Articles
CLASSIFICATION OF GROWING MEDIA ON THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE
Article number
779_28
Pages
231 – 238
Language
English
Abstract
RHP is currently developing a classification system that expresses the environmental quality of growing media.
The system intends to offer producers and (professsional) users transparency about the environmental quality of a particular substrate.
Depending on their environmental profile, growing media are awarded an A, B or C classification.
This classification is based on clear and public criteria.
The criteria applied are partly quantitative, partly qualitative.
The quantitative criteria are based on LCA’s (lifecycle analyses), which have been made for all major raw materials and additives.
The qualitative criteria address aspects that are hard to quantify, but are nevertheless environmentally relevant, such as the level of environment management in the various stages in the production chain (including end-of-life).
The system intends to offer producers and (professsional) users transparency about the environmental quality of a particular substrate.
Depending on their environmental profile, growing media are awarded an A, B or C classification.
This classification is based on clear and public criteria.
The criteria applied are partly quantitative, partly qualitative.
The quantitative criteria are based on LCA’s (lifecycle analyses), which have been made for all major raw materials and additives.
The qualitative criteria address aspects that are hard to quantify, but are nevertheless environmentally relevant, such as the level of environment management in the various stages in the production chain (including end-of-life).
Publication
Authors
J.B.G.M. Verhagen, H.T.M. Boon
Keywords
growing media, environmental classification, life cycle analysis
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