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Life Cycle Assessment of Rendered Products: Carbon and Water Footprints

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Rendering converts animal by-products from the meat and livestock industry into high value, sustainable products with a range of applications, such as animal feed and pet food. Rendering makes a significant contribution to European circular economy objectives by ensuring that animal by-products are not wasted, and the derived products are returned to the value chain. […]

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Carbon and water footprints help ABPs in competitive feed market

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Feed compounders now consider the environmental footprint of ingredients on top of the nutritional value. Animal by-products (ABPs) have many nutritional benefits but they also offer environmental advantages compared to some plant-based alternatives. Researchers from Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk updated the carbon footprints of 12 rendered products used in feed and published water footprints for these prodcuts

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Sustainability Charter gets interactive update

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The EFPRA Sustainability Charter is now available as an interactive publication at sustainability.efpra.eu. It contains the entire Charter and all 18 Case Studies in an engaging and easy to read format. The new format makes it easier for people inside and outside the industry to learn about the sustainability credentials of the rendering sector. Launching

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Research summary of PAPs in poultry diets

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Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs) were banned from diets of farmed animals in the EU for approximately 20 years. During this time processing techniques for animal proteins have changed and improved. Consequently, the specifications of products in feedstuff tables do not accurately represent the composition and quality of available PAPs. Amendments to the feed ban came

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Animal by-products provide opportunity to cut carbon footprint of feed

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Lifecycle analysis has shown the carbon footprint benefits of using animal by-products (ABP) in feed. For European feed compounders, locally produced Processed Animal Proteins (PAPs) and rendered fat can replace soymeal and palm oil with a net reduction in carbon emissions. Conducted by Blonk consultants on behalf of the European Fat Renderers and Processors Association

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German and Spanish versions of Sustainability Charter available

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The EFPRA Sustainability Charter has been translated into German and Spanish. The rendering industry has long been an example of sustainability in action. Renderers recover and recycle valuable materials from by-products and ensure that nothing goes to waster. Now, with ever greater focus on reducing the environmental impact of food production, EFPRA is keen that

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