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- Brazil is one of the top ten egg producers globally, with 99.6% of its production consumed domestically and the remainder exported to over 82 countries.
- The Brazilian egg industry has advanced with new technologies, but there is a lack of evaluation on sustainable production methods.
- The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach is proposed to identify and reduce environmental impacts in egg production, aiming to enhance sustainability and performance within the Brazilian egg industry by following ISO standards.
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Brazil is among the ten largest egg producers in the world. The domestic consumption of Brazilian eggs is 99.6%, the rest being exported to more than 82 countries, with an expectation of growth in the foreign market. The Brazilian egg industry has evolved considerably in recent decades, incorporating new technologies and smart practices. However, there is no assessment of how production could become more sustainable over the years. The LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) approach aims to recognize the polluting potential, identify the environmental impacts generated and reduce these impacts throughout production. On a global scale, researchers approach LCA as a constructive and quantitative technique, and there is great interest in implementing an LCA for the Brazilian egg production sector. With the aim of introducing the LCA methodology to the Brazilian egg industry, this review presents the concept and accounting structure of LCA through LCI (Life Cycle Inventory) and LCIA (Life Cycle Impact Assessment), based on the ISO 14040 and 14044:2006 standards, to quantify the environmental performance of production and identify areas for future improvement, thus promoting the environmental footprint of the Brazilian egg industry.
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