Recent advances in whey processing and valorisation: Technological and environmental perspectives

D Buchanan, W Martindale, E Romeih… - … Journal of Dairy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Whey has several environmental risks if disposed of as waste in watercourses. However,
there are numerous valorisation techniques to convert it into valuable and highly nutritious …

Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science

MJ Scully, GA Norris, TMA Falconi… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The carbon intensity (CI) of corn ethanol, the primary renewable fuel used in transportation,
has been actively researched and quantified over the last three decades. Reliable estimates …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impacts of food consumption in Europe

B Notarnicola, G Tassielli, PA Renzulli… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Food consumption is amongst the main drivers of environmental impacts. On one hand,
there is the need to fulfil a fundamental human need for nutrition, and on the other hand this …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of full life-cycle air emissions of alternative shipping fuels

P Gilbert, C Walsh, M Traut, U Kesieme… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a need for alternative fuels in the shipping sector for two main motivations: to deliver
a reduction in local pollutants and comply with existing regulation; and to mitigate climate …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of anaerobic digestion of household food waste

PC Slorach, HK Jeswani, R Cuéllar-Franca… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Consumers are the leading producers of food waste (FW) in developed countries and the
majority of household FW is still embedded in general waste where it is incinerated or …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability assessment of energy systems: integrating environmental, economic and social aspects

E Santoyo-Castelazo, A Azapagic - Journal of cleaner production, 2014 - Elsevier
Sustainable development of energy systems requires consideration of all three sustainability
dimensions: environmental, economic and social. Current work presents a new decision …

Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional vehicles with different fuel options, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for a sustainable …

LLP De Souza, EES Lora, JCE Palacio… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The principal motivation of this work is to evaluate the existing fuel use (gasoline or ethanol)
and new alternative source of power supply (electricity) for vehicles in Brazil, and to assess …

Contribution of Li-ion batteries to the environmental impact of electric vehicles

DA Notter, M Gauch, R Widmer, P Wager, A Stamp… - 2010 - ACS Publications
Battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) play a key role in future mobility scenarios. However,
little is known about the environmental impacts of the production, use and disposal of the …

Life-cycle assessment of biodiesel production from microalgae

L Lardon, A Hélias, B Sialve, JP Steyer, O Bernard - 2009 - ACS Publications
This paper provides an analysis of the potential environmental impacts of biodiesel
production from microalgae. High production yields of microalgae have called forth interest …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emission factors for recycling of source-segregated waste materials

DA Turner, ID Williams, S Kemp - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2015 - Elsevier
A key challenge for the waste management sector is to maximise resource efficiency whilst
simultaneously reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For stakeholders to better …