Analysis of livestock life cycle assessment (LCA) regarding environmental assessment factors and its possible application toward Korean livestock LCA

Hyo-Hyeog Jeong; Uk-Hyeon Yeo; Sang-Yeon Lee; Se-Jun Park; Jun-Gyu Kim; Cristina Decano; Young-Bae Choi; Jeong-Hwa Cho; Jeong-Hwan Kim; In-Bok Lee

doi:10.11109/JAES.2021.23.1.044

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Analysis of livestock life cycle assessment (LCA) regarding environmental assessment factors and its possible application toward Korean livestock LCA 축산업 전과정평가 (LCA)의 환경 평가 요소 중심의 분석과 한국 축산업에 대한 적용성 평가

30 April 2021. pp. 44-51

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Abstract

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been used to assess the environmental impact of livestock industries since it was adopted as a standard method in 2006. However, many studies have simplified the environmental assessment factor for a simple assessment. Simplified LCA cannot be used in business/policy decisions because results can be overestimated and underestimated, ignoring interactions between environmental assessment elements. Therefore, it is necessary to review literatures that apply evaluation methods that take into account various environmental assessment factors. In this study, we selected and reviewed literatures on livestock-related LCA studies over the past five years. Environmental assessment factors by literature were considered and classified. Finally, we evaluated the applicability of comprehensive LCA research in the domestic livestock industry through a literature containing a number of factors.

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Livestock

Environmental assessment factor

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Animal Environmental Science & Technology
Publisher(Ko) :(사)한국축산환경학회
Journal Title :Journal of Animal Environmental Science
Journal Title(Ko) :축산시설환경학회지
Volume : 23
No :1
Pages :44-51
Received Date : 2021-03-25
Revised Date : 2021-04-22
Accepted Date : 2021-04-24
DOI :https://doi.org/10.11109/JAES.2021.23.1.044

Journal of Animal Environmental Science ISSN:1226-0274(Print) 축산시설환경학회지

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