Abstract
This study assesses the suitability of flour food products wasted during the distribution phase to be used as raw material for the production of animal feed. Landfill is nowadays the most adopted end of life option for flour food products. Nonetheless, by setting up a specific sorting system, it would be possible to separate the wasted food from its packaging and to recover both of them. In this latter case, food waste could be better valorised, by diverting it to alternative channels, such as anaerobic digestion or animal feeding. In this study, the environmental performance of two valorisation scenarios for floor food waste intended to be used to produce animal feed were analysed using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology. The new scenarios are compared with one another and with the traditional feed production. Results of the study show that the new scenarios lead to environmental benefits for all the considered impact categories.
Funding source: Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
Award Identifier / Grant number: SCN_00367
Funding statement: This research was funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research under the SORT project (SCN_00367).
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special Issue “Selected Papers from the First International Food Operations & Processing Simulation Workshop – FoodOPS 2015 (September 21–23, 2015, Bergeggi, Italy)”
- Special Section: Articles from the first FoodOPS 2015
- Life Cycle Assessment of a New Feed Production Obtained by Wasted Flour Food Collected from the Distribution and Retail Phases
- Vendor-Managed Inventory Practice in the Supermarket Supply Chain
- Breakage Characteristics of Granulated Food Products for Prediction of Attrition during Lean-Phase Pneumatic Conveying
- Analysis, Simulation and Optimization of the Milking Process in a Cowshed for the Production of Parmigiano Reggiano
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- CFD Analysis of Coffee Packaging in Capsules using Gas Flushing Modified Atmosphere Packaging
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- A Comparative Modeling Study of Quince Infrared Drying and Evaluation of Quality Parameters
- Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polyurethane Foams from Liquefied Sugar Beet Pulp
- Effect of Drying on Porous Characteristics of Orange Peel
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Special Issue “Selected Papers from the First International Food Operations & Processing Simulation Workshop – FoodOPS 2015 (September 21–23, 2015, Bergeggi, Italy)”
- Special Section: Articles from the first FoodOPS 2015
- Life Cycle Assessment of a New Feed Production Obtained by Wasted Flour Food Collected from the Distribution and Retail Phases
- Vendor-Managed Inventory Practice in the Supermarket Supply Chain
- Breakage Characteristics of Granulated Food Products for Prediction of Attrition during Lean-Phase Pneumatic Conveying
- Analysis, Simulation and Optimization of the Milking Process in a Cowshed for the Production of Parmigiano Reggiano
- Study and Optimization of a CO2 Sparger for Carbonated Beverages and Beer by Means of CFD Modeling
- CFD Analysis of Coffee Packaging in Capsules using Gas Flushing Modified Atmosphere Packaging
- Regular Research Articles
- Developing an Effective Method to Determine the Heat Transfer Model in Fish Myofibrillar Protein Paste with Computer Simulation Considering the Phase Transition on Various Dimensions
- A Comparative Modeling Study of Quince Infrared Drying and Evaluation of Quality Parameters
- Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polyurethane Foams from Liquefied Sugar Beet Pulp
- Effect of Drying on Porous Characteristics of Orange Peel