Cradle to Gate Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil Industry

Abstract

Abstract Crude palm oil production Indonesia especially in Aceh every year continues to increase because the consumption of its derivative products such as cosmetics, food and fuel increases. The increasing demand for CPO has caused palm oil companies expanding their plantations. Based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture in 2018, the total area of Indonesian palm oil reaches 14.3 million hectares. The focus of this paper aims to evaluate the cradle to gate impact produced at land preparation, the nursery stage and the process of producing palm oil. Life cycle assessment is used to evaluate the impact of product for its entire life cycle. This research was conducted with simulation using SimaPro 9.0 software and impact 2002+ method. The results of the data processing with the simulation showed that fertilization stage was the stage with the largest impact with persentage 83% of the category, namely human health, ecosystem quality, climate change and resources 0.0000567 DALY, 9.44 PDF.m2.year, 148 kg CO2 eq and 1650 main MJ, respectively. Meanwhile, the processing of palm oil into CPO the largest environmental impact was in the category of non-renewable energy and global warming of 90 MJ and 9.6 kg CO2 eq.