Paper Title
Environment Impact Assessment of Milk Processing Plant

Abstract
India makes a big contribution to milk production all over the globe. However, the milk processing industry is accountable for an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions and damage to the environment. The objective of this study is to quantify the gate to gate environmental impacts related to different processing phases of milk processing plant and its product from milk collection center to final product. Furthermore, the research examines the impact-causing elements for such milk products by employing the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with CML 2015 methodology and Gabi software to investigate several hotspots. The functional unit (FU) for this study is taken as one standard output of the final products (FU for packaged milk is 1 litre of milk and for ghee (clarified butter) is 1 kg of ghee) of the milk processing plant. Research findings indicate that the use of power and gasoline for heat energy, the application of freshwater and numerous chemicals, and the disposal of food packaging are all significant contributors to damage the environment. The results also show that milk, and butter are two of the biggest culprits in causing global warming potential. Keywords - Life Cycle Assessment, Milk Processing, Environmental Impact, Gate to Gate, Gabi