Chapter 4.2.6
Module: 4.
Potential environmental impacts identification in side-streams valorization technologies
Unit: 4.2.
Life cycle impact assessment, LCA assessment tools and their application
Chapter: 4.2.6.
Importance of the LCA applied in the side-streams valorization technologies
As it was mentioned during the previous sections of this module, LCA is a powerful tool used for assessing the potential environmental impacts of a product, process or service, which has been applied in many industrial sectors including the biomass production and valorization of side-streams systems (one of the main topic of AQUABIOPRO-FIT project). In this regard, the following subsection will enlighten the work done related to the environmental determinations on waste biomass valorization, as well as the scientific issues related to the application of this methodology in that field.