The growing attention to sustainability issues and awareness of their connection between all the actors in a production chain, are pushing companies to understand that only through full engagement across the entire supply chain can inefficiencies, risks, and environmental impacts be reduced, creating value, including economic value, from a sustainable development perspective. This is why the circularity of production processes, also encouraged by regulations, is emerging as an influential driving force for sustainability, both in scientific studies and among emerging businesses.

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A great potential, therefore, capable of helping manufacturing companies optimize their sustainability performance.
With LIFE MUSCLES the Circular Supply Chain Management: a model that rethinks the entire mussel production chain for reduce waste, recycle materials and generate value for all stakeholders involved.

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A circular supply chain for mussel farming It is made up of actors who are aware of the fact that change can only work if each actor plays his partIn addition to the actions of mussel farmers, local authorities are key players because, thanks to their political guidance role, they can promote the principles of the circular economy through waste management companies that collect, treat, and dispose of municipal solid waste. They can also mobilize financial support for the transition to a circular economy at the local and regional levels. However, a list of potentially interested actors includes: mussel farmers (also in consortia), administrators local and regional, producers of raw materials necessary (socks, equipment, fuel), consumers, transporters and finally waste disposal companies.

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It is in the general interest that everyone is involved, each with their own role.

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We've created a video describing its principles and objectives. Watch it here:

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The components involved in the production process:

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