期刊
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
卷 233, 期 -, 页码 782-792出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.136
关键词
Carbon footprint; Primary energy demand; China organic tea; Tea plantation management; Life cycle assessment
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0201202]
- China Scholarship Council
China has the largest tea production and the highest number of tea farmers in the world. Over fertilization in traditional tea production leads to serious environmental problems. A shift toward organic production and consumption has been enhanced recently as one of the potential solutions to reduce environmental impacts. A life cycle assessment approach was used to assess carbon footprint and primary energy demand for five Chinese organic tea products in this study. Two functional units were chosen: 1 kg of dry tea for cradle to supermarket gate and 1 cup of tea for cradle to grave. Results showed that different farming managements and processing technologies exerted major effects on carbon footprints and primary energy demand of different tea products. Hotspots were identified as cultivation, processing, and packaging for cradle to supermarket gate. However, from a whole life cycle perspective tea consumption was a major hotspot. The most sensitive contributing factors, including the amount of boiling water and carbon emission factors of electricity, had great impacts on the accuracy of the final results. Scenario analysis showed a potential for emission reduction (49-65%) and energy saving (46-66%) by comprehensively using improvement strategies. This study furthermore highlighted the tradeoff between high tea quality and low carbon footprint. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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