The EDSS (Environmental Decision Support System) software, developed within the LIFE TTGG project, has successfully passed the validation by CSQA Certificazioni srl. The validation was implemented following the UNI EN ISO 14040 and 14044 standards requirements and the Product Category Rules (PEFCR) for Dairy products developed within the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology. […]
Let’s start from a fact: the environmental impact of packaging is much lower than that of dairy products. This, of course, does not justify over-sizing solutions (over-packaging). Especially when the goal is only to increase the volume of products to ensure greater visibility on the shelves. If over-packaging is an environmental (also) problem, the exact […]
The software EDSS (Environmental Decision Support System), developed within the LIFE TTGG project, allows to measure, pragmatically and straightforwardly, the environmental impacts of hard cheese production: from raw milk to milk processing, ripening, packaging, use, and end of life. The software allows assessing hot spots and identifying improvement strategies for the whole supply chain. The […]
The project involves 7 highly qualified partners: Consorzio tutela Grana Padano, Politecnico di Milano, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza, Fondazione Qualivita, oriGIn, Enersem and CNIEL In Europe 88 tons of food are wasted every year, an average of 173 kg of food waste per person. We waste more than 20% of the total […]
The LIFE TTGG project “The tough get going” was co-funded by the European Environment and Climate Action Programme (Life 2014-2020). The objective of the project is to orient the development of the dairy sector towards an improvement in the production process efficiency, in order to guarantee its growth and preserve quality in the perspective of […]
The LIFE TTGG project “The tough get going” was co-funded by the European Environment and Climate Action Programme (Life 2014-2020). The objective of the project is to orient the development of the dairy sector towards an improvement in the production process efficiency, in order to guarantee its growth and preserve quality in the perspective of […]
