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Do foods imported into the UK have a greater environmental impact than the same foods produced within the UK?
- Source :
- The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 18:1325-1343
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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Abstract
- Purpose This study of seven foods assessed whether there are modes or locations of production that require significantly fewer inputs, and hence cause less pollution, than others. For example, would increasing imports of field-grown tomatoes from the Mediterranean reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by reducing the need for production in heated greenhouses in the UK, taking account of the additional transport emissions? Is meat production in the UK less polluting than the import of red meat from the southern hemisphere?
- Subjects :
- Pollution
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food and beverages
Greenhouse
Agricultural economics
Environmental protection
Greenhouse gas
Red meat
Environmental science
Production (economics)
Environmental impact assessment
Life-cycle assessment
Water use
General Environmental Science
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16147502 and 09483349
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9486a6eec7e741643ec19e2a8098c8ab