PublicaciĂłn: A LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF BREAD PRODUCTION: A CUBAN CASE STUDY
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2020
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT
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THE BREAD PRODUCTION SECTOR IS A MAJOR FOOD BUSINESS FOR CUBAN POPULATION,WHICH HAS GROWN SLIGHTLY IN RECENT YEARS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRO-VIDE A BET-TER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FOOD INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY IN CUBA, THIS PAPERPRESENTS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OFBREAD PRODUCTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS STUDY EVALUATES FROM FACTORYGATE TO OUTPUT ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESSING FACTORY, WHICH INCLUDES PROCESSINGEACH PRODUCT AND PACKAGING. TWO SCENARIOS WERE COMPARED TO ASSESS THEEFFECT OF BREAD PRODUCTION ON DETERIORATED TECHNOLOGY, THE POTENTIAL BENE-?TS OF INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND CLEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES. THEMAIN RESULTS SHOW THAT THE BREAD PRODUCTION SYSTEM-YEAR 2011 (SCENARIO1), PRESENTS THE MAIN IMPACTS ON HUMANS AND THE ECOSYSTEM; WHERE THEBREAD PRODUCTION PROCESS SHOWS THE GREATEST IMPACTS, WITH INORGANIC RESPI-RATION AND ACIDI?CATION / EUTROPHICATION BEING THE MOST RELEVANT CATEGORIESOF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY. IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY, THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE BREAD PRODUCTION PROCESS ALLOWS FOR GREATER ENVI-RONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY, AND REDUCES THE OVERALL EFFECTS RELATED TO THE DIF-FERENT IMPACT CATEGORIES BY 44%, AND DAMAGE CATEGORIES BY 47%. FINALLY,THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH OTHER PUBLISHED STUDIES ONBREAD PRODUCTION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT MEASURESARE PROPOSED TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.
