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Table 41
Item
Banana Toilet paper Tap water Soap Detergent Electricity
Inventory data: consumption
ecuador’s banana sector under climate change: an economic and biophysical assessment to promote a sustainable and climate-compatible strategy
Table 40 Inventory data: retailer
Item
Bananas in boxes Electricity1 Natural gas1
Amount
1.00 tonne 49.81 kWh 4.61 kWh
Item
Amount
tonne tonne kg kg kg kg
Amount
316.00 kg 84.00 kg 166.89 kg 0.05 kg 13.83 m3
Inputs
Outputs
Source: 1 Table 15; 2 MAGRAMA (2012); 3 INE (2011)
Entradas
1.00 tonne
4.29 kg 13.48 m3 3.57 kg 0.20 kg
Salidas
12.73 kWh Source: Muñoz et al. (2007)
Amount
Item
Bananas for sale2 Bananos for social purposes2 Waste sent for incineration3 Waste sent to landfill3 Cardboard sent to recycling3 Plastic sent to recycling3
0.94 0.03 4.70
19.60 66.19 4.12
Banana peel sent to landfill Banana peel sent for incineration CO2 emissions
CH4 emissions
Waste water volume
only 2.24 percent of the bananas that reach this stage are finally disposed of as waste.
e) Transportation from retailer to consumer
Going to shop in grocery stores and supermarkets is assumed to be on foot, an average distance of 2 km, while the distance to hypermarkets is 5 km by car. Bananas represent 1.30 percent of the average weight of a Spanish shopping basket (INE, 2012); therefore, only figure has been assigned.
2.4 Consumption
The end stage of the value chain is the consumption of the fruit (Table 41). In Europe, bananas are stored at room temperature and eaten raw. The main residue is the banana peel, which represents 40 percent of the banana’s total weight and follows the waste management distribution presented (Table 35).
In addition - and according to Muñoz et al. (2007) - the inputs and outputs associated with human ingestion of the banana and its posterior human excreta have been included: toilet paper, tap water, electricity, direct GHG emissions and wastewater. Since the waste generated at this stage is significant, its collection and transport to the landfill or incineration plant has been included (Table 42).
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