Multi-criteria Evaluation of Bran Use to Promote Circularity in the Cereal Production Chain

Grippo, Valeria; Romano, Serena; Vastola, Antonella Palmina

doi:10.1007/s11053-019-09457-w

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“…Increased economic power through the production, consumption, and sale of biogas and biofertilizer. The carbon trade and the reduction of costs with other forms of energy and fertilizers [33,[36][37][38][39][40] Biofertilizer use…”

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“…[32,[43][44][45][46] Government laws and subsidies Creation of regulation and incentive laws for the use of biodigesters [33,47] Waste reuse Reuse of residues by means of the anaerobic digestion that takes place inside the biodigester [31,43,[48][49][50] Availability of large quantities of raw materials Large amounts of animal and vegetable waste generation can be used to supply the biodigesters. [31,38,[50][51][52] Nearby production and consumption…”

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How Can Biodigesters Help Drive the Circular Economy? An Analysis Based on the SWOT Matrix and Case Studies

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The use of biodigesters and the circular economy (CE) has been gaining attention in recent years. Both biodigesters and CE have the potential to minimize negative impacts—not only environmental, but also economic and social. However, little attention has been paid to the relationship between biodigesters and CE. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to identify and analyze the implications of the use of biodigesters in the light of a CE concept. To do this, a SWOT matrix was developed based on the opinion of experts and two case studies were conducted in companies operating in different sectors in Brazil. The results showed that the use of biodigesters can drive CE through biogas, which is a renewable energy source, closing the cycle of organic materials, increasing the economic power of companies and small producers, improving basic sanitation in remote areas, and stimulating industrial symbiosis. However, this study identified barriers in the use of biodigesters in the context of CE, such as lack of government incentives and composting being shown to be more cost-effective than the use of biodigesters for the treatment of solid waste.

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How Can Biodigesters Help Drive the Circular Economy? An Analysis Based on the SWOT Matrix and Case Studies

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“…Consequently, proximity and local use of waste products are keys to success (Blengini and Garbarino, 2010). This is particularly true for food chains and local and organic products (Caputo et al, 2017) in sustainable rural areas (Grippo et al, 2019). Proximity is also useful for fuel, energy and heat recovery from plants (Cucchiella et al, 2019), contributing to symbiotic systems (Renzulli et al, 2016), even if larger decentralised plants are sometimes advantageous (Lombardi et al, 2015).…”

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Life cycle assessment applied to waste management in Italy: A mini-review of characteristics and methodological perspectives for local assessment

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) and related tools are commonly used to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of waste treatment scenarios. This manuscript presents a mini-review of studies published over the last 10 years in Italy and aims to investigate how life cycle thinking tools are applied to assess the environmental sustainability of local-level waste policies. Results reveal that different waste flows, technologies and policies have been investigated independently and in varying detail. Review suggests that boundary selection significantly affects LCA results; integration of different waste systems is therefore crucial to avoid spatial or temporal shifts of environmental impacts. Moreover, the description of methodological characteristics, limitations and transversal aspects of Italian waste management studies allows various stakeholders to assess the reliability of past and future research for waste policy planning and rebound effects prevention. This review also highlights the need to define minimum requirements of transparency and ease of reporting of the studies to private and public stakeholders. Finally, the paper investigates whether using both the organisational LCA and the life cycle sustainability approach for the overall waste management process may be useful to develop a standard method to address multi-functionalities and multiple sites.

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“…Circular production systems need to monitor environmental impacts and provide these as feedback to the processing stages [32,33]. Industrial symbiosis may be used to proactively exchange resources such as raw materials, agricultural harvests, wastes, energy, and water for communities of businesses in close proximity, including reverse supply chains consisting of suppliers, plants, distributors, retailers, customers, collection centers, refurbishing centers, and manufacturing so that the actions are consistent with ecological principles [33][34][35][36][37].…”

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A Circularity Indicator Tool for Measuring the Ecological Embeddedness of Manufacturing

2021

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Circularity in manufacturing is critical to reducing raw material usage and waste. Ecological embeddedness examines circular relationships intended to benefit both economic actors and the natural environment. By understanding circular relationships in the value chain, manufacturers can formulate strategies that are eco-effective. This work develops and validates an original circularity tool to measure the ecological embeddedness of manufacturers using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The tool is tested on process manufacturers selling products in the United Kingdom. The three main results are that the tool is useful and comprehensive (87% of users), enables simple comparisons with competitors, and identifies weaknesses in strategies related to the five dimensions connecting manufacturers, consumers, and the environment: understanding, realising, utilising, negotiating, and reclaiming. Manufacturers may use the tool to improve their ecological embeddedness, and sector-based circularity levels may be established for policy development. The novelty of the tool is in the use of ecological relationships to support achievement of a circular economy.

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Multi-criteria Evaluation of Bran Use to Promote Circularity in the Cereal Production Chain

Cited by 18 publications

References 48 publications

How Can Biodigesters Help Drive the Circular Economy? An Analysis Based on the SWOT Matrix and Case Studies

How Can Biodigesters Help Drive the Circular Economy? An Analysis Based on the SWOT Matrix and Case Studies

Life cycle assessment applied to waste management in Italy: A mini-review of characteristics and methodological perspectives for local assessment

A Circularity Indicator Tool for Measuring the Ecological Embeddedness of Manufacturing

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