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Environmental Impacts of Food Consumption in Europe
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Journal of Cleaner Production
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Date:
1 January 2017
In order to assess the environmental impact of food consumption, a lifecycle assessment (LCA)-based approach has been applied to a basket of products, selected as being representative of EU consumption. The environmental impact of the average food consumption of European citizens was assessed using the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) methodology.