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chapter 5: the carbon footprint of ecuador’s banana
bands), shown in Table 11
for waste management. The only input is the electricity required for lighting, since no refrigeration is required at this point (Table 37).
c) Transportation from regional distribution centre to retailer
The main cities of the regions selected for this analysis were included in order to calculate the distance between the distribution centre and
the retailer (Table 38). Two types of transportation are considered: non-refrigerated truck (7.5-16 tonne
In Spain, food is sold according to the following distribution: 46 percent in grocery stores, 44 percent in supermarkets and the remaining 10 percent
Figure 39 Geographical distribution of selected regional distribution centres
Source: Authors
(<3.5 tonne capacity and average load of 0.19 tonne; 30 percent distribution).
d) Retailer
capacity and average load of 3.27 tonnes; 70 percent of distribution) and van
Table 36 Distances covered from ripening facility to regional distribution centres
From/to
MercaMadrid
Served area
Regional distribution centre I (Ciempozuelos, Madrid)
Regional distribution centre II (MercaCórdoba)
Regional distribution centre III (Alhama, Murcia)
Regional distribution centre IV (MercaValencia)
Regional distribution centre V (MercaZaragoza)
Regional distribution centre VI (Villadangos, León)
Regional distribution centre VII (Zaldesa, Salamanca)
30 km
386km
430 km
359 km
318 km
352 km
228 km
Madrid, Castilla La Mancha (North)
Andalucía, Extremadura (South)
Murcia, Castilla La Mancha (South)
Valencia, Castilla La Mancha (East)
La Rioja, Navarra, Aragón (North), Cataluña
Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, País Vasco, Castilla León (North)
Castilla León (South), Extremadura
Source: Authors
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