Economía Circular
Economía Circular
Comprehensive Evaluation and Development of Irish Compost and Digestate Standards for Heavy Metals, Stability and Phytotoxicity
26/09/2023 -
Recent EU circular economy, bioeconomy policies and the New Green Deal promote the recycling of organic wastes into soil improvers and fertilisers, thereby reducing the use of mineral fertilisers....
Biomaterials and Regenerative Agriculture: A Methodological Framework to Enable Circular Transitions
28/09/2023 -
Biomaterials, used here to signify 100% biobased and biodegradable materials, can offer a promising solution for transitioning away from fossil-based resources, addressing the climate crisis, and...
Advanced Biological Oxidation of Domestic Sewage with the Use of Compost Beds in a Natural Treatment System for Wastewater
11/09/2023 -
Due to the progressing problems with ensuring sufficient quantity and quality of water for municipal, irrigation and economic purposes, the pressure to reuse treated wastewater is increasing. This...
Moderately delayed maturation of composting promotes the reduction of guild-plant pathogenic fungi within vegetable waste
06/09/2023 -
The relationships among the relative abundance of guild-plant pathogenic fungi, compost maturation index, and microbial community variation during vegetable waste composting, which are influenced...
Brown Coal Waste in Agriculture and Environmental Protection: A Review
06/09/2023 -
Modern agricultural technologies have contributed to a significant reduction in the amount of soil organic matter. Brown coal waste (BCW), with low energy content, can be used to neutralize this...
Microplastic Pollution in EU Farmland Soils: Preliminary Findings from Agricultural Soils (Southwestern Poland)
01/09/2023 -
Agricultural soils are considered as “hot-spots” of plastic particles; however, due to a lack of standardized method of microplastic determination in soils, as well as no...
Towards Sustainable Composting of Source-Separated Biodegradable Municipal Solid Waste—Insights from Long An Province, Vietnam
04/09/2023 -
Inadequate municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become a pressing concern, resulting in significant environmental contamination, particularly in developing countries. Composting has...
An Environmental and Economic Analysis of Strawberry Production in Southern Italy
29/08/2023 -
This paper aims to provide an evaluation of the environmental and economic aspects of strawberry cultivation in the Campania and Basilicata regions of Southern Italy, and to consider the effects on...
Biodegradability of Gel-Forming Superabsorbents for Soil Conditioning: Kinetic Assessment Based on CO2 Emissions
29/08/2023 -
Quantification of the biodegradability of soil water superabsorbents is necessary for a reasonable prediction of their stability and functioning. A new methodological approach to assessing the...
Innovative Polymer Composites with Natural Fillers Produced by Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)—A Literature Review
24/08/2023 -
In recent years, plastics recycling has become one of the leading environmental and waste management issues. Along with the main advantage of plastics, which is undoubtedly their long life, the...
Enzyme selection, optimization, and production toward biodegradation of post?consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) at scale
18/08/2023 -
AbstractPoly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is one of the world's most widely used polyester plastics. Due to its chemical stability, PET is extremely difficult to hydrolyze in a natural environment....
A Novel Approach about Edible Packaging Materials Based on Oilcakes—A Review
17/08/2023 -
Due to the growing global population and subsequent environment degradation, as well as changes in the climate, changing consumers’ dietary habits is necessary to create strategies for...
Use of Raw Peach Gum as a Sustainable Additive for the Development of Water-Sensitive and Biodegradable Thermoplastic Starch Films
10/08/2023 -
In this study, formulations of thermoplastic starch (TPS) with 5, 10, and 15 parts per hundred resin (phr) of raw peach gum (PG) were prepared by melt extrusion followed by injection molding to...
Feeding bacteria seaweed to make compostable plastic
07/08/2023 -
Bioprocess engineer Jesús E. Rodríguez’s team dreams of replacing all synthetic plastics with biodegradable products. Bioprocess engineer Jesús E. Rodríguez’s team...
The Circular Economy Potential of Spent Hens’ Co-Products and By-Products in Italy by Material Flow Analysis
02/08/2023 -
Eggs represent one of the most consumed animal products worldwide. In Europe, over 366 million laying hens and 6.1 Mt of derived eggs have been estimated in 2020, and Italy represents the fourth...
The Emission from Rabbits Breeding in Slovakia
25/07/2023 -
Statistical surveys about rabbits in households brought interesting results about their breeding. The survey shows that approx. 8.3% of Slovak households breed rabbits, of which the majority are bred...
Development and Evaluation of Cow Dung Composting Equipment with Ventilation and Heating
27/07/2023 -
Traditional cow manure composting equipment often lacks ventilation, heating, and real-time monitoring and adjustment capabilities, hindering manure maturation and proper utilization of compost,...
Correlation of Two Biodegradability Indices of PLA-Based Polymers under Thermophilic Aerobic Laboratory Conditions
23/07/2023 -
The biodegradation of bioplastics is a topic of interest worldwide. This work aims to measure the biodegradability of five polylactic acid (PLA)-based bioplastics under aerobic, thermophilic...
Synthesis and characterization of aromatic copolyesters derived from bisphenol B and phenol red
18/07/2023 -
PBAF60 is a prospective alternative to petroleum?based PBAT due to its excellent comprehensive properties, especially the outstanding gas barrier performance.AbstractIn this work, we prepared a...
Effect of Different Walnut and Hazelnut Leaf Compost Treatments on Yield and Phenolic Composition of Lactuca sativa L.
19/07/2023 -
The use of compost made from the leaves of Juglans regia has long been controversial because of its inhibitory effect due to the presence of juglone. Therefore, the aim of our study was to replicate...
