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Quantifying the Economic Effects of Biogas Installations for Organic Waste from Agro-Industrial Sector

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  • Gabriel Cucui

    (Faculty of Economics, Valahia University of Targoviste, 130004 Târgoviște, Romania)

  • Constantin Aurelian Ionescu

    (Faculty of Economics, Hyperion University of Bucharest, 030615 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Ioana Raluca Goldbach

    (Land Forces Academy N. Balcescu of Sibiu, 550170 Sibiu, Romania)

  • Mihaela Denisa Coman

    (Institute of Multidisciplinary, Research for Science and Technology, Valahia University of Targoviste, 130004 Târgoviște, Romania)

  • Elena Liliana Moiceanu Marin

    (IOSUD, Valahia University of Targoviste, 130105 Târgoviște, Romania)

Abstract

The evolution of the world economy, the continuous growth of human needs and industrial and technological development have led to an increased demand for energy and consumption of fossil fuels. Since fossil resources are limited, there is an urgent need for the evolution of current economies to achieve sustainable development (SD), supported predominantly by waste management, renewable energy production, limiting non-renewable resource consumption, sustainable development, etc. In this research, the management of waste (chicken debris and debris from meat processing/slaughter) resulting from the chicken slaughtering activities using biogas installations (BI) is shown to be a viable alternative that places the economic entity at intercept if waste recycling and the production of electricity, heat and digestate. The purpose of this research was to quantify the economic impact generated using BI, which processes organic wastes resulted from the processing flow of the meat chicken slaughterhouse.

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  • Gabriel Cucui & Constantin Aurelian Ionescu & Ioana Raluca Goldbach & Mihaela Denisa Coman & Elena Liliana Moiceanu Marin, 2018. "Quantifying the Economic Effects of Biogas Installations for Organic Waste from Agro-Industrial Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-16, July.
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