Wastes to profit: a circular economy approach to value-addition in livestock industries
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Article Title | Wastes to profit: a circular economy approach to value-addition in livestock industries |
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ERA Journal ID | 5178 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ramirez, Jerome (Author), McCabe, Bernadette (Author), Jensen, Paul D. (Author), Speight, Robert (Author), Harrison, Mark (Author), van den Berg, Lisa (Author) and O'Hara, Ian (Author) |
Journal Title | Animal Production Science |
Journal Citation | 61 (6), pp. 541-550 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 26 Mar 2021 |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0816-1089 |
1836-0939 | |
1836-5787 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1071/AN20400 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.publish.csiro.au/an/AN20400 |
Abstract | The livestock sector is a fundamental part of the modern global economy and provides food, clothing, furnishings, and various other products. So as to ensure its resilience to changes in consumer expectations, cost of production, and environmental sustainability, the sector must shift to a circular economy model. Current strategies to recover value from wastes and low-value co-products from livestock industries yield limited value; hence, new technologies are required to upgrade wastes and co-products, and generate high-value products that can feed into the livestock value chain. Anaerobic digestion can convert high organic-content waste to biogas for energy and a stable nutrient-rich digestate that can be used as fertiliser. Microbial technologies can transform wastes to produce nutritionally advanced feeds. New materials from waste can also be produced for livestock industry-specific applications. While aiming to add commercial value, the successful implementation of these technologies will also address the environmental and productivity issues that are increasingly valued by producers and consumers. |
Keywords | adoption of technology; agricultural innovations |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401102. Environmentally sustainable engineering |
401106. Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
University of Southern Queensland | |
University of Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q652v/wastes-to-profit-a-circular-economy-approach-to-value-addition-in-livestock-industries
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