We have been reviewing the environmental impacts of gardening soil and different growing mediums. For the former, we find very few (if any) studies reviewing the life cycle impacts. If anyone has some ideas about this, please let me know.
http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/pictures/publ/SoilBiolBiochem%2043,%201812%E2%80%931836,%202011%20Lehmann.pdf
I am not sure about the exact info you are looking for. You may want to look for publications on urban agriculture and lca like:
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01201397/document
http://www.mncompostingcouncil.org/uploads/1/5/6/0/15602762/__composting_life_cycle.pdf
Thanks for the insights. We published a report outlining the impacts of soil production in Sweden.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323906819_Assessing_the_Environmental_Implications_of_a_Regional_Industrial_Symbiosis_Network_for_Innovative_Products
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