LIFE ECOLAC
Prevention of dairy product’s environmental impact through ecodesign
Susana Etxebarria
Project Manager
Objectives
- To design a tool for the improvement of current processes and products and to help decision-making.
- To draw up a protocol for the eco-design of future products.
- To promote the use of methodologies for the design and manufacture of foodstuffs with environmentally responsible criteria.
- To raise consumer awareness of eco-designed products.
Expected Results
- Environmental analysis: Identification of the sources of environmental impact of dairy products; Observation of Life cycle analysis of 5 significant dairy products
- Ecodesign: Ecodesign software linked to the main ERP tolos; 5.000 units of an ecodesigned dairy product with less environmental impact; Ecodesign guide of new dairy products
- Consumers: Identification of green or responsible purchasing claims throug online surveys; Study of consumers behaviour towards ecodesign through focus groups; Education and sensitization campaign targeted towards consumers.
Project Data
| Partners |
AZTI, INGENET, CAPSA, Federación Nacional de Industrias Lácteas (FeNIL) |
| Funding |
UE, with the collaboration of the LIFE toolkit of the European Unión. |
| Lenght |
01/07/2014 – 30/09/2017 |
