Environmental impact assessment of wheat straw alkyl polyglucosides: chemical approaches

This research paper presents a cradle-to-gate life cycle impact assessment comparing alkyl polyglucosides sourced from wheat straw (WS-APG) against commercial versions sourced from palm kernel oil and wheat grain (PW-APG), concluding that the wheat straw-derived hybrid synthesis pathway is more sustainable.

• The production pathway using wheat straw (WS-APG) achieved greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings between 84% and 98% when compared to the palm kernel-wheat grain (PW-APG) pathway.
• The wheat straw-derived process generates significantly less waste per unit mass of product, producing 0.43 kg of waste per kg of WS-APG compared to 10.73 kg per kg of PW-APG.
• The 'cradle-gate' stages of WS-APG production utilize lower quantities of fossil-derived energy and water than the commercial PW-APG alternative.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Environmental impact assessment of wheat straw alkyl polyglucosides: chemical approaches. https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-impact-assessment-wheat-straw-alkyl-polyglucosides-chemical-approaches/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Environmental impact assessment of wheat straw alkyl polyglucosides: chemical approaches. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-impact-assessment-wheat-straw-alkyl-polyglucosides-chemical-approaches/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017environmental, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Environmental impact assessment of wheat straw alkyl polyglucosides: chemical approaches}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/environmental-impact-assessment-wheat-straw-alkyl-polyglucosides-chemical-approaches/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }