Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions
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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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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 |
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Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions |
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Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions |
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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 |
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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 |
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Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions |
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Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions |
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Opportunities for improving the environmental profile of silk cocoon production under Brazilian conditions |
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Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno |
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Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno Salvador, Rodrigo Guedes, Graça de Francisco, Antonio Carlos |
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Salvador, Rodrigo Guedes, Graça de Francisco, Antonio Carlos |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Barcelos, Silvia Mara Bortoloto Damasceno Salvador, Rodrigo Guedes, Graça de Francisco, Antonio Carlos |
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silk cocoon life cycle assessment Brazilian silk mulberry production life cycle inventory LCA LCI environmental impact Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais Science & Technology |
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silk cocoon life cycle assessment Brazilian silk mulberry production life cycle inventory LCA LCI environmental impact Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais Science & Technology |
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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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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. 10.3390/su12083214 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3214 |
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