LIFE DOP (Demonstrative mOdel of circular economy Process in a high quality dairy industry) is an Italian project – co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union- based in Mantua District and aims to demonstrate a new production model for Grana Padano PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) and Parmigiano Reggiano PDO, able to reduce the environmental impacts of production and GHG emission, in particular through the correct management of slurry, the efficient use of digestate in the field, the production of renewable fertilizers for export to non-intensive livestock areas, the production of low impact feed and the optimization of the management of stables and of dairy processing.