Table of content
Acknowledgement ... II Table of content ... V Summary ... VII Samenvatting ... IX Résumé... XIII List of abbreviations ... XVII List of units ... XVIII List of tables ... XIX List of figures ... XXICHAPTER 1 – Introduction ... 27
1.1. Sustainable development and the role of animal farming ... 29
1.2. Improving the resource efficiency in animal farming by means of insects ... 32
1.3. Life Cycle Assessment as a tool for sustainable industrial design ... 35
1.4. Objectives and outline of the thesis ... 37
CHAPTER 2 – LCA of Insect Based Waste Treatment ... 41
Abstract ... 43
2.1. Introduction ... 43
2.2. Materials and methods ... 45
2.3. Life cycle inventory analysis ... 54
2.4. Life cycle impact assessment ... 64
2.5. Sensitivity analysis ... 66
2.6. Discussion ... 67
2.7. Conclusions ... 71
CHAPTER 3 – LCI Analysis of Insect Based Feeds ... 73
Abstract ... 75
3.1. Introduction ... 75
3.2. Materials and Methods ... 78
3.3. Results and Discussion ... 89
3.4. Conclusions ... 103
CHAPTER 4 – LCC of Insect Based Feeds ... 105
Abstract ... 107
4.1. Introduction ... 107
4.2. Material and methods ... 109
4.3. Results ... 115
4.4. Discussion ... 127
4.5. Conclusions ... 132
CHAPTER 5 – LCA of Insect Based Feeds ... 135
Abstract ... 137
5.1. Introduction ... 137
5.2. Material and methods ... 139
5.3. Results ………..……….……….……….146
5.4. Discussion ... 157
5.5. Conclusions ... 163
CHAPTER 6 – Conclusions ... 167
6.2. Measuring sustainability ... 170
6.3. What can be concluded? ... 176
6.4. Implications ... 182
6.5. The way forward ... 186
REFERENCES ... 189
APPENDICES I ... 209
APPENDICES II ... 251
About the candidate ... 251
