THE SLAUGHTERING INDUSTRY GENERATES A NUMBER OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT AND WASTE FLOWS WHICH CAN BE PROCESSES AND/OR RECOVERED IN VARIOUS WAYS. BESIDES THE EXISTING PROCESSING PRACTICIES, ALTERNATIVE SLUTIONS MIGHT BE FOUND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM. ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THA ANIMAL WASTE PROCESSING OPTIONS HAVE ARISEN FROM RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATION. IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A WIDEReu-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "CICLE PELL: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY IN THE ANIMAL-TO-LEATHER CHAIN", THE AUTHORS HAVE EXTIMATE THE PRESENT SCENARIO OF BOVINE SLAUGHTERING BY-PRODUCT GENERATION AND TREATMENT FOR THE REGION ABRUZZO, ITALY, WITH THE AIM OF IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS. THIS PAPER ILLUSTRATES THE MAIN ISSUES CONCERNING THE DATA COLLECTION AND ESTIMATION OF A LOCAL BY-PRODUCT DATA-BASIS, THE RECOGNITION OF SOME COMMON PROCESSING OPTIONS FOR SUCH WASTES AND THE INDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR ENERGY AND MATERIAL RECOVERY. FURTHERMORE, STARTING FROM THE OBSERVATION OF THE POOR EXISTING COOPERATION LEVEL IN BY-PRODUCT MANAGEMENT FOR THE LOCAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES, A MORE SYSTEMIC ECO-INDUSTRIAL APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO ENHANCE FIRM COMPETITIVENESS AND GENERATE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUES
Bovine Slaughtering by-products and residues: a case-study on current and potential recovery options
TARABELLA, ANGELA;
2006-01-01
Abstract
THE SLAUGHTERING INDUSTRY GENERATES A NUMBER OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCT AND WASTE FLOWS WHICH CAN BE PROCESSES AND/OR RECOVERED IN VARIOUS WAYS. BESIDES THE EXISTING PROCESSING PRACTICIES, ALTERNATIVE SLUTIONS MIGHT BE FOUND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM. ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME CONSTRAINTS ON THA ANIMAL WASTE PROCESSING OPTIONS HAVE ARISEN FROM RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATION. IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A WIDEReu-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED "CICLE PELL: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY IN THE ANIMAL-TO-LEATHER CHAIN", THE AUTHORS HAVE EXTIMATE THE PRESENT SCENARIO OF BOVINE SLAUGHTERING BY-PRODUCT GENERATION AND TREATMENT FOR THE REGION ABRUZZO, ITALY, WITH THE AIM OF IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS. THIS PAPER ILLUSTRATES THE MAIN ISSUES CONCERNING THE DATA COLLECTION AND ESTIMATION OF A LOCAL BY-PRODUCT DATA-BASIS, THE RECOGNITION OF SOME COMMON PROCESSING OPTIONS FOR SUCH WASTES AND THE INDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR ENERGY AND MATERIAL RECOVERY. FURTHERMORE, STARTING FROM THE OBSERVATION OF THE POOR EXISTING COOPERATION LEVEL IN BY-PRODUCT MANAGEMENT FOR THE LOCAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES, A MORE SYSTEMIC ECO-INDUSTRIAL APPROACH IS PROPOSED TO ENHANCE FIRM COMPETITIVENESS AND GENERATE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUESI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
