LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF BROILER CHICKEN PRODUCTION
The environmental impacts of broiler chicken production are becoming increasingly relevant as the industry grows in importance. A suitable method for assessing the environmental impact of a process is life cycle assessment (ISO 14040:2006). A life cycle assessment of a broiler chicken farm in Hun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universităţii din Oradea
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Natural Resources and Sustainable Development |
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| Online Access: | https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://nrsdj.com/papers/2022-1/13.+Kiss+Nikolett.pdf |
| Summary: | The environmental impacts of broiler chicken production are becoming increasingly relevant
as the industry grows in importance. A suitable method for assessing the environmental impact of a
process is life cycle assessment (ISO 14040:2006).
A life cycle assessment of a broiler chicken farm in Hungary was conducted in this study, which
compared the emissions of summer and winter rotations. The environmental burden was represented
by five impact categories: acidification potential (AP), eutrophication potential (EP), global warming
potential (GWP), ozone depletion potential (ODP) and human toxicity potential (HTP). The study's aim
was to compare emissions between summer and winter rotations, as well as to identify and assess the
most critical points in broiler chicken production.
The results demonstrated that there is no substantial difference in emissions between winter
and summer rotations for AP, EP, and HTP, however values for GWP and ODP impact categories are
10-10% higher in winter months. The higher value is attributable to the increased use of natural gas
in the winter. When the critical points were examined, the feed-related processes were the ones that
contribute the most to the impact categories. |
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| ISSN: | 2066-6276 2601-5676 |