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University of Trento

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Published: 18 January 2021 in Sustainability
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(1) Background: The application of concepts linked to the circular economy (CE) has led to a sudden development of studies in numerous fields. However, the level of environmental sustainability of CE strategies could be improved and this topic deserves more attention by the scientific community. This research addresses this gap and aims at presenting a new concept, named circular ecology (CEL), and its application to the field of waste management. (2) Methods: The paper presents a literature review on the criticalities of CE and on examples of studies that implement the CEL principles. (3) Results: The review highlights that CEL principles are widely applied to several fields of waste management, showing promising opportunities to export the results to other geographical contexts. (4) Conclusions: If supported by governments, CEL approaches may allow solving multiple environmental problems at once, with clear economic, time, resources, and emission savings.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon. From Circular Economy to Circular Ecology: A Review on the Solution of Environmental Problems through Circular Waste Management Approaches. Sustainability 2021, 13, 925 .

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Luca Adami, Marco Schiavon. From Circular Economy to Circular Ecology: A Review on the Solution of Environmental Problems through Circular Waste Management Approaches. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):925.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon. 2021. "From Circular Economy to Circular Ecology: A Review on the Solution of Environmental Problems through Circular Waste Management Approaches." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 925.

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Published: 18 January 2021 in Environment, Development and Sustainability
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Due to the high density of users hosted everyday, public buildings are important producers of waste and emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Public restrooms play an underrated role in waste generation and GHG emissions, especially if paper towels are used as the hand-drying method. The choice of the hand-drying method (i.e., paper towels vs. electrical hand dryers) also affects the economic balance of a public institution, involving costs for the purchase of hand-drying materials/apparatuses, energy and waste disposal. The present paper aims at evaluating the economic and environmental impact of the introduction of electrical hand dryers (alternative scenario) in place of paper towels (reference scenario) in a public building. The paper presents a solid methodology, based on a numerical experiment approach, to identify a decision criterion for establishing the economical convenience of adopting the alternative scenario in public restrooms. Key factors affecting the choice between the proposed alternatives are presented and discussed in a dedicated sensitivity analysis. From the environmental point of view, this study evaluates the impact of each scenario in terms of GHG emissions, related to multiple waste treatment options and different electric grid mixes. Based on the experimental assumptions, the method allowed concluding that the alternative scenario becomes economically convenient when the number of daily usages (N) is > 57 ± 4. The environmental convenience of the alternative scenario is visible even at N < 10. The method here described can be successfully used to support strategic decisions for cost optimization and environmental mitigation in institutional buildings.

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Graziano Coller; Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi. Environmental and economic sustainability in public contexts: the impact of hand-drying options on waste management, carbon emissions and operating costs. Environment, Development and Sustainability 2021, 1 -18.

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Graziano Coller, Marco Schiavon, Marco Ragazzi. Environmental and economic sustainability in public contexts: the impact of hand-drying options on waste management, carbon emissions and operating costs. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-18.

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Graziano Coller; Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi. 2021. "Environmental and economic sustainability in public contexts: the impact of hand-drying options on waste management, carbon emissions and operating costs." Environment, Development and Sustainability , no. : 1-18.

Journal article
Published: 02 September 2020 in Waste Management
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The management of food waste has been considered an extremely important issue since the 1990s but finding efficient solutions for small and rural communities is still challenging. Anaerobic digestion (AD) may provide interesting opportunities in terms of carbon emissions and economic payback in the long term, but the choice of the correct technology and the spatial scale requires attention. The focus of this study is on a small rural municipality, which is selected as a case study to assess the environmental and economic sustainability of the application of two options for AD (a conventional and an alternative wet process) and two spatial scales (municipality and a consortium of municipalities). Both the AD configurations are examined in terms of biogas exploitation, through a combined heat and power generator, and in combination with a post-composting stage of the digestate. From economic and environmental perspectives, the consortium-scale application of the conventional wet process is expected to generate greater benefits in the long term, as it enables 80% more electric energy production and economic revenues/savings, and avoids carbon emissions. However, before selecting the technology, decision makers should consider the public acceptance of local communities (e.g., the susceptibility to the “not-in-my-backyard” syndrome), as the best technical-economical solution may not be the most appropriate to specific communities. The methodology developed in this paper and the discussion of the results will inform decision makers about how to identify the most appropriate alternative for their purposes.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta; Luca Costa; Elena Cristina Rada. Evaluation of conventional and alternative anaerobic digestion technologies for applications to small and rural communities. Waste Management 2020, 118, 79 -89.

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Luca Adami, Marco Schiavon, Vincenzo Torretta, Luca Costa, Elena Cristina Rada. Evaluation of conventional and alternative anaerobic digestion technologies for applications to small and rural communities. Waste Management. 2020; 118 ():79-89.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta; Luca Costa; Elena Cristina Rada. 2020. "Evaluation of conventional and alternative anaerobic digestion technologies for applications to small and rural communities." Waste Management 118, no. : 79-89.

Journal article
Published: 09 August 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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In the last decades, the considerable improvements made on the mitigation of the environmental impacts from waste-to-energy (WtE) plants have let heavy metals emerge as the most concerning pollutants emitted from this sector. Heavy metals include a broad spectrum of compounds with very different toxicological effects on human health. However, in the European Union (EU), the current legislation does not consider the specific health effects of each heavy metal. In fact, with the only exception of mercury, the legislation sets an aggregated emission limit value for cadmium and thallium and an aggregated emission limit value for eight metals including total chromium (Cr). This simplification becomes even more critical when considering that total Cr includes hexavalent Cr (Cr VI), whose cancer potency is higher than other metals by > 2 orders of magnitude. The aim of this paper is to highlight and solve this critical legislation gap, and propose an innovative way to manage the emissions of Cr VI at the stack of waste incinerators. By analyzing the case study of a waste gasifier, the paper demonstrates that Cr VI to total Cr ratios higher than 10% may contribute to more than 95% of the total cancer risk in the nearby territory. In the view of cleaner strategies for energy production and waste management, a Cr VI concentration limit value of 0.005 mg/Nm3 at the stack level could be assumed in a first discussion phase to reduce the potential impacts from WtE plants.

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Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta. A regulatory strategy for the emission control of hexavalent chromium from waste-to-energy plants. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 278, 123415 .

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Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Schiavon, Vincenzo Torretta. A regulatory strategy for the emission control of hexavalent chromium from waste-to-energy plants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 278 ():123415.

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Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta. 2020. "A regulatory strategy for the emission control of hexavalent chromium from waste-to-energy plants." Journal of Cleaner Production 278, no. : 123415.

Journal article
Published: 22 July 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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The literature on municipal solid waste in relation to COVID-19 is scarce. Based on the experience of Italy, the present article contributes to the strategies aimed at preventing a second virus outbreak. In fact, the mismanagement of municipal solid waste could undermine the strategies during the ease of the lockdown. During the SARS-COV-2 outbreak in Italy, there was a general decrease in the selective collection rate (−15% in one municipality with a well-developed door-to-door collection system). Delays in the publication of guidelines on waste management impacted on the safety of the operators collecting potentially infected waste. Contrarily to expectations, single-use masks and gloves do not have significant impact on waste management, accounting for <1% of the residual municipal solid waste collected annually. However, the dispersion of abandoned masks and gloves outside indoor environments is creating environmental problems. Recommendations on waste management and the protection of waste operators are discussed. Finally, guidelines on the most appropriate waste treatment are presented and analyzed. The results presented in this article show that the MSW management sector has found useful solutions to tackle COVID-19; however, these solutions are not being shared sufficiently. The case study analyzed in the present work could help define strategies for preventing or controlling similar future epidemics or pandemic episodes.

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Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon. Municipal solid waste management during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak and lockdown ease: Lessons from Italy. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 745, 141159 -141159.

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Marco Ragazzi, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Schiavon. Municipal solid waste management during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak and lockdown ease: Lessons from Italy. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 745 ():141159-141159.

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Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon. 2020. "Municipal solid waste management during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak and lockdown ease: Lessons from Italy." Science of The Total Environment 745, no. : 141159-141159.

Journal article
Published: 22 June 2020 in Sustainability
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The optimization of municipal solid waste management requires the re-organization of niche sectors too. The sector of the university is not fully explored from the scientific point of view. The creation of networks among universities in order to face this issue allows an exchange of expertise also at an international level as demonstrated in this article, by three case studies: two Italian (University of Trento and University of Insubria) and one Russian (Ural Federal University) universities. This study highlights the pros and cons of each university in terms of waste management. Specifically, setting up communication campaigns, standard procedures, monitoring actions, pricing strategies that incentivize selective collection, and improving the collaboration within the university community are identified as crucial initiatives. The margins of improvement of the three universities analyzed are favored by the composition of the generated waste. The implementation of good practices can give economic advantages to the universities, besides improving their level of sustainability.

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Elena Cristina Rada; Elena Romenovna Magaril; Marco Schiavon; Anzhelika Karaeva; Maxim Chashchin; Vincenzo Torretta. MSW Management in Universities: Sharing Best Practices. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5084 .

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Elena Cristina Rada, Elena Romenovna Magaril, Marco Schiavon, Anzhelika Karaeva, Maxim Chashchin, Vincenzo Torretta. MSW Management in Universities: Sharing Best Practices. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):5084.

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Elena Cristina Rada; Elena Romenovna Magaril; Marco Schiavon; Anzhelika Karaeva; Maxim Chashchin; Vincenzo Torretta. 2020. "MSW Management in Universities: Sharing Best Practices." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5084.

Journal article
Published: 09 June 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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The combustion of wood-based biomass for domestic heating, which is common in rural and mountainous regions of Europe, entails significant local impacts on air quality. Worse conditions occur in low-income countries where the use of coal in household stoves is a common practice. The present paper aims at demonstrating that the combination of waste-to-energy (WtE) plants (based on direct or indirect waste combustion technologies) and direct electric heating (DEH) would be beneficial to reduce air pollution and, meanwhile, optimize the local waste management. Specifically, a WtE plant powering a DEH network will be compared with two reference scenarios of domestic heating: the use of wood/pellet stoves and coal stoves. The results show that shifting to a DEH system, powered by the nearby WtE plant, would reduce the emissions of total suspended particles, NOx, CO, VOCs, dioxins, PAHs and heavy metals by >99%, 27%, 97%, 96%, 93%, 94% and 32%, respectively, with respect to the use of solid fuel in household stoves. In addition, the higher degree of atmospheric dispersion of the off-gas from the stack of the WtE plant is expected to further reduce the impacts in terms of air quality, as estimated by an approach based on the concept of dilution factors. The avoided transportation of waste to other waste facilities outside the region would reduce the greenhouse gas emissions with respect to coal combustion and biomass burning, by 63% and 3%, respectively. The integration of local WtE and DEH could be also “mild”, opening to scenarios that could improve the local air quality without renouncing totally to the habits of domestic wood combustion in mountainous regions. Mild-DEH could be designed to integrate the domestic use of wood with electrical heaters, reducing fuel use and air pollution.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon; Elena Cristina Rada. Potential environmental benefits of direct electric heating powered by waste-to-energy processes as a replacement of solid-fuel combustion in semi-rural and remote areas. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 740, 140078 .

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Luca Adami, Marco Schiavon, Elena Cristina Rada. Potential environmental benefits of direct electric heating powered by waste-to-energy processes as a replacement of solid-fuel combustion in semi-rural and remote areas. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 740 ():140078.

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Luca Adami; Marco Schiavon; Elena Cristina Rada. 2020. "Potential environmental benefits of direct electric heating powered by waste-to-energy processes as a replacement of solid-fuel combustion in semi-rural and remote areas." Science of The Total Environment 740, no. : 140078.

Journal article
Published: 07 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Studies about the measurement of outdoor tobacco smoke (OTS) are limited to a few very recent studies. In many countries around the world, within public buildings, smoking is prohibited by law. However, these prohibitions often drive smokers to move to the border of the areas where smoking is forbidden, typically the entrances of buildings, in order to smoke. When many smokers stand outdoors near the entrances, a significant “wall” of smoke is generated. This condition exposes nonsmokers to smoke and contaminates the indoor environment too. Such a situation is amplified if the outdoor external area is covered. This paper presents a work carried out in a university campus, near building entrances, with the aim of studying the second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure in outdoor conditions. Measurements of particulate matter in specific environmental conditions are evaluated to estimate the OTS impacts on the students and the academic staff. The results showed that the exposure to tobacco can be very high and even comparable to values found when tests were carried out indoors, at the same distances from the smokers. A discussion about forbidding smoking near the entrances of public buildings is reported, including considerations about the environmental and public health concerns induced by SHS exposure and the smoking activity.

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Vincenzo Torretta; Athanasia Tolkou; Ioannis Katsoyiannis; Marco Schiavon. Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Effects on Human Health: Evaluation of PM10 Concentrations in the External Areas of a University Campus. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2948 .

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Vincenzo Torretta, Athanasia Tolkou, Ioannis Katsoyiannis, Marco Schiavon. Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Effects on Human Health: Evaluation of PM10 Concentrations in the External Areas of a University Campus. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2948.

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Vincenzo Torretta; Athanasia Tolkou; Ioannis Katsoyiannis; Marco Schiavon. 2020. "Second-Hand Smoke Exposure Effects on Human Health: Evaluation of PM10 Concentrations in the External Areas of a University Campus." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2948.

Conference paper
Published: 21 August 2019 in MATEC Web of Conferences
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) has been conventionally regarded as a global problem, due to the well-known effects of fossil fuel combustion to the climate of our planet. However, this paper aims at highlighting the role of CO2 from another perspective, i.e. by considering the effects of CO2 on the health and well-being of the occupants of indoor spaces. The exposure to CO2 air concentrations > 1,000 ppm causes symptoms like headache, dizziness, sleepiness and loss of attention, which may negatively influence the learning capability and the productivity of students and workers. In this sense, schools and universities are particularly vulnerable, due to the high density of occupants in classrooms and to the importance of the role of education in training the future members of the society. In the light of this issue, the present paper will provide examples of the incorrect design of indoor environments and, meanwhile, will propose simple solutions to monitor the problem of indoor CO2 concentration and improve the indoor environmental quality of public places.

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Marco Schiavon; Luca Adami; Elena Magaril; Marco Ragazzi. Indoor CO2: potential criticalities and solutions. MATEC Web of Conferences 2019, 290, 12026 .

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Marco Schiavon, Luca Adami, Elena Magaril, Marco Ragazzi. Indoor CO2: potential criticalities and solutions. MATEC Web of Conferences. 2019; 290 ():12026.

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Marco Schiavon; Luca Adami; Elena Magaril; Marco Ragazzi. 2019. "Indoor CO2: potential criticalities and solutions." MATEC Web of Conferences 290, no. : 12026.

Proceedings article
Published: 10 September 2018 in Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century III: The Quest for Sustainable Energy
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Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi; Graziano Coller; Navarro Ferronato; Vincenzo Torretta; Elena Cristina Rada. A METHODOLOGY TO SUPPORT DECISIONS TOWARDS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS: APPLICATION TO HAND-DRYING OPTIONS. Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century III: The Quest for Sustainable Energy 2018, 1 .

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Marco Schiavon, Marco Ragazzi, Graziano Coller, Navarro Ferronato, Vincenzo Torretta, Elena Cristina Rada. A METHODOLOGY TO SUPPORT DECISIONS TOWARDS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS: APPLICATION TO HAND-DRYING OPTIONS. Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century III: The Quest for Sustainable Energy. 2018; ():1.

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Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi; Graziano Coller; Navarro Ferronato; Vincenzo Torretta; Elena Cristina Rada. 2018. "A METHODOLOGY TO SUPPORT DECISIONS TOWARDS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC CONTEXTS: APPLICATION TO HAND-DRYING OPTIONS." Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century III: The Quest for Sustainable Energy , no. : 1.

Proceedings article
Published: 19 June 2018 in Air Pollution XXVI
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Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Elena Magaril; Vincenzo Torretta. TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AIR QUALITY AND HUMAN EXPOSURE: EXEMPLARY CASE STUDIES. Air Pollution XXVI 2018, 1 .

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Marco Schiavon, Marco Ragazzi, Elena Cristina Rada, Elena Magaril, Vincenzo Torretta. TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AIR QUALITY AND HUMAN EXPOSURE: EXEMPLARY CASE STUDIES. Air Pollution XXVI. 2018; ():1.

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Marco Schiavon; Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Elena Magaril; Vincenzo Torretta. 2018. "TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF AIR QUALITY AND HUMAN EXPOSURE: EXEMPLARY CASE STUDIES." Air Pollution XXVI , no. : 1.

Proceedings article
Published: 01 January 2018 in TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES18
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Nowadays the global tourism growth has caused a significant interest in research focused on the impact of the tourism on environment and community. The purpose of this study is to introduce a new ranking for the classification of tourist accommodation establishments with the functions of agro-tourism boarding house type by examining the sector of agro-tourism based on a research aimed to improve the economic, socio-cultural and environmental performance of agrotourism structures. This paper links the criteria for the classification of agro-tourism boarding houses (ABHs) to the impact of agro-tourism activities on the environment, enhancing an eco-friendly approach on agro-tourism activities by increasing the quality reputation of the agro-tourism products and services. Taking into account the impact on the environment, agrotourism can play an important role by protecting and conserving it.

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L. I. Cioca; R. Giurea; I. Precazzini; M. Ragazzi; M. I. Achim; M. Schiavon; E. C. Rada. Agro-tourism and ranking. TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES18 2018, 1968, 020022 .

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L. I. Cioca, R. Giurea, I. Precazzini, M. Ragazzi, M. I. Achim, M. Schiavon, E. C. Rada. Agro-tourism and ranking. TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES18. 2018; 1968 (1):020022.

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L. I. Cioca; R. Giurea; I. Precazzini; M. Ragazzi; M. I. Achim; M. Schiavon; E. C. Rada. 2018. "Agro-tourism and ranking." TECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY: TMREES18 1968, no. 1: 020022.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Environmental Pollution
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The complaints arising from the problem of odorants released by composting plants may impede the construction of new composting facilities, preclude the proper activity of existing facilities or even lead to their closure, with negative implications for waste management and local economy. Improving the knowledge on VOC emissions from composting processes is of particular importance since different VOCs imply different odour impacts. To this purpose, three different organic matrices were studied in this work: dewatered sewage sludge (M1), digested organic fraction of municipal solid waste (M2) and untreated food waste (M3). The three matrices were aerobically biodegraded in a bench-scale bioreactor simulating composting conditions. A homemade device sampled the process air from each treatment at defined time intervals. The samples were analysed for VOC detection. The information on the concentrations of the detected VOCs was combined with the VOC-specific odour thresholds to estimate the relative weight of each biodegraded matrix in terms of odour impact. When the odour formation was at its maximum, the waste gas from the composting of M3 showed a total odour concentration about 60 and 15,000 times higher than those resulting from the composting of M1 and M2, respectively. Ethyl isovalerate showed the highest contribution to the total odour concentration (>99%). Terpenes (α-pinene, β-pinene, p-cymene and limonene) were abundantly present in M2 and M3, while sulphides (dimethyl sulphide and dimethyl disulphide) were the dominant components of M1.

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Marco Schiavon; Luca Matteo Martini; Cesare Corrà; Marco Scapinello; Graziano Coller; Paolo Tosi; Marco Ragazzi. Characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by the composting of different waste matrices. Environmental Pollution 2017, 231, 845 -853.

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Marco Schiavon, Luca Matteo Martini, Cesare Corrà, Marco Scapinello, Graziano Coller, Paolo Tosi, Marco Ragazzi. Characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by the composting of different waste matrices. Environmental Pollution. 2017; 231 ():845-853.

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Marco Schiavon; Luca Matteo Martini; Cesare Corrà; Marco Scapinello; Graziano Coller; Paolo Tosi; Marco Ragazzi. 2017. "Characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by the composting of different waste matrices." Environmental Pollution 231, no. : 845-853.

Review
Published: 21 September 2017 in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) cause global and local impacts, resulting in environmental, health, and economic adverse effects. Industrial and waste management activities are the main anthropogenic stationary sources of VOCs in the atmosphere. The traditional technologies for the treatment of VOC-contaminated air present several limitations when treating effluents with low VOC concentrations, high airflow rate, and with compounds with low solubility in water. However, a novel technology, based on non-thermal plasmas (NTPs) and catalysis, has shown promising results in air purification. In this framework, after an initial overview on NTP-catalysis principles, this review presents and discusses 20 recent papers, with a threefold purpose: evaluating the most recent applications of NTP and NTP-catalysis reactors to the treatment of air-VOC mixtures, analyzing all the parameters that may influence the abatement efficiency and the by-product formation, and providing the reader with insights into the choice of the preferable configurations to use, based on the effluent type and the destination of the treated air. As a result of this review, NTPs may represent a promising option for indoor air treatment, especially because of the lower expected byproduct formation when treating low-concentrated VOC mixtures with relatively low air flow rates. If the target is the abatement of higher VOC concentrations, the higher energy efficiency obtainable in such conditions makes NTP-catalysis a cost-effective option for industrial applications. In addition, the formation of simpler and more soluble by-products makes NTPs a suitable technology for air pretreatment upstream of water-based removal technologies, such as absorption columns and biofilters.

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Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta; Andrea Casazza; Marco Ragazzi. Non-thermal Plasma as an Innovative Option for the Abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds: a Review. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2017, 228, 388 .

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Marco Schiavon, Vincenzo Torretta, Andrea Casazza, Marco Ragazzi. Non-thermal Plasma as an Innovative Option for the Abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds: a Review. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2017; 228 (10):388.

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Marco Schiavon; Vincenzo Torretta; Andrea Casazza; Marco Ragazzi. 2017. "Non-thermal Plasma as an Innovative Option for the Abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds: a Review." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 228, no. 10: 388.

Conference paper
Published: 20 September 2017 in Energy and Sustainability VII
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Marco Schiavon; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Ragazzi; Lucian-Ionel Cioca; Vincenzo Torretta. ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES OF TREATMENT PLANTS GENERATING BIOMETHANE FROM FOOD WASTE. Energy and Sustainability VII 2017, 1 .

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Marco Schiavon, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Ragazzi, Lucian-Ionel Cioca, Vincenzo Torretta. ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES OF TREATMENT PLANTS GENERATING BIOMETHANE FROM FOOD WASTE. Energy and Sustainability VII. 2017; ():1.

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Marco Schiavon; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Ragazzi; Lucian-Ionel Cioca; Vincenzo Torretta. 2017. "ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES OF TREATMENT PLANTS GENERATING BIOMETHANE FROM FOOD WASTE." Energy and Sustainability VII , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 20 September 2017 in Energy and Sustainability VII
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Welcome to the WIT Press eLibrary - the home of the Transactions of the Wessex Institute collection, providing on-line access to papers presented at the Institute's prestigious international conferences and from its State-of-the-Art in Science & Engineering publications.

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Marco Ragazzi; Marco Schiavon. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF UPGRADING COMPOSTING TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND POST-COMPOSTING. Energy and Sustainability VII 2017, 1 .

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Marco Ragazzi, Marco Schiavon. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF UPGRADING COMPOSTING TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND POST-COMPOSTING. Energy and Sustainability VII. 2017; ():1.

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Marco Ragazzi; Marco Schiavon. 2017. "TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF UPGRADING COMPOSTING TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND POST-COMPOSTING." Energy and Sustainability VII , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Unsteady loading rates can affect the proper operation of a biofilter. In addition, biofiltration is known to be less effective when dealing with poorly soluble substances, like some volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A non-thermal plasma (NTP) produced with a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was studied as an option to pre-treat an air stream contaminated by a mixture of VOCs. Therefore, the plasma reactor was operated upstream of a laboratory-scale biofilter. Air admixed with toluene, n-heptane, p-xylene, ethylbenzene and benzene with average concentrations of 95.6, 49.4, 60.8, 47.3 and 36.6 ppm, respectively, was used as a model polluted gas, as these contaminants represent the air stripped by an oil-refinery wastewater treatment plant. Peaks of loading rates at the inlet of the biofilter were simulated by the increase of the flow rates of VOCs. The operation of NTP, with specific energy densities between 92 J∙L-1 and 256 J∙L-1 allowed reducing the VOC concentrations down to the level of optimal biofilter operation. In addition, non-water soluble VOCs were converted to more soluble compounds by the plasma treatment. In this first attempt to investigate the synergies between NTP and biofiltration, NTP reveals as a promising option to pre-treat effluents upstream of biofilters for optimized operation

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Marco Schiavon; Milko Schiorlin; Vincenzo Torretta; Ronny Brandenburg; Marco Ragazzi. Non-thermal plasma assisting the biofiltration of volatile organic compounds. Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 148, 498 -508.

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Marco Schiavon, Milko Schiorlin, Vincenzo Torretta, Ronny Brandenburg, Marco Ragazzi. Non-thermal plasma assisting the biofiltration of volatile organic compounds. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017; 148 ():498-508.

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Marco Schiavon; Milko Schiorlin; Vincenzo Torretta; Ronny Brandenburg; Marco Ragazzi. 2017. "Non-thermal plasma assisting the biofiltration of volatile organic compounds." Journal of Cleaner Production 148, no. : 498-508.

Review
Published: 01 February 2017 in Safety Science
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He transport of hazardous materials represents a significant percentage of the total transportation costs of goods. Hazardous materials (HazMats) comprise explosives, flammables, oxidizing substances, poisonous gases, and radioactive materials. These materials can be extremely harmful to the environment and human health, since exposure to their toxic ingredients can injure or kill plants, animals, and humans. The hazards associated with HazMat transportation cannot be avoided because commodities will always need to be transported to areas of need. The risk associated with transporting a HazMat depends not only on the substance being transported, but also on the characteristics of the road network such as road type, weather conditions, drivers’ skills, and population concentration along the chosen routes. The risk associated with such an activity is essentially related to the possibility of an accident with negative environmental and public health consequences. Reducing the potential negative impacts of transporting HazMat is an important task for communities, governments, HazMat producers and shippers. Over the last few decades, systems have been developed to help decision-makers find the best solutions. Typically, the software used is a decision support system. This paper is a review on the experiences of using such systems over the last few years

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Vincenzo Torretta; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon; Paolo Viotti. Decision support systems for assessing risks involved in transporting hazardous materials: A review. Safety Science 2017, 92, 1 -9.

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Vincenzo Torretta, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Schiavon, Paolo Viotti. Decision support systems for assessing risks involved in transporting hazardous materials: A review. Safety Science. 2017; 92 ():1-9.

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Vincenzo Torretta; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Schiavon; Paolo Viotti. 2017. "Decision support systems for assessing risks involved in transporting hazardous materials: A review." Safety Science 92, no. : 1-9.

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Published: 31 October 2016 in Pollution and the Atmosphere
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Simona Ciuta; Marco Schiavon; Alessandro Chistè; Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Tubino; Adrian Badea; Tiberiu Apostol. Chapter 2 Role of Feedstock Transport in the Balance of Primary PM Emissions in Two Case-Studies: RMSW Incineration vs. Sintering Plant. Pollution and the Atmosphere 2016, 13 -24.

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Simona Ciuta, Marco Schiavon, Alessandro Chistè, Marco Ragazzi, Elena Cristina Rada, Marco Tubino, Adrian Badea, Tiberiu Apostol. Chapter 2 Role of Feedstock Transport in the Balance of Primary PM Emissions in Two Case-Studies: RMSW Incineration vs. Sintering Plant. Pollution and the Atmosphere. 2016; ():13-24.

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Simona Ciuta; Marco Schiavon; Alessandro Chistè; Marco Ragazzi; Elena Cristina Rada; Marco Tubino; Adrian Badea; Tiberiu Apostol. 2016. "Chapter 2 Role of Feedstock Transport in the Balance of Primary PM Emissions in Two Case-Studies: RMSW Incineration vs. Sintering Plant." Pollution and the Atmosphere , no. : 13-24.

Journal article
Published: 31 August 2016 in International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning
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Marco Schiavon; M. Schiorlin; V. Torretta; M. Ragazzi; E.C. Rada. Biofiltration combined with non-thermal plasma for air pollution control: a preliminary investigation. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 2016, 11, 627 -635.

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Marco Schiavon, M. Schiorlin, V. Torretta, M. Ragazzi, E.C. Rada. Biofiltration combined with non-thermal plasma for air pollution control: a preliminary investigation. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning. 2016; 11 (4):627-635.

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Marco Schiavon; M. Schiorlin; V. Torretta; M. Ragazzi; E.C. Rada. 2016. "Biofiltration combined with non-thermal plasma for air pollution control: a preliminary investigation." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 11, no. 4: 627-635.