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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Environmental Impacts Assessment of the Wheat Flour Production Process Using the Life Cycle Assessment Method

LCA 기법을 이용한 소맥분 생산 공정의 환경 영향 평가

  • Chu, Duk-Sung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School Hoseo University) ;
  • Kwon, Hyuk-Ku (Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School Hoseo University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Geu (Department of Health Administration, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) ;
  • Lee, Jang-Hoon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School Hoseo University)
  • 추덕성 (호서대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 권혁구 (호서대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 김종규 (가천의과대학교 보건행정학과) ;
  • 이장훈 (호서대학교 환경공학과)
  • Published : 2008.02.28
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Abstract

The life cycle assessment method for environmental impact assessment was used, in this study, to assess the production process of wheat flour which is the most important material in the food industry. Environmental impact assessments were compared between that of the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea (method I) with that of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (method II). Life cycle inventories (LCI) was performed using internal and external databases and the production statistics database of company S. The procedure of life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) was followed in terms of classification, characterization, normalization and weighting to identify the key issues. The impact categories of method I were divided into 8 categories with consideration of : abiotic resources depletion, global warming, ozone depletion, photochemical oxidant creation, acidification and eutrophication. The impact categories of method II were divided into 10 categories with consideration of: abiotic resources depletion, global warming, ozone depletion, photochemical oxidant creation, acidification, eutrophication, human toxicity, freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity, marine aquatic ecotoxicity and terrestrial ecotoxicity.

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