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The Composting of Water Hyacinth: A Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorSerafini, Laís Fabiana
dc.contributor.authorArrobas, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorFeliciano, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorMiguens, Filomena
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorDíaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Artur
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-23T11:29:19Z
dc.date.available2025-04-23T11:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractWater hyacinth is an invasive species that causes eutrophication in lentic waters. While mechanical removal is effective,it generates hazardous waste with biological contamination risk. Composting is a safe waste treatment option, inhibiting seeds and yielding agriculturally suitable compost. Life cycle assessment evaluated the environmental impacts of six composting piles using eight different by-products (potato peel, cattle manure, wood chip, rice straw, potato leftovers, olive pomace and biochar), all formulations containing water hyacinth. The worst environmental performances were the M2 pile (water hyacinth + olive pomace + cattle manure + potato leftovers) which achieved the highest AP (47.33 kg SO2 eq.) and EP (10.56 kg PO4³− eq.), while M3 (water hyacinth + olive pomace + rice straw + potato leftovers) had the highest GWP (816.51 kg CO2 eq.) and OLD (2.99E-11 kg R11 eq.). The biological composting process contributed the most to the overall increase in the impact categories for all piles due to air emissions (CH4 and N2O). M3 and M5 (water hyacinth + wood chip) had the worst performance in fossil fuel consumption due to distances travelled from by-products and energy use in the maintenance of composting piles. Concerning packaging, Big Bags with polypropylene had a greater impact than polyethylene bags (50 kg capacity). Evaluating the potential avoidance of mineral fertilisers, M3 compost showed potential for reducing TSP fertiliser production by 46%. Overall, M4, which incorporated a mixture of water hyacinth, olive pomace, wood chips and biochar, was the most favourable option from an environmental point of view.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work received funding from COMPETE 2020 - Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program, Portugal 2020 and FEDER through the project “BioComp_2.0 - Produção de compostos orgânicos biológicos para o controlo do jacinto de água e para a valorização de subprodutos agropecuários, florestais e agroindustriais” (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070123). The authors also acknowledge the collaboration and contribution of the teams Colina Generosa, the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, and the College of Agriculture from the Polytechnic University of Coimbra to construct this work. Laís Fabiana Serafini thanks the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for her PhD grant (2023.00407.BDANA). Verónica Oliveira thanks the national funding by FCT through the institutional scientific employment programme-contract (doi: 10.54499/CEECINST/00077/2021/CP2798/CT0002). The authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for financial support through national funds FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020 and UIDP/00690/2020) and SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2020).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSerafini, Laís Fabiana; Arrobas, Margarida; Rodrigues, Manuel Ângelo; Feliciano, Manuel; Miguens, Filomena; Oliveira, Verónica; Santos, Daniela; Díaz de Tuesta, Jose Luis; Gonçalves, Artur (2024). The Composting of Water Hyacinth: A Life Cycle Assessment Perspective. Waste and Biomass Valorization. ISSN 1877-2641. 16:1, p. 507–523
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12649-024-02677-zpt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1877-2641
dc.identifier.issn1877-265X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/34430
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory for Sustainability and Tecnology in Mountain Regions
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCompostpt_PT
dc.subjectWastept_PT
dc.subjectBy-productpt_PT
dc.subjectImpact categoriespt_PT
dc.subjectInvasive speciespt_PT
dc.subjectBiological processpt_PT
dc.titleThe Composting of Water Hyacinth: A Life Cycle Assessment Perspectivept_PT
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oaire.citation.titleWaste and Biomass Valorizationpt_PT
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