Effects of Energy Efficiency Measures in the Beef Cold Chain: A Life Cycle-based Study

Abstract Circular economy and industrial symbiosis represent a production consumption model involving sharing, lending, reusing, recycling existing materials products in the most efficient way to increase sustainability reduce or eliminate waste. Beef has high impact on environment different categories, especially those activities related livestock breeding feeding. In this study, life cycle assessment cost evaluation are carried out investigating potential energy efficiency measures promote scenarios referring proposed baseline scenario. Three main evaluated: recovery from waste via anaerobic digestion, integration of renewable sources at warehouses, including solar PV panels, replacement auxiliary equipment retailer. It was found that reconversion food through digestion cogeneration provides valuable benefits supply chain. From economic perspective, using conventional assessment, use wastes for proved be best option.