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Prof. Giovanni De Feo
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy

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Associate Professor of Sanitary–Environmental Engineering who currently teaches Industrial Ecology in the master’s degree course in Chemical Engineering and Management Engineering of the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Salerno. His main research topics are: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); solid waste management, treatment and disposal; management, treatment and disposal of wastewater. He is the creator and promoter of the Greenopoli environmental education and dissemination project (www.greenopoli.it) which since December 2014 has involved more than 300 schools and more than fifty thousand students. In 2018 he received the Italian Environmentalist Award of the Year—the Luisa Minazzi award.

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Published: 27 July 2021 in Science of The Total Environment
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Despite providing important ecological functions, seagrass accumulation causes environmental and economic issues, including eutrophication and tourism reduction. Nowadays, seagrass wrack is commonly removed from the beaches and landfilled, which is considered the least desirable practice according to the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive In this study, different management strategies for seagrass valorisation, including anaerobic digestion (AD), composting and ecological restoration, were considered using a life cycle assessment (LCA) perspective. The aim of the work was to evaluate more ecological and economic alternatives to landfill and to provide a robust evaluation method for public and private companies. An economic assessment was subsequently conducted, considering both direct and indirect impacts with a life cycle costing (LCC) approach. A selected beach located in the Northeast Mediterranean Sea was considered as a relevant case-study. The environmental impacts of the seagrass management scenarios were evaluated with the method ReCiPe 2016H, using both midpoint and endpoint levels. LCA results showed that ecological restoration and AD were the best alternatives in terms of environmental performances because of biogas production used as a renewable energy source. The impacts of the alternative management strategies were significantly lower than the current landfill strategy, -70% considering the categories of human health, ecosystems and resources, and -95% considering global warming potential category. The LCC analysis proved that composting was the best alternative (NPV > 1.27 M€), due to lower operating costs and higher fertilizer value. The obtained results can help beach management companies and public administrations to select the best operational strategies to reduce the environmental and economic impact of seagrass collection and treatment.

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Matia Mainardis; Francesca Magnolo; Carmen Ferrara; Charlene Vance; Gloria Misson; Giovanni De Feo; Stijn Speelman; Fionnuala Murphy; Daniele Goi. Alternative seagrass wrack management practices in the circular bioeconomy framework: A life cycle assessment approach. Science of The Total Environment 2021, 798, 149283 .

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Matia Mainardis, Francesca Magnolo, Carmen Ferrara, Charlene Vance, Gloria Misson, Giovanni De Feo, Stijn Speelman, Fionnuala Murphy, Daniele Goi. Alternative seagrass wrack management practices in the circular bioeconomy framework: A life cycle assessment approach. Science of The Total Environment. 2021; 798 ():149283.

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Matia Mainardis; Francesca Magnolo; Carmen Ferrara; Charlene Vance; Gloria Misson; Giovanni De Feo; Stijn Speelman; Fionnuala Murphy; Daniele Goi. 2021. "Alternative seagrass wrack management practices in the circular bioeconomy framework: A life cycle assessment approach." Science of The Total Environment 798, no. : 149283.

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Published: 15 July 2021 in Recycling
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Due to the serious problem of plastic pollution in aquatic environment, many people reject plastic packaging in favour of glass containers which are considered more sustainable. To avoid misjudgements, the sustainability assessment of packaging alternatives should be carried out with a life cycle thinking approach. In this regard, the study presents a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of two alternative packaging systems for drinking water: reusable glass bottles and polyethylene (PET) bottles. The case study was performed considering the real data of an Italian mineral water company that bottles and distributes both natural and sparkling water. The environmental impacts of the two packaging systems were estimated with the ReCiPe 2016 (H) evaluation method adopting both midpoint and endpoint approaches. The results showed that the PET bottle is the most sustainable alternative for natural water for many impact categories; while, in the case of sparkling water, the environmental impacts of the two packaging systems are similar and the most environmentally sound solution can vary depending on the impact category. The following are the most significant aspects of the analysis: (1) the number of reuses of a single glass bottle; (2) the distribution distance. Their variation can determine which packaging is the most sustainable. Therefore, a life cycle assessment approach is needed for each specific case.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo; Vincenza Picone. LCA of Glass Versus PET Mineral Water Bottles: An Italian Case Study. Recycling 2021, 6, 50 .

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Carmen Ferrara, Giovanni De Feo, Vincenza Picone. LCA of Glass Versus PET Mineral Water Bottles: An Italian Case Study. Recycling. 2021; 6 (3):50.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo; Vincenza Picone. 2021. "LCA of Glass Versus PET Mineral Water Bottles: An Italian Case Study." Recycling 6, no. 3: 50.

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Published: 06 June 2021 in Detritus
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The industrial processing of tomato leads to substantial amounts of residues, typically known as tomato pomace or by-products, which can represent as much as 10% by weight of fresh tomatoes. At present, these residues are either used as feedstock for animals or, in the worst case, disposed of in landfills. This represents a significant waste because tomato pomace contains high-value compounds like lycopene, a powerful antioxidant, cutin, which can be used as a starting material for biopolymers, and pectin, a gelling agent. This article presents an overview of technologies that valorize tomato by-products by recovering added-value compounds as well as generating fuel for energy production. These technologies include operations for extraction, separation, and exploitation of lycopene, cutin and pectin, as well as the processes for conversion of the solid residues to fuels. Data collected from the review has been used to develop a biorefinery scheme with the related mass flow balance, for a scenario involving the tomato supply chain of Regione Campania in Italy, using tomato by-products as feedstock.

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Marcello Casa; Michele Miccio; Giovanni De Feo; Andrea Paulillo; Roberto Chirone; Dalia Paulillo; Paola Lettieri; Riccardo Chirone. A brief overview on valorization of industrial tomato by-products using the biorefinery cascade approach. Detritus 2021, 31 -39.

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Marcello Casa, Michele Miccio, Giovanni De Feo, Andrea Paulillo, Roberto Chirone, Dalia Paulillo, Paola Lettieri, Riccardo Chirone. A brief overview on valorization of industrial tomato by-products using the biorefinery cascade approach. Detritus. 2021; (15):31-39.

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Marcello Casa; Michele Miccio; Giovanni De Feo; Andrea Paulillo; Roberto Chirone; Dalia Paulillo; Paola Lettieri; Riccardo Chirone. 2021. "A brief overview on valorization of industrial tomato by-products using the biorefinery cascade approach." Detritus , no. 15: 31-39.

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Published: 26 April 2021 in Sustainability
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The main aim of the study was to assess the environmental performance, through the application of the life cycle assessment, of a recycled paper production process focusing on the energy aspect. The production process occurred in a paper mill that produces packaging paper using paper and cardboard from source separation of municipal solid waste as raw materials. Two scenarios (S1 and S2) were defined by their energy supply sources. A cogeneration (CHP) system using natural gas for the combined production of thermal and electric energy was the source in S1. The Italian electricity grid (using the Italian country mix) and a natural gas boiler were the separate sources for electric and thermal energy, respectively, in S2. Finally, in order to evaluate the environmental effects on the results of the study about the variation in the natural gas supply source, four alternative Italian import mixes (M1, M2, M3, and M4) were defined by varying the contribution of the supplier countries. The environmental impacts were evaluated with ReCiPe 2016 (H) using both midpoint and endpoint approaches. The results showed that for both the scenarios, the energy consumption was the main cause of impacts mainly because of the natural gas contribution. The presence of the cogeneration (CHP) system generated significant environmental benefits compared with the use of energy provided by more conventional sources. The production and use of chemicals as well as the disposal of waste produced during the paper production were other environmental hotspots. The variation in the composition of the Italian import mix of natural gas, in terms of the supplier country’s contribution, had a significant influence on the results. The import of natural gas from Russia was the most impactful option. Since Russia is the country that contributes to the Italian import mix the most, in the next years, the use of natural gas in Italy could become increasingly impactful. Therefore, the replacement of natural gas with renewable sources is an urgent priority.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. Environmental Assessment of the Recycled Paper Production: The Effects of Energy Supply Source. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4841 .

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Carmen Ferrara, Giovanni De Feo. Environmental Assessment of the Recycled Paper Production: The Effects of Energy Supply Source. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4841.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. 2021. "Environmental Assessment of the Recycled Paper Production: The Effects of Energy Supply Source." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4841.

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Published: 01 March 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The main aim of this study was to define a procedure useful to evaluate the potential environmental, social and economic benefits contained in paper and cardboard (or other recyclables), which are wasted in the unsorted fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW). To give a practical example, the procedure was applied to the 550 municipalities of the Campania region, in Southern Italy, but the developed procedure is applicable in any context in an ‘urban mining’ perspective. The procedure consists of five phases and uses two methodologies: one for the estimation of the composition analysis of the unsorted residual waste and another for the calculation of sustainability indicators able to measure the benefits wasted in the unsorted residual MSW. Six indicators were defined: two for the environment (carbon footprint and ecological footprint), two for the society (health footprint and occupational benefits) and two for the economy (economic profit and economic saving). The first methodology was developed by the regional environmental protection agency to update the MSW regional management plan. The second methodology is based on the use of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) through which it was possible to calculate the reference parameters useful for the calculation of the impacts (i.e., loss of benefits) for recycling, mechanical and biological treatment (MBT), incineration and landfilling of paper and cardboard contained in the unsorted residual waste. The obtained results confirmed the presence of such an enormous deposit of recyclable materials contained in the unsorted residual waste, which is a potential source, but not exploited, of environmental, social and economic benefits. For instance, the paper and cardboard ‘urban mine’ of Naples was greater than 16 million of euro (economic profit + economic saving), with a potential saving of around 11.4 million of kgCO2eq. (carbon footprint), 207 million of m2 (ecological footprint), 44 Disability Adjusted Life Years (health footprint), with a creation of 30 job positions in the waste management sector (occupational benefits).

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Giovanni De Feo; Ferdinando D’Argenio; Carmen Ferrara; Alberto Grosso. A procedure to assess the environmental, social and economic benefits wasted in the paper and cardboard fraction of the unsorted residual waste. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 296, 126566 .

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Giovanni De Feo, Ferdinando D’Argenio, Carmen Ferrara, Alberto Grosso. A procedure to assess the environmental, social and economic benefits wasted in the paper and cardboard fraction of the unsorted residual waste. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 296 ():126566.

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Giovanni De Feo; Ferdinando D’Argenio; Carmen Ferrara; Alberto Grosso. 2021. "A procedure to assess the environmental, social and economic benefits wasted in the paper and cardboard fraction of the unsorted residual waste." Journal of Cleaner Production 296, no. : 126566.

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Published: 16 October 2020 in Sustainability
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Waste cooking oil (WCO) can be a useful secondary raw material, if properly managed. On the contrary, uncontrolled disposal generates negative environmental impacts as well as economic loss. Therefore, improving WCO recovery rate, with the cooperation of citizens and effective collection programs, is fundamental. The aim of the study was to investigate the reason for the low recovery of WCO in those areas suffering serious waste management problems such as the Campania region in Southern Italy. For this purpose, the case of a WCO collection program adopted in Angri, a town of around 34,000 people with a high population density, was studied. In 2015, the collection program was managed by a social cooperative, while, in 2016, after the change of the local government, the collection of WCO was entrusted to a private company. In 2015, the households’ participation in the collection program was surveyed through a structured questionnaire. The results revealed that the collection of WCO was practiced by 53% of the respondents. Among those not collecting WCO, 76% of the sample wrongly disposed of WCO in their home (kitchen or toilet). Misinformation was the main reason why they did not adhere to the collection program. Therefore, it was suggested to support information and environmental education campaigns to promote environmental awareness of citizens. Unfortunately, the change of management, together with serious problems in the collection of municipal waste in the whole region, due to the continuous closures of the mechanical and biological plants, produced a sharp decline in the collection from 7730 kg in 2015 to an average of 3800 kg for the period 2016–2019, with a loss of more than 15,000 kg of WCO wrongly disposed with consequent environmental and economic damage. Therefore, information and awareness campaigns are important but the form of entrusting the collection service is equally important, especially in areas with long-standing waste management problems.

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Giovanni De Feo; Aurelio Di Domenico; Carmen Ferrara; Salvatore Abate; Libero Sesti Osseo. Evolution of Waste Cooking Oil Collection in an Area with Long-Standing Waste Management Problems. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8578 .

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Giovanni De Feo, Aurelio Di Domenico, Carmen Ferrara, Salvatore Abate, Libero Sesti Osseo. Evolution of Waste Cooking Oil Collection in an Area with Long-Standing Waste Management Problems. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (20):8578.

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Giovanni De Feo; Aurelio Di Domenico; Carmen Ferrara; Salvatore Abate; Libero Sesti Osseo. 2020. "Evolution of Waste Cooking Oil Collection in an Area with Long-Standing Waste Management Problems." Sustainability 12, no. 20: 8578.

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Published: 01 July 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Glass is the most commonly used packaging for wine worldwide. However, one of the main causes of environmental impacts of the wine life cycle is the production of glass bottles due to the high incidence of its weight and the consequent huge consumption of energy for its production. Using lighter packaging alternatives (such as bag-in-box, aseptic carton or PET bottles) significantly decreases the environmental impact of the wine life cycle. In Italy, there is widespread scepticism towards wine bottled in alternative packaging. For this reason, this study presents a preliminary survey addressed to a sample of 1000 wine consumers to explore their attitudes and willingness to purchase wine in packaging alternatives that are more sustainable than glass bottles. The results show how most of the respondents (91%) are not willing to consider packaging alternatives for wine and want to buy only wine packaged in glass bottles mainly because they consider alternative packaging not suitable. Despite this, about 62% of them state that they would be willing to re-evaluate the purchase of wine in alternative packaging after being informed that, for most wines, the quality of the wine does not change in alternative packaging and that by using them the wine sustainability could improve. This last sample fraction drinks a little (less than one wine glass a day); their buying choices are affected by neither the main wine features (such as producer company, country of origin and information on label) nor those of the glass bottle (such as weight, colour, and shape). Therefore, this preliminary study has identified and characterized a less traditionalists wine consumer fraction that, therefore, could change their mind regarding the purchasing of wine in alternative packaging. This result shows that these consumers could be favourable towards a greater presence of wine in alternative packaging on the market. This could be a useful hint for wine producers who want to differentiate themselves from competitors by using alternative packaging and gaining interesting market niches.

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Carmen Ferrara; Veronica Zigarelli; Giovanni De Feo. Attitudes of a sample of consumers towards more sustainable wine packaging alternatives. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 271, 122581 .

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Carmen Ferrara, Veronica Zigarelli, Giovanni De Feo. Attitudes of a sample of consumers towards more sustainable wine packaging alternatives. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 271 ():122581.

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Carmen Ferrara; Veronica Zigarelli; Giovanni De Feo. 2020. "Attitudes of a sample of consumers towards more sustainable wine packaging alternatives." Journal of Cleaner Production 271, no. : 122581.

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Published: 05 June 2020 in Sustainability
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This study is a critical review of the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to lithium ion batteries in the automotive sector. The aim of this study is to identify the crucial points of the analysis and the results achieved until now in this field. In the first part of the study, a selection of papers is reviewed. In the second part of the study, a methodological approach to LCA is adopted to make clear the strengths and weaknesses of this analysis method. The lack of primary data is a crucial concern. Even if the cradle-to-grave approach is the most chosen system boundary, further scientific contribution to the life cycle inventory phase is necessary. It is likely that the more the electric vehicle becomes widespread, the more data will be accessible. Many authors have not specified the chemistry of the used batteries (5% of the studies), the software tool used (30%) or the functional unit used (17%) and, consequently, their obtained results can be questionable. However, even with the aforementioned limitations, the performed review allows us to point out the potential of electric vehicles and lithium ion batteries to reduce the overall contribution of the transportation sector to GHG emissions.

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Rosario Tolomeo; Giovanni De Feo; Renata Adami; Libero Sesti Osséo. Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Lithium Ion Batteries in the Automotive Sector. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4628 .

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Rosario Tolomeo, Giovanni De Feo, Renata Adami, Libero Sesti Osséo. Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Lithium Ion Batteries in the Automotive Sector. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (11):4628.

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Rosario Tolomeo; Giovanni De Feo; Renata Adami; Libero Sesti Osséo. 2020. "Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Lithium Ion Batteries in the Automotive Sector." Sustainability 12, no. 11: 4628.

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Published: 06 May 2020 in Clinical and Molecular Allergy
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Background Urticaria is a disorder affecting skin and mucosal tissues characterized by the occurrence of wheals, angioedema or both, the latter defining the urticaria-angioedema syndrome. It is estimated that 12–22% of the general population has suffered at least one subtype of urticaria during life, but only a small percentage (estimated at 7.6–16%) has acute urticaria, because it is usually self-limited and resolves spontaneously without requiring medical attention. This makes likely that its incidence is underestimated. The epidemiological data currently available on chronic urticaria in many cases are deeply discordant and not univocal, but a recent Italian study, based on the consultation of a national registry, reports a prevalence of chronic spontaneous urticaria of 0.02% to 0.4% and an incidence of 0.1–1.5 cases/1000 inhabitants/year. Methods We reviewed the recent international guidelines about urticaria and we described a methodologic approach based on classification, pathophysiology, impact on quality of life, diagnosis and prognosis, differential diagnosis and management of all the types of urticaria. Conclusions The aim of the present document from the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC) and the Italian Society of Allergological, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology (SIDAPA) is to provide updated information to all physicians involved in diagnosis and management of urticaria and angioedema.

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Eustachio Nettis; Caterina Foti; Marina Ambrifi; Ilaria Baiardini; Leonardo Bianchi; Alessandro Borghi; Marco Caminati; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Marco Casciaro; Laura Colli; Giselda Colombo; Monica Corazza; Antonio Cristaudo; Giulia De Feo; Ornella De Pita’; Mario Di Gioacchino; Elisabetta Di Leo; Filippo Fassio; Sebastiano Gangemi; Alessia Gatta; Katharina Hansel; Enrico Heffler; Cristoforo Incorvaia; Maddalena Napolitano; Cataldo Patruno; Silvia Peveri; Paolo Daniele Pigatto; Cristina Quecchia; Anna Radice; Giuseppe Alvise Ramirez; Paolo Romita; Franco Rongioletti; Oliviero Rossi; Eleonora Savi; Gianenrico Senna; Massimo Triggiani; Myriam Zucca; Enrico Maggi; Luca Stingeni. Urticaria: recommendations from the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and the Italian Society of Allergological, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology. Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2020, 18, 1 -19.

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Eustachio Nettis, Caterina Foti, Marina Ambrifi, Ilaria Baiardini, Leonardo Bianchi, Alessandro Borghi, Marco Caminati, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Marco Casciaro, Laura Colli, Giselda Colombo, Monica Corazza, Antonio Cristaudo, Giulia De Feo, Ornella De Pita’, Mario Di Gioacchino, Elisabetta Di Leo, Filippo Fassio, Sebastiano Gangemi, Alessia Gatta, Katharina Hansel, Enrico Heffler, Cristoforo Incorvaia, Maddalena Napolitano, Cataldo Patruno, Silvia Peveri, Paolo Daniele Pigatto, Cristina Quecchia, Anna Radice, Giuseppe Alvise Ramirez, Paolo Romita, Franco Rongioletti, Oliviero Rossi, Eleonora Savi, Gianenrico Senna, Massimo Triggiani, Myriam Zucca, Enrico Maggi, Luca Stingeni. Urticaria: recommendations from the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and the Italian Society of Allergological, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology. Clinical and Molecular Allergy. 2020; 18 (1):1-19.

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Eustachio Nettis; Caterina Foti; Marina Ambrifi; Ilaria Baiardini; Leonardo Bianchi; Alessandro Borghi; Marco Caminati; Giorgio Walter Canonica; Marco Casciaro; Laura Colli; Giselda Colombo; Monica Corazza; Antonio Cristaudo; Giulia De Feo; Ornella De Pita’; Mario Di Gioacchino; Elisabetta Di Leo; Filippo Fassio; Sebastiano Gangemi; Alessia Gatta; Katharina Hansel; Enrico Heffler; Cristoforo Incorvaia; Maddalena Napolitano; Cataldo Patruno; Silvia Peveri; Paolo Daniele Pigatto; Cristina Quecchia; Anna Radice; Giuseppe Alvise Ramirez; Paolo Romita; Franco Rongioletti; Oliviero Rossi; Eleonora Savi; Gianenrico Senna; Massimo Triggiani; Myriam Zucca; Enrico Maggi; Luca Stingeni. 2020. "Urticaria: recommendations from the Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and the Italian Society of Allergological, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology." Clinical and Molecular Allergy 18, no. 1: 1-19.

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Published: 05 March 2020 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Due to the great concern about plastic marine pollution, the demand for glass packaging has significantly increased since many people consider it more sustainable than plastic or multilayer packaging. However, evaluating the environmental impacts that occur in all life cycle phases (production, distribution, use and end of life), glass is often the worst packaging alternative. In particular, this study applied the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to compare the environmental performance of the traditional single-use glass bottle for wine with four packaging alternatives (aseptic carton, bag-in-box, refillable glass bottle and multilayer PET bottle) for the Italian market. Primary data about wine packaging systems (weight, size and composition of all components of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging), mode of transport and distribution and disposal scenarios of each packaging system component were provided by the packaging companies, Italian wineries and Italian Packaging Consortia as well as obtained from published literature and technical documents. Life cycle impacts of the wine packaging systems considered were assessed with the ReCiPe 2016 H evaluation method, adopting both midpoint and endpoint approaches. The results obtained highlighted that the most environmentally sound alternative is the bag-in-box, which is slightly better than the aseptic carton. The greater sustainability of bag-in-box and aseptic cartons was essentially due to the composition of the containers, lower packaging weight relative incidence and greater palletizing efficiency. The analysis of alternative scenarios, obtained by the variation of the three sensitive parameters identified (weight of containers, wine distribution distance and packaging disposal scenario), showed that upon decreasing the distribution distance, the environmental performances of refillable glass bottles became comparable to those of aseptic cartons and bag-in-box. These results pointed out that glass bottle reuse in Italy is a convenient alternative only when considering the local market (i.e. for drinks distribution at distances less than 100 km).

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. Comparative life cycle assessment of alternative systems for wine packaging in Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 259, 120888 .

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Carmen Ferrara, Giovanni De Feo. Comparative life cycle assessment of alternative systems for wine packaging in Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 259 ():120888.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. 2020. "Comparative life cycle assessment of alternative systems for wine packaging in Italy." Journal of Cleaner Production 259, no. : 120888.

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Published: 08 November 2018 in IFAC-PapersOnLine
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The growth of world energy consumption and the increase of passenger vehicles areis setting new challenges to environmental protection. Large diffusion of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles seems to be the most feasible solution. However, the need of fast charging infrastructure, the still low penetration of renewable electricity production and the massive reconversion of fleets limit the feasibility of this solution. A life-cycle assessment study of several mobility options is presented in the paper. The analyses, performed by the use of the GREET model software, show that a suitable solution to reduction of total energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions in the short to medium term could be the conversion of conventional vehicles into hybrid solar vehicles, as in the system developed at the University of Salerno.

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Francesco Antonio Tiano; Gianfranco Rizzo; Giovanni De Feo; Silvio Landolfi. Converting a Conventional Car into a Hybrid Solar Vehicle: a LCA Approach. IFAC-PapersOnLine 2018, 51, 188 -194.

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Francesco Antonio Tiano, Gianfranco Rizzo, Giovanni De Feo, Silvio Landolfi. Converting a Conventional Car into a Hybrid Solar Vehicle: a LCA Approach. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 2018; 51 (31):188-194.

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Francesco Antonio Tiano; Gianfranco Rizzo; Giovanni De Feo; Silvio Landolfi. 2018. "Converting a Conventional Car into a Hybrid Solar Vehicle: a LCA Approach." IFAC-PapersOnLine 51, no. 31: 188-194.

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Published: 12 October 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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The main aim of the study was to propose a useful methodological approach to define easily understandable indicators to use in communication campaigns organized to improve the efficacy of municipal solid waste collection. For this purpose, six economic-environmental indicators were defined, combining life cycle thinking and environmental communication. The indicators make it possible to obtain several combinations that can follow a variety of communication channels. Three indicators (quantity of recyclable materials recoverable from unsorted residual waste; total potential economic saving; number of jobs for young people as communicators) are expressed in absolute value and therefore refer to the whole community even if they are also good for single-targeted messages. The other three indicators (potential economic saving for each citizen; per capita saving of carbon dioxide equivalent; per capita saving of Disability Adjusted Life Years) are normalized with respect to the number of inhabitants and therefore refer to the individual citizen, but can also be used for global messages. As a case example, the methodology was applied to the collection of paper and cardboard in twelve Southern Italy cities obtaining very promising results. For example, the maximum quantity of paper and cardboard recoverable from unsorted waste would allow Naples and Palermo to recover more than €15 million. The maximum potential economic saving for each citizen was 25 €/capita. The economic saving obtained for Naples and Palermo could be translated in more than one thousand positions as young environmental communicators. Catania was the city with both the highest per capita potential saving of carbon dioxide (>60 kg CO2eq./capita) and maximum hypothetical per capita ‘life-time recovery’ (almost an hour). The innovative communication method used (‘Greenopoli’) assumed that school is the starting point to obtain a change of mindset because speaking with students (all potential communicators) means indirectly communicating with all other targets.

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G. De Feo; C. Ferrara; V. Iannone; P. Parente. Improving the efficacy of municipal solid waste collection with a communicative approach based on easily understandable indicators. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 651, 2380 -2390.

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G. De Feo, C. Ferrara, V. Iannone, P. Parente. Improving the efficacy of municipal solid waste collection with a communicative approach based on easily understandable indicators. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 651 ():2380-2390.

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G. De Feo; C. Ferrara; V. Iannone; P. Parente. 2018. "Improving the efficacy of municipal solid waste collection with a communicative approach based on easily understandable indicators." Science of The Total Environment 651, no. : 2380-2390.

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Published: 01 October 2018 in Industrial Crops and Products
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V. Volpe; Giovanni De Feo; Iolanda De Marco; Roberto Pantani. Use of sunflower seed fried oil as an ecofriendly plasticizer for starch and application of this thermoplastic starch as a filler for PLA. Industrial Crops and Products 2018, 122, 545 -552.

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V. Volpe, Giovanni De Feo, Iolanda De Marco, Roberto Pantani. Use of sunflower seed fried oil as an ecofriendly plasticizer for starch and application of this thermoplastic starch as a filler for PLA. Industrial Crops and Products. 2018; 122 ():545-552.

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V. Volpe; Giovanni De Feo; Iolanda De Marco; Roberto Pantani. 2018. "Use of sunflower seed fried oil as an ecofriendly plasticizer for starch and application of this thermoplastic starch as a filler for PLA." Industrial Crops and Products 122, no. : 545-552.

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Published: 01 August 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Giovanni De Feo; Sabino De Gisi; Sabato De Vita; Michele Notarnicola. Sustainability assessment of alternative end-uses for disused areas based on multi-criteria decision-making method. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 631-632, 142 -152.

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Giovanni De Feo, Sabino De Gisi, Sabato De Vita, Michele Notarnicola. Sustainability assessment of alternative end-uses for disused areas based on multi-criteria decision-making method. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 631-632 ():142-152.

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Giovanni De Feo; Sabino De Gisi; Sabato De Vita; Michele Notarnicola. 2018. "Sustainability assessment of alternative end-uses for disused areas based on multi-criteria decision-making method." Science of The Total Environment 631-632, no. : 142-152.

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Published: 02 February 2018 in Sustainability
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool that allows evaluation of the environmental performances of a product, service or process considering the whole life cycle or a part of it. In the wine sector, the application of LCA has grown significantly in recent years and several studies have been carried out about this topic that are similar to other research fields. Nowadays, LCA is an important and acknowledged environmental assessment tool but its application to the wine sector is still in a developing phase. For this reason, the present study proposes a critical review of papers dealing with both the wine sector and LCA. The critical review points out that the main wine hotspots are the viticulture phase (mainly due to fuel, fertilizer and pesticides consumption) and the wine primary packaging production (due to glass bottles). Furthermore, the papers taken into consideration have a wide variability in the system boundaries definition as well as a shortage of availability of original and site-specific inventory data. Such key factors are sensitive aspects that have a huge influence on the results of a study and they are also affected by a wide variability: these issues need further scientific contribution through future studies.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. Life Cycle Assessment Application to the Wine Sector: A Critical Review. Sustainability 2018, 10, 395 .

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Carmen Ferrara, Giovanni De Feo. Life Cycle Assessment Application to the Wine Sector: A Critical Review. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (2):395.

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Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo. 2018. "Life Cycle Assessment Application to the Wine Sector: A Critical Review." Sustainability 10, no. 2: 395.

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Published: 31 January 2018 in Water Supply
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The great Aqua Augusta served the Naples Bay area with fresh water during the time of the Roman Empire. There are very prominent features of the Aqua Augusta, some that are extraordinary when considering other great aqueducts in the Roman Empire. For example, the deep tunnels allowed access to a spring water source from a separate watershed, which resulted in transbasin diversion of the water supply. Each one of the prominent features was engineered to provide water to the public for various uses. The prominent structures included other shallower tunnels (with two major types of construction), hydraulic chutes, arcades (one to an island), baths (located along a well-traveled road), and storage reservoirs. Also, there is the epigraph discovered at the water source. Important villas that may have influenced the alignment of the aqueduct are also discussed.

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Wayne Lorenz; Giacinto Libertini; Bruno Miccio; Nino Leone; Giovanni De Feo. Prominent features of the Augustan aqueduct in the Naples Bay area. Water Supply 2018, 18, 1968 -1975.

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Wayne Lorenz, Giacinto Libertini, Bruno Miccio, Nino Leone, Giovanni De Feo. Prominent features of the Augustan aqueduct in the Naples Bay area. Water Supply. 2018; 18 (6):1968-1975.

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Wayne Lorenz; Giacinto Libertini; Bruno Miccio; Nino Leone; Giovanni De Feo. 2018. "Prominent features of the Augustan aqueduct in the Naples Bay area." Water Supply 18, no. 6: 1968-1975.

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Published: 07 December 2017 in Environmental Technology
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The main aim of this study was to perform a Life cycle assessment study as well as an economic evaluation of the recovery of recyclable materials in a municipal solid waste management system. If citizens separate erroneously waste fractions, they produce both environmental and economic damages. The environmental and economic evaluation was performed for the case study of Nola (34.349 inhabitants) in Southern Italy, with a kerbside system that assured a source separation of 62% in 2014. The economic analysis provided a quantification of the economic benefits obtainable for the population in function of the achievable percentage of source separation. The comparison among the environmental performance of four considered scenarios showed that the higher the level of source separation was, the lower the overall impacts were. This occurred because, even if the impacts of the waste collection and transport increased, they were overcome by the avoided impacts of the recycling processes. Increasing the source separation by 1% could avoid the emission of 5 kg CO2 eq. and 5 g PM10 for each single citizen. The economic and environmental indicators defined in this study provide simple and effective information useful for a wide-ranging audience in a behavioural change programme perspective.

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Giovanni De Feo; Carmen Ferrara; Alessio Finelli; Alberto Grosso. Environmental and economic benefits of the recovery of materials in a municipal solid waste management system. Environmental Technology 2017, 40, 903 -911.

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Giovanni De Feo, Carmen Ferrara, Alessio Finelli, Alberto Grosso. Environmental and economic benefits of the recovery of materials in a municipal solid waste management system. Environmental Technology. 2017; 40 (7):903-911.

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Giovanni De Feo; Carmen Ferrara; Alessio Finelli; Alberto Grosso. 2017. "Environmental and economic benefits of the recovery of materials in a municipal solid waste management system." Environmental Technology 40, no. 7: 903-911.

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Published: 07 November 2017 in Environmental Technology
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This study presents an evaluation of the environmental performance of an ice cream cup made of polyethylene (PE)/paper laminate using a life cycle assessment approach 'from cradle to grave'. Two opposite alternative disposal scenarios, as well as their intermediate combinations, were considered: 100% incineration and 100% landfilling. The environmental impacts were calculated using the EPD 2013 evaluation method since the study was developed in an Environmental Product Declaration perspective as well as the method ReCiPe 2008 H at the endpoint level. PE/paper laminate production was the most impactful process since it provided the highest contribution to total impacts in four of six impact categories considered. Ice cream cup production was the second impactful process. The 100% incineration scenario provided negligible contribution to life cycle total impact for all impact categories; while considering the landfilling scenario, the percentage contributions to the total impact provided by the end-of-life phase increased considerably, until to be comparable to the contributions provided by the production processes of the PE/paper laminate and the ice cream cup. The obtained results highlighted that different disposal scenarios can affect significantly the conclusions of a study. At the endpoint level, incineration was more environmentally sound than landfilling for all the ReCiPe damage categories.

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Carla Buccino; Carmen Ferrara; Carmela Malvano; Giovanni De Feo. LCA of an ice cream cup of polyethylene coated paper: how does the choice of the end-of-life affect the results? Environmental Technology 2017, 40, 584 -593.

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Carla Buccino, Carmen Ferrara, Carmela Malvano, Giovanni De Feo. LCA of an ice cream cup of polyethylene coated paper: how does the choice of the end-of-life affect the results? Environmental Technology. 2017; 40 (5):584-593.

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Carla Buccino; Carmen Ferrara; Carmela Malvano; Giovanni De Feo. 2017. "LCA of an ice cream cup of polyethylene coated paper: how does the choice of the end-of-life affect the results?" Environmental Technology 40, no. 5: 584-593.

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Published: 01 October 2017 in Waste Management
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This paper presents the results of a survey regarding customer satisfaction as well as other aspects relating to the frequency and motivations of citizens going to a separate collection centre (SCC) for recyclables in a Southern Italian town. The study was carried out in 2015 to verify whether there were significant changes in the behaviours and opinions of the SCC's users, who had been interviewed in 2013, in the light of the change of the local administration. The majority of the respondents (60.4%) coupled going to the SCC with other tasks, with 58.6% of them going to a supermarket. Therefore, future SCCs should localized near shopping centres (it would be preferable to have small and numerous SCCs). Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests showed how SCC's users of the town under study behaved as a community. The percentage of respondents that declared to 'agree' or 'strongly agree' with the idea that only putrescibles and residue could be collected at their home, with all the other materials being collected at the SCC, increased from 56.6%, in 2013, up to 59.0%, in 2015. The percentage of respondents that declared going to the SCC due to environmental motivations was unanimous. Moreover, the saving of money for the community became the second preferred option, with a significant improvement (from 65.6%, in 2013, up to 93.2%, in 2015). Therefore, the community's interests over the individual's were privileged. The SCC's users confirmed their attention to environmental issues even though the local administration changed. It is probable that this could be the result of maintaining high standard of service as well as a good job in terms of communication, continuous involvment of citizens and the adoption of good environmental practices.

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Giovanni De Feo; Anna Rita Polito; Carmen Ferrara; Ivan Zamballetti. Evaluating opinions, behaviours and motivations of the users of a MSW separate collection centre in the town of Baronissi, Southern Italy. Waste Management 2017, 68, 742 -751.

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Giovanni De Feo, Anna Rita Polito, Carmen Ferrara, Ivan Zamballetti. Evaluating opinions, behaviours and motivations of the users of a MSW separate collection centre in the town of Baronissi, Southern Italy. Waste Management. 2017; 68 ():742-751.

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Giovanni De Feo; Anna Rita Polito; Carmen Ferrara; Ivan Zamballetti. 2017. "Evaluating opinions, behaviours and motivations of the users of a MSW separate collection centre in the town of Baronissi, Southern Italy." Waste Management 68, no. : 742-751.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Sabino De Gisi; Patrizia Casella; Gianpaolo Sabia; Roberto Farina; Piergiorgio Landolfo; Michele Notarnicola; Giovanni De Feo. Assessing the public perception of islanders regarding the implementation of new technologies to optimize the municipal solid waste management system: A Mediterranean case study. Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 164, 1586 -1601.

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Sabino De Gisi, Patrizia Casella, Gianpaolo Sabia, Roberto Farina, Piergiorgio Landolfo, Michele Notarnicola, Giovanni De Feo. Assessing the public perception of islanders regarding the implementation of new technologies to optimize the municipal solid waste management system: A Mediterranean case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017; 164 ():1586-1601.

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Sabino De Gisi; Patrizia Casella; Gianpaolo Sabia; Roberto Farina; Piergiorgio Landolfo; Michele Notarnicola; Giovanni De Feo. 2017. "Assessing the public perception of islanders regarding the implementation of new technologies to optimize the municipal solid waste management system: A Mediterranean case study." Journal of Cleaner Production 164, no. : 1586-1601.