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Comparative analysis of manure treatment scenarios on climate change and eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
| Title: | Comparative analysis of manure treatment scenarios on climate change and eutrophication in the Baltic Sea |
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| Authors: | de Morais Lima, Priscila, Edström, Mats, Aronsson, H., Nordberg, Å., Sindhöj, Erik, PhD, 1969 |
| Source: | Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 212 |
| Subject Terms: | Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Sweden, Abiotic, Decision making, Global warming, Kyoto Protocol, Life cycle assessment, Manures, biofuel, biogas, fertilizer, Baltic sea, Biogas plants, Comparative analyzes, Decisions makings, Environmental burdens, Fresh Water, Hotspots, Manure management, Manure treatment, Nutrient recovery, climate change, comparative study, decision making, environmental impact assessment, eutrophication, life cycle analysis, manure, nutrient, scenario analysis, agricultural worker, agriculture, anaerobic digestion, analytic method, aquatic environment, Article, biomass, controlled study, cyanobacterium, ecosystem, energy consumption, environmental impact, food industry, food waste, greenhouse effect, life cycle, life cycle assessment, lifestyle modification, livestock, marine environment, municipal solid waste, nonhuman, photosynthesis, plant height, productivity, pyrolysis, sea surface temperature, seasonal variation, sensitivity analysis, soil fertility, solid waste management, spatial analysis, traffic and transport, warming, wastewater, Eutrophication |
| Description: | This study conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) of manure management, identifying transportation as a major contributor to global warming and freshwater eutrophication impacts. Transporting substrates to the biogas plant was the main hotspot, highlighting a critical area for improvement. The findings emphasize the importance of method selection in geographically dependent assessments, especially in the Baltic Sea region. Characterization factors specific to Sweden revealed higher environmental impact values than those produced by the ReCiPe method, underscoring the need for regional differentiation in LCA. By optimizing manure management practices and enhancing nutrient distribution, impacts on both climate change and eutrophication can be significantly reduced, thereby lowering nutrient flow to the Baltic Sea. Combining these optimizations with transportation impact reductions further amplifies these environmental benefits, demonstrating that geographically tailored approaches in LCA offer essential insights for managing regional-scale effects. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-76210 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108017 |
| Database: | SwePub |
| ISSN: | 09213449 18790658 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108017 |