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Carbon footprinting or all impact categories?

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The carbon footprint is the quantification of the total amount of greenhouse gases for a product and covers the impact category climate change. In most life-cycle impact assessment methods, other impacts categories, such as eutrophication and acidification potential, water use, human and ecotoxicity are also accounted. The GFLI database offers all impact categories compliant with the two impact assessment methods: ReCiPe and Environmental Footprint. […]

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New data: former foodstuffs from VIDO & UKFFPA

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The Dutch and United Kingdom’s associations for processing former foodstuffs for animal feed have contributed four new datasets to the GFLI database! Repurposing rejected food products into valuable animal nutrition to decrease food waste and increase circular foodsystems. VIDO and the UK Former Foodstuff Processors Association (UKFFPA) are national associations for companies that produce high-quality

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New data: blood based animal proteins from The European Animal Protein Association

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The European Animal Protein Association (EAPA) has contributed two datasets to the GFLI database as of August 2021, bringing in valuable data on blood-based animal proteins hemoglobin and plasma powder. Animal proteins are valued ingredients in food and feed. Blood-based animal proteins are a by-product from the meat processing industry and can be repurposed into

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New data: Rendered Animal By-products from the EU

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For the last several months, the European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA) has been finalizing its data-in project on rendered animal by-products within the European Union. Rendering is the process that convert by-products from the meat and livestock industry into usable materials. In that way, rendering contributes to sustainability and European objectives to move

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First annual GFLI membership meeting & database launch event

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November 12, 2020 was a monumental day for GFLI (Global Feed LCA Institute). During its first Annual Membership Meeting, founding members welcomed GFLI’s first new member: Sindirações (Brazilian Feed Industry Association). Members expressed their gratitude to outgoing Chair of the Board of Directors, Greg Downing, for his commitment and exceptional leadership of the Institute during

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