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Techno-economic feasibility of waste biorefinery: Using slaughtering waste streams as starting material for biopolyester production

Shahzad, Khurram, Narodoslawsky, Michael, Sagir, Muhammad, Ali, Nadeem, Ali, Shahid, Rashid, Muhammad Imtiaz, Ismail, Iqbal Mohammad Ibrahim, Koller, Martin·2017·Waste Management

Abstract

The utilization of industrial waste streams as input materials for bio-mediated production processes constitutes a current R&D objective not only to reduce process costs at the input side but in parallel, to minimize hazardous environmental emissions. In this context, the EU-funded project ANIMPOL elaborated a process for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers starting from diverse waste streams of the animal processing industry. This article provides a detailed economic analysis of PHA production from this waste biorefinery concept, encompassing the utilization of low-quality biodiesel, offal material and meat and bone meal (MBM). Techno-economic analysis reveals that PHA production cost varies from 1.41 €/kg to 1.64 €/kg when considering offal on the one hand as waste, or, on the other hand, accounting its market price, while calculating with fixed costs for the co-products biodiesel (0.97 €/L) and MBM (350 €/t), respectively. The effect of fluctuating market prices for offal materials, biodiesel, and MBM on the final PHA production cost as well as the investment payback time have been evaluated. Depending on the current market situation, the calculated investment payback time varies from 3.25 to 4.5years.

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  • The payback period for PHA production from slaughtering waste is from 3.25 years to 4.5 years, which is in a reasonable period.

    “The payback period is from 3.25 years to 4.5 years, which is in a reasonable period [141].”

    From Food Waste Biorefinery: Pathway towards Circular Bioeconomy (2021) · cites this paper as [141]

  • The overall production cost of PHA from slaughtering waste varies between EUR 1.41/kg to EUR 1.64/kg depending upon whether offal is considered as waste or not, with biodiesel as a co-product (EUR 0.97/L).

    “The overall production cost of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from slaughtering waste various between EUR 1.41/kg to EUR 1.64/kg depending upon whether offal is considered as waste or not, with biodiesel as a co-product (EUR 0.97/L) [141].”

    From Food Waste Biorefinery: Pathway towards Circular Bioeconomy (2021) · cites this paper as [141]

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Authors
Shahzad, K., Narodoslawsky, M., Sagir, M., Ali, N., Ali, S., Rashid, M. I., Ismail, I. M. I., & Koller, M.
Affiliations
  • King Abdulaziz University (SA)
  • Graz University of Technology (AT)
  • University of Gujrat (PK)
  • Aalborg University (DK)
  • COMSATS University Islamabad (PK)
  • University of Graz (AT)
Corresponding author
  • Shahzad, Khurram
  • Koller, Martin
Venue
Waste Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-09
Volume
67
Pages
73-85
ISSN
0956-053X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2623617464
Cited by
98
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12
FWCI
3.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Waste Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion)
Funders
EU-FP7 project ANIMPOL (245084)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Keywords
waste biorefinery, polyhydroxyalkanoates, slaughterhouse waste, offal, meat and bone meal, biodiesel, production cost analysis
MeSH terms
Animals, Biopolymers, Industrial Waste, Meat, Biofuels

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