Browsing by Subject "greenhouse gas emissions"

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Biophysical, environmental, and economic implications of removing imported supplementary feed from a pasture-based dairy farm system - An upper North Island case study

McCahon, Kieran Shaun (The University of Waikato, 2019)

The biological efficiency and profitability of pasture-based systems is optimised by matching pasture supply with the nutritional demands of the herd across the year. Despite the importance of grazed pasture to the ...
The eco-profile of thermoplastic protein derived from bloodmeal

Bier, James Michael (The University of Waikato, 2010)

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method that can be used to evaluate the eco-profile of a product over a portion of its life cycle. Novatein Thermoplastic Protein (NTP) is a second generation bio-based polymer being developed ...
An ecoprofile of thermoplastic protein derived from blood meal Part 2: thermoplastic processing

Bier, James Michael; Verbeek, Casparus Johan R.; Lay, Mark C. (Springer-Verlag, 2012-03)

Purpose The purpose of this research was to develop a nonrenewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions ecoprofile of thermoplastic protein derived from blood meal (Novatein thermoplastic protein; NTP). This was intended ...