Environmental impact analysis of natural cork stopper manufacturing

Flor Montalvo, Francisco Javier; Martínez Cámara, Eduardo; García Alcaraz, Jorge Luis; Jiménez Macías, Emilio; Latorre Biel, Juan Ignacio; Blanco Fernández, Julio

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Environmental impact analysis of natural cork stopper manufacturing

dc.contributor.author	Flor Montalvo, Francisco Javier
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Cámara, Eduardo
dc.contributor.author	García Alcaraz, Jorge Luis
dc.contributor.author	Jiménez Macías, Emilio
dc.contributor.author	Latorre Biel, Juan Ignacio
dc.contributor.author	Blanco Fernández, Julio
dc.contributor.department	Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de Materiales	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Mekanika, Energetika eta Materialen Ingeniaritza	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-04T11:00:16Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-04T11:00:16Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2022-08-04T10:47:38Z
dc.description.abstract	For both wine makers and customers, natural cork stoppers are a symbol of quality. More-over, they are essential for maintaining the organoleptic properties of bottled wines throughout their lifespan. This research relied on the life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to analyze the relationship between the efficient usage of cork planks and the environmental impact of the cork stopper manufacturing industry. The goals of this research were to analyze and determine the environmental impact of producing 1 kg of natural cork stoppers. The analysis considered cork stoppers of two sizes—24 × 44 mm and 26 × 44 mm—and two manufacturing methods—punching and turning. Our findings indicated that the 24 × 44 mm cork stoppers produced with the punching method had a slightly lower environmental impact (1.36 kg CO2 eq/kg) across the ten analyzed impact categories. Conversely, 26 × 44 mm turned corks had the highest impact on the environment (1.49 kg CO2 eq/kg). Additionally, a comparison of same-sized punched and turned cork stoppers showed that the former had a lower environmental impact. This phenomenon is directly related to plank usage. In conclusion, there is a clear relationship between environmental impact and the efficient usage of raw material. In turn, an efficient usage of raw material depends on both the manufacturing method and stopper size.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This research has received funding from the Instituto de Estudios Riojanos 'IER' within the project 'Newcork2Wine'.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Flor-Montalvo, F. J.; Martínez-Cámara, E.; García-Alcaraz, J. L.; Jiménez-Macías, E.; Latorre-Biel, J. I.; Blanco-Fernández, J. (2022). Environmental Impact Analysis of Natural Cork Stopper Manufacturing. Agriculture. 12, (5), p. 636	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/agriculture12050636
dc.identifier.issn	2077-0472
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/43699
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	MDPI	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Agriculture, 2022, 12 (5), p. 636	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050636
dc.rights	© 2022 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license	en
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dc.subject	Environmental impact	en
dc.subject	LCA	en
dc.subject	Manufacturing process	en
dc.subject	Natural cork stoppers	en
dc.title	Environmental impact analysis of natural cork stopper manufacturing	en
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