The LCA model is normally used to analyse environmental impact on many different situation; food transportation is one of those situation actually strongly related to environmental impact in fact, today, all that is served on our tables walks for not less than 1900 km. In order to analyse new chances on reducing distances between producers and consumers, to reduce environmental impact and finally achieve best practices on using the LCA instrument along the food chain, the actual work will study if and what could be possible to change to organize a “ZERO KM” distribution model. Using a shorter distribution chain in fact, we could provide best food, with best prices, protecting its safeness because of its national or even regional belonging and, last but not least this could even be an important instrument to protect the “Made in Italy production” by being counterfeited.
Grippa, A., Arcese, G., Lucchetti, M.C. (2010). Moving Towards Zero km distribution model reduces to Environmental Impact and preserve food quality and safeness. In S.E. Notarnicola B. (a cura di), Lcafood 2010 VII International conference on life cycle assessment in the agri-food sector (pp. 352-357). BARI : Università degli Studi di Bari settore editoriale.
Moving Towards Zero km distribution model reduces to Environmental Impact and preserve food quality and safeness
ARCESE, GABRIELLA;LUCCHETTI, Maria Claudia
2010-01-01
Abstract
The LCA model is normally used to analyse environmental impact on many different situation; food transportation is one of those situation actually strongly related to environmental impact in fact, today, all that is served on our tables walks for not less than 1900 km. In order to analyse new chances on reducing distances between producers and consumers, to reduce environmental impact and finally achieve best practices on using the LCA instrument along the food chain, the actual work will study if and what could be possible to change to organize a “ZERO KM” distribution model. Using a shorter distribution chain in fact, we could provide best food, with best prices, protecting its safeness because of its national or even regional belonging and, last but not least this could even be an important instrument to protect the “Made in Italy production” by being counterfeited.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
