Figure 3: Non-linear impacts from increasing scale of production in LUCI-LCA.
From: Life cycle assessment needs predictive spatial modelling for biodiversity and ecosystem services
Three scenarios of production impacts per tonne of HDPE production, on (a) global warming potential, (b) water consumption, (c) eutrophication potential, (d) erosion potential and (e) biodiversity damage potential, for sugarcane (in green) and maize (in blue). Solid lines show change in impacts with production volume according to LUCI-LCA. Standard LCA estimates are provided for reference (dotted lines), showing constant per tonne impacts regardless of production amounts.
