TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Fuchshofen, Nicolas
A1  - Klement, Johannes
A1  - Terlau, Wiltrud
T1  - Opportunities and limits in the application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method adopted to pulp demanded by the German paper production industry
T2  - Deiters, Rickert et al. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 12th International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks. February 05‐09, 2018, Innsbruck‐Igls, Austria
N2  - The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach is the most important tool in the evaluation of environmental (sustainability) impacts of products and processes. We used the method to conduct an impact analysis with regard to raw material inputs (pulp) for the German paper production industry. In our analysis, we compare the environmental effects of primary sulphate pulp, scrap paper pulp and grass-based pulp and estimate their impacts in the impact categories "greenhouse gas emissions", "eutrophication" as well as "energy and water consumption". Furthermore, we discuss the opportunities of the methodical approach and some general problems and limits of the application of a LCA. In conclusion, we found environmental advantages for the use of grass as an alternative resource in the German paper production industry, especially in the fields of transport and water consumption.
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - grass-based pulp
KW  - environmental impact analysis
KW  - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
KW  - German paper production industry
KW  - methodical limits of LCA
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-37739
SN  - 2194-511X
SS  - 2194-511X
U6  - https://doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2018.1807
DO  - https://doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2018.1807
SP  - 113
EP  - 118
PB  - CentMa
CY  - Bonn
ER  -