Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions

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Autor(a) principal: Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Salvador, Rodrigo, Guedes, Graça, de Francisco, Antonio Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/65128
Resumo: Brazilian silk production is amongst the five largest in the world. Nonetheless, there is no life cycle assessment study on silk cocoon production and its upstream processes, pertaining to the mulberry production (fundamental upstream process for silk production), in the existing literature. The objective of this study was to identify opportunities to improve the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions. To that end, a life cycle assessment was conducted for the core processes of mulberry and silk cocoon production and upstream processes of raw material production, using the ReCiPe method for life cycle impact assessment using nine impact categories. Overall, the mulberry production showed greater impacts than the cocoon production for the impact categories analyzed. A few opportunities for improving the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions included replacing the Kraft paper used to cover the rearing beds, replacing the standard tractor used to fetch mulberry leaves, replacing light bulbs, conducting a more sustainable mulberry and cocoon production, and setting a reverse logistics system for plastic and paper packaging waste. Nevertheless, many of these measures are long-term strategies. Besides, many of them need further economic feasibility assessment.
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spelling Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditionssilk cocoonlife cycle assessmentBrazilian silkmulberry productionlife cycle inventoryLCALCIenvironmental impactEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos MateriaisScience & TechnologyBrazilian silk production is amongst the five largest in the world. Nonetheless, there is no life cycle assessment study on silk cocoon production and its upstream processes, pertaining to the mulberry production (fundamental upstream process for silk production), in the existing literature. The objective of this study was to identify opportunities to improve the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions. To that end, a life cycle assessment was conducted for the core processes of mulberry and silk cocoon production and upstream processes of raw material production, using the ReCiPe method for life cycle impact assessment using nine impact categories. Overall, the mulberry production showed greater impacts than the cocoon production for the impact categories analyzed. A few opportunities for improving the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions included replacing the Kraft paper used to cover the rearing beds, replacing the standard tractor used to fetch mulberry leaves, replacing light bulbs, conducting a more sustainable mulberry and cocoon production, and setting a reverse logistics system for plastic and paper packaging waste. Nevertheless, many of these measures are long-term strategies. Besides, many of them need further economic feasibility assessment.This research was funded by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).This work is financed by the ERDF through the Operational Program for Competitiveness Factors - COMPETE and national funds by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology under the POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 project.Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteUniversidade do MinhoBarcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto DamascenoSalvador, RodrigoGuedes, Graçade Francisco, Antonio Carlos2020-04-162020-04-16T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/65128engBarcelos, S.M.B.D.; Salvador, R.; Guedes, M.G.; de Francisco, A.C. Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Profile of Silk Cocoon Production under Brazilian Conditions. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3214.10.3390/su12083214https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3214info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:47:00Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/65128Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:45:03.676968Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
title Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
spellingShingle Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno
silk cocoon
life cycle assessment
Brazilian silk
mulberry production
life cycle inventory
LCA
LCI
environmental impact
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais
Science & Technology
title_short Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
title_full Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
title_fullStr Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
title_full_unstemmed Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
title_sort Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
author Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno
author_facet Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno
Salvador, Rodrigo
Guedes, Graça
de Francisco, Antonio Carlos
author_role author
author2 Salvador, Rodrigo
Guedes, Graça
de Francisco, Antonio Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno
Salvador, Rodrigo
Guedes, Graça
de Francisco, Antonio Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv silk cocoon
life cycle assessment
Brazilian silk
mulberry production
life cycle inventory
LCA
LCI
environmental impact
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais
Science & Technology
topic silk cocoon
life cycle assessment
Brazilian silk
mulberry production
life cycle inventory
LCA
LCI
environmental impact
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais
Science & Technology
description Brazilian silk production is amongst the five largest in the world. Nonetheless, there is no life cycle assessment study on silk cocoon production and its upstream processes, pertaining to the mulberry production (fundamental upstream process for silk production), in the existing literature. The objective of this study was to identify opportunities to improve the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions. To that end, a life cycle assessment was conducted for the core processes of mulberry and silk cocoon production and upstream processes of raw material production, using the ReCiPe method for life cycle impact assessment using nine impact categories. Overall, the mulberry production showed greater impacts than the cocoon production for the impact categories analyzed. A few opportunities for improving the environmental profile of mulberry and silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions included replacing the Kraft paper used to cover the rearing beds, replacing the standard tractor used to fetch mulberry leaves, replacing light bulbs, conducting a more sustainable mulberry and cocoon production, and setting a reverse logistics system for plastic and paper packaging waste. Nevertheless, many of these measures are long-term strategies. Besides, many of them need further economic feasibility assessment.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Barcelos, S.M.B.D.; Salvador, R.; Guedes, M.G.; de Francisco, A.C. Opportunities for Improving the Environmental Profile of Silk Cocoon Production under Brazilian Conditions. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3214.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3214
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