The role of fats in the transition to sustainable diets

B Bajželj, F Laguzzi, E Röös - The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
In comparison with protein, dietary fat receives little attention in the food system
sustainability literature, although we calculate that the average consumption of fats in many …

Characteristics of vegetable oils for use as fuel in stationary diesel engines—Towards specifications for a standard in West Africa

J Blin, C Brunschwig, A Chapuis, O Changotade… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
West African countries are increasingly interested in producing straight vegetable oil (SVO)
for direct use as fuel in diesel engines for stationary applications in the fields of agriculture …

Prospects of solar systems in production chain of sunflower oil using cold press method with concentrating energy and life cycle assessment

A Nabavi-Pelesaraei, H Azadi, S Van Passel, Z Saber… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is determination of exergoenvironmental efficiency for using solar
technologies in sunflower oil production in Iran. Accordingly, the applications of photovoltaic …

Environmental impacts of biodiesel production cycle from farm to manufactory: an application of sustainable systems engineering

A Motevali, N Hooshmandzadeh, E Fayyazi, M Valipour… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the key challenges in using fossil fuels is the environmental impacts of these energy
sources, and to reduce these destructive effects, the use of renewable energy sources …

Life Cycle Assessment from food to food: A case study of circular economy from cruise ships to aquaculture

C Strazza, F Magrassi, M Gallo, A Del Borghi - Sustainable Production and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Industrial symbiosis principles, reprized in industrial ecology definition, are recently
embraced by circular economy concept as the basis for characterization of cradle-to-cradle …

[PDF][PDF] Mineral nitrogen fertilizers: environmental impact of production and use

R Basosi, D Spinelli, A Fierro, S Jez - Fertil. Compon. Uses Agric …, 2014 - academia.edu
The industrialized agro-ecosystem is formed by technological and environmental
subsystems, interacting strictly among one another to guarantee high quantitative and …

Environmental and economic assessment of castor oil supply chain: a case study

L Pari, A Suardi, W Stefanoni, F Latterini, N Palmieri - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among the species currently cultivated for industrial vegetable oil production, castor could
be a good candidate for future investments due to the good resistance to pests, tolerance to …

Comparative life cycle assessment study on environmental impact of oil production from micro-algae and terrestrial oilseed crops

S Jez, D Spinelli, A Fierro, A Dibenedetto, M Aresta… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study the LCA methodology is applied in order to satisfy two goals: i) to evaluate the
hot spots in site-specific production chain of biodiesel from terrestrial and micro-algae …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon footprint of hemp and sunflower oil in southern Italy: A case study

A Suardi, I Bravo, C Beni, P Papetti, RL Rana - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
The proteoleaginous plants demand has seen significant growth, leading to an expansion of
the sunflower (Helianthus annuus, L.) and industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa, L.) cultivation …

Environmental and life cycle analysis of a biodiesel production line from sunflower in the Province of Siena (Italy)

D Spinelli, S Jez, R Pogni, R Basosi - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
The Directive 2009/28/EC established the overall target that 20% of energy consumption
should be represented by renewable energy sources by 2020 in each European member …