Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing
In light of the growing interest in circular bioeconomy issues, this study aims to present an adaptation of the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) for the quantitative assessment of circularity in agri-food systems. Specifically, the adapted MCI (a-MCI) developed in this research is designed to ev...
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| description | In light of the growing interest in circular bioeconomy issues, this study aims to present an adaptation of the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) for the quantitative assessment of circularity in agri-food systems. Specifically, the adapted MCI (a-MCI) developed in this research is designed to evaluate meat production in industrial farming. This is achieved by incorporating parameters such as the Survival Rate (SR) and the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) into the calculation of the utilisation factor (X) already embedded in the original MCI framework. The a-MCI's application was tested using case study data from various animal species (e.g., broilers and pigs), with the latter exhibiting a slightly higher a-MCI in the analysed case studies. Nonetheless, the significant variability of data collected from literature sources lead to results inconsistency, as the small sample of data induce a relevant standard deviation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7f79ae9e4f4d4abfb13bb3123949d9842025-01-29T05:01:57ZengElsevierEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators2665-97272025-02-0125100590Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearingFrancesco Caraceni0Matteo Cordara1Carlo Brondi2Andrea Ballarino3STIIMA-CNR - Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council., Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milan, 20133, ItalyCorresponding author.; STIIMA-CNR - Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council., Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milan, 20133, ItalySTIIMA-CNR - Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council., Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milan, 20133, ItalySTIIMA-CNR - Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council., Via Alfonso Corti 12, Milan, 20133, ItalyIn light of the growing interest in circular bioeconomy issues, this study aims to present an adaptation of the Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) for the quantitative assessment of circularity in agri-food systems. Specifically, the adapted MCI (a-MCI) developed in this research is designed to evaluate meat production in industrial farming. This is achieved by incorporating parameters such as the Survival Rate (SR) and the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) into the calculation of the utilisation factor (X) already embedded in the original MCI framework. The a-MCI's application was tested using case study data from various animal species (e.g., broilers and pigs), with the latter exhibiting a slightly higher a-MCI in the analysed case studies. Nonetheless, the significant variability of data collected from literature sources lead to results inconsistency, as the small sample of data induce a relevant standard deviation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266597272500011XCircular economyMaterial circularity indicatorAgri-food systemBioeconomyCircularity indexRearing |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Caraceni Matteo Cordara Carlo Brondi Andrea Ballarino Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Circular economy Material circularity indicator Agri-food system Bioeconomy Circularity index Rearing |
| title | Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing |
| title_full | Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing |
| title_fullStr | Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing |
| title_short | Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing |
| title_sort | adapting the material circularity indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems two case studies on livestock rearing |
| topic | Circular economy Material circularity indicator Agri-food system Bioeconomy Circularity index Rearing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266597272500011X |
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