caa a22 4500 605538719 CHVBK 20210128100903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11053-014-9237-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11053-014-9237-9 Cost Analysis and Life-Cycle Environmental Impacts of Three Value-Added Novel Bioproducts: Processing and Production [Elektronische Daten] [Emmanuel Yiridoe, Qiaojie Chen, Rodney Fry, Derek Lynch, Gordon Price] A life-cycle assessment framework was used to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with processing, producing, and marketing three novel value-added bioproducts, intended as substitutes for peat growing media and soil amendments, namely: dried composted forestry bark (DCFB); dehydrated topdressing (DTD); and organic bio-fertilizer (OBF). Total cost of processing and producing the final bioproducts ($t−1) was highest for OBF and lowest for DCFB. Environmental and ecological impacts were quantified and compared using indicators commonly used in the scholarly literature to capture global warming, and human and eco-toxicity impacts. Global warming impacts (measured in terms of total CO2-equivalent of dehydrated final bioproduct) were highest for OBF, followed by DTD, and then DCFB. Among the human and eco-toxicity indicators considered, NO x emissions were highest, followed by SO2, and lowest for CO emissions, for all three bioproducts. International Association for Mathematical Geosciences, 2014 Environmental impact indicators nationallicence Value-added bioproducts nationallicence Peat nationallicence Yiridoe Emmanuel Department of Business and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut Chen Qiaojie Department of Business and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut Fry Rodney Envirem Organics Inc., 180 Hodgson Road, E3C 2G4, Fredericton, NB, Canada aut Lynch Derek Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut Price Gordon Department of Engineering, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut Natural Resources Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1(2015-03-01), 65-84 1520-7439 24:1<65 2015 24 11053 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-014-9237-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-014-9237-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yiridoe Emmanuel Department of Business and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Qiaojie Department of Business and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fry Rodney Envirem Organics Inc., 180 Hodgson Road, E3C 2G4, Fredericton, NB, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lynch Derek Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Price Gordon Department of Engineering, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, B2N 5E3, Truro, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Natural Resources Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 24/1(2015-03-01), 65-84 1520-7439 24:1<65 2015 24 11053