TY - RPRT
T1 - Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Production (VB)
AU - Teljigovic, Mehmed
AU - Mengiardi, Jon
AU - Factor, Gabriela
AU - Longin, Eric
AU - Welton, Carole
AU - Villanueva, Alejandro
AU - Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The environmental organisation NOAH has proposed carrying out an
environmental assessment of two different sugar productions (using
sugar beet or sugar cane) in order to illustrate which of the
systems has a higher environmental impact for sugar consumption in
Denmark. Therefore a comparison will be made between sugar from
sugar beet produced in Denmark versus sugar produces from sugar
cane in a tropical country, Brazil, and transported afterwards to
Denmark. To evaluate the environmental aspects of these two
product systems a Life Cycle Assessement (LCA) will be carried
out.From the results obtained in the present LCA of sugar produces
from sugar canes or sugar beet it is difficult to make an
immediate choice between the two possibilities. Indeed,
Quantitative results from the EDIP (Environmental Design of
Industrial Products) software are globally similar for both ways
of producing sugar although big differences between sugar cane and
sugar beet exist at a few points. The qualitative approach of
other fields like workning environment or specific environmental
aspects is necessary to get a broader view of the problem.
Nevertheless, it does not allow for a definite decision either.
Therefore, privileging sugar cane or sugar beet may only be
decided after a precise weighting of the environmental impacts or
resource conumption. However, weighting is a political decision
especially because two contries with different local conditions
are dealt with. Hence, diciding which sugar to buy becomes a
personal choice. What the danish consumer should be aware of is
that no big difference has been found between sugar from sugar
cane and sugar from sugar beet with regard to environmental
impacts and resource consumption.
AB - The environmental organisation NOAH has proposed carrying out an
environmental assessment of two different sugar productions (using
sugar beet or sugar cane) in order to illustrate which of the
systems has a higher environmental impact for sugar consumption in
Denmark. Therefore a comparison will be made between sugar from
sugar beet produced in Denmark versus sugar produces from sugar
cane in a tropical country, Brazil, and transported afterwards to
Denmark. To evaluate the environmental aspects of these two
product systems a Life Cycle Assessement (LCA) will be carried
out.From the results obtained in the present LCA of sugar produces
from sugar canes or sugar beet it is difficult to make an
immediate choice between the two possibilities. Indeed,
Quantitative results from the EDIP (Environmental Design of
Industrial Products) software are globally similar for both ways
of producing sugar although big differences between sugar cane and
sugar beet exist at a few points. The qualitative approach of
other fields like workning environment or specific environmental
aspects is necessary to get a broader view of the problem.
Nevertheless, it does not allow for a definite decision either.
Therefore, privileging sugar cane or sugar beet may only be
decided after a precise weighting of the environmental impacts or
resource conumption. However, weighting is a political decision
especially because two contries with different local conditions
are dealt with. Hence, diciding which sugar to buy becomes a
personal choice. What the danish consumer should be aware of is
that no big difference has been found between sugar from sugar
cane and sugar from sugar beet with regard to environmental
impacts and resource consumption.
M3 - Report
BT - Life Cycle Assessment of Sugar Production (VB)
ER -
