RT Journal Article
T1 Environmental assessment of viticulture waste valorisation through composting as a biofertilisation strategy for cereal and fruit crops
A1 Cortés Montoya, Antonio José
A1 Oliveira, Luis F. S.
A1 Ferrari, Valdecir
A1 Taffarel, Silvio R.
A1 Feijoo Costa, Gumersindo
A1 Moreira Vilar, María Teresa
K1 Life cycle assessment
K1 Viticulture waste
K1 Composting
K1 Valorisation
K1 Mineral fertilisers
AB Composting is a solid waste management alternative that avoids the emission of methane associated with its disposal in landfill and reduces or eliminates the need for chemical fertilisers if compost is applied. The main objective of this study was to analyse the environmental burdens of composting as a way to achieve a more circular valorisation of wine waste. To do so, with the purpose of identifying optimal operational conditions and determining the “hotspots” of the process, the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology was used. The consumption of diesel fuel in machinery was determined to be the main critical point in the environmental effects of the system, followed by the transport and distribution of the compost. After the application of compost instead of mineral fertilisers, corn, tomato and strawberry crops would have a better environmental performance in most impact categories. In this sense, a maximum improvement of 65% in terrestrial ecotoxicity is achieved in strawberry cultivation. In light of the results obtained, it is demonstrated that composting is a suitable way of organic waste valorisation according to Circular Economy principles
PB Elsevier
SN 0269-7491
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22449
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22449
LA eng
NO Environmental Pollution. Volume 264, September 2020, 114794. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114794
NO This research was supported by the European Project STAR-ProBio (Grant Agreement Number 727740). A. Cortés, M.T. Moreira and G. Feijoo belong to the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC ED431C 2017/29 well as to CRETUS Strategic Partnership (ED431E 2018/01), co-founded by FEDER (EU)
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026