Comparative analysis of meat bone meal and meat bone combustion using the Life Cycle Assessment method
Authors:
- Zygmunt Kowalski,
- Magdalena Muradin,
- Joanna Kulczycka,
- Agnieszka Makara
Abstract
LCA analysis with 16 impact categories was used for the comparison of two developed combustion technologies: Scenario I—the combustion of meat bone meal produced from all types of meat waste; Scenario II—the combustion of meat bones from the production of meat products. The key hotspots determined were electricity and natural gas consumption, covering as much as 98.2% of the total influence on the environment in Scenario I and 99.3% in Scenario II. Without taking into account the environmental burdens avoided, the LCA analysis showed that Scenario I was assessed to have 71.2% less environmental impact. The avoided burdens approach changed the relationship between the two scenarios. The absolute value score for the overall environmental impact shows that Scenario II can be more environmentally beneficial than Scenario I; however, Scenario I allowed the elimination of all types of Polish meat waste, and Scenario II could only be carried out in meat production units for the elimination of meat bone waste and by-products from meat processing (i.e., 23% of the total meat waste produced in Poland).
- Record ID
- CUT714467158077435dbadd55073d333f9a
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Energies, ISSN , e-ISSN 1996-1073, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2021
- Vol
- 14
- No
- 11
- Pages
- [1-12]
- Article number
- 3292
- Other elements of collation
- schem.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 11-12; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 33; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 14, Iss. 11, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special Issue: Application of Management Tools in the Energy Sector
- Keywords in English
- meat bone meal, meat bone, meat waste, life cycle assessment, combustion
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/en14113292 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/11/3292/htm Opening in a new tab
- Related project
- The Polish National Centre for Research and Development, “oto-GOZ”. . Project leader at PK: , ,
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 140
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT714467158077435dbadd55073d333f9a/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT714467158077435dbadd55073d333f9a
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