5. Glossary

Allocative life cycle assessment (LCA)

In contrast to consequential LCA, it focuses on assessing the environmental impacts associated with each stage in a product's life cycle, without considering the indirect or systemic consequences resulting from changes in material and energy flows.

Entomophagy

Human consumption of insects.

Greenhouse gases (GHG)

A gas in the atmosphere that retains part of the heat received from the sun. An increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere results in a rise in its temperature.

Heavy metals

A large family of compounds (lead, mercury, arsenic, nickel, cadmium, zinc, chromium, etc.), most of which are found in particulate form, with the exception of mercury (in...