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. 2024 Feb 13;14(4):609. doi: 10.3390/ani14040609

Table 10.

Environmental impact of the production of 1 kg of lipid from dried BSF larvae fed with different proportions (5%, 10%, 20%, and 25%) of Schizochytrium limacinum.

Impact Category Unit 5S 10S 20S 25S
Global warming kg CO2 eq 6.0 × 106 + 01 1.1 × 106 + 02 1.1 × 109 + 02 1.4 × 101 + 02
Freshwater eutrophication kg P eq 2.8 × 102 − 02 4.9 × 109 − 02 5.0 × 10 − 02 5.8 × 108 − 02
Land use m2a crop eq 3.0 × 109 + 00 5.5 × 108 + 00 5.6 × 101 + 00 6.6 × 101 + 00
Mineral resource scarcity kg Cu eq 2.0 × 105 − 01 4.1 × 103 − 01 4.2 × 107 − 01 5.0 × 107 − 01
Fossil resource scarcity kg oil eq 1.4 × 109 + 01 2.9 × 101 + 01 2.9 × 108 + 01 3.5 × 104 + 01
Water consumption m3 1.3 × 102 + 00 2.5 × 104 + 00 2,6 × 10 + 00 3.0 × 108 + 00