Abstract
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to quantify environmental impacts and improvement options for the full life cycle of one 750 ml bottle of wine produced and consumed in Nova Scotia, Canada. Results indicate that viticulture and consumer transport contribute the greatest portion of wine's total impacts. Within the vineyard, nutrient management offers the greatest potential for improvement. Modeled scenarios indicate that high-yielding organic viticulture could marginally improve most measured impacts, but the provision of lighter bottles could yield even greater benefits. Scenarios in which transport modes and distances to market were varied provide strong evidence that the mode by which wine is transported is equally important to the distance that it travels.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-20 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Cleaner Production |
| Volume | 27 |
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| Publication status | Published - May 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank members of the Nova Scotia grape and wine industry for their data and insight into their activities. Funding, in the form of stipend and scholarship support to Ms. Point, is gratefully acknowledged from the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University , the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (through a Strategic Grant to Alan Fredeen, Nova Scotia Agricultural College) and the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia (proportionally, sources of financial support contributed approximately 48%, 48% and 4%, respectively).
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- General Environmental Science
- Strategy and Management
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
