach

The Environmental Performance of Glass and PET Mineral Water Bottles in Italy

The circular potential of a Bio-District: indicators for waste management

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