AnAlyse de cycle de vie d’un produit, cAs de l’AMidon

Abstract

The work undertaken is an introduction to the study of the impact of starch on the environment by defining the elements that make up its environmental footprint through a life cycle analysis, the basic foundation of the ISO 14000 environmental management system. This work allowed us to realize the importance of starch as a product directly consumed or used in different industries and to observe the environmental impacts generated by its production, transport, use and consumption, for example the dusting of corn gives a significant quantity of dust which is also extracted is sold to feed livestock. This company uses several methods to treat these discharges: recovery, recycling and treatment of wastewater.