Sustainability assessment of organic waste management in three EU Cities: Analysing stakeholder-based solutions

Sanjuan-Delmás, David; Taelman, Sue Ellen; Arlati, Alessandro; Obersteg, Andreas; Vér, Csaba; Óvári, Ágnes; Tonini, Davide; Dewulf, Jo

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.07.013

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“…Common processes for engaging stakeholders that are similar to those in this case study include participatory stakeholder engagement (PSP) which sometimes involves modeling to simulate scenarios (e.g., Walz et al, 2007;Volkery et al, 2008;Nol et al, 2012;Plieninger et al, 2013;Reed et al, 2013;Hassenforder et al, 2015;Kok et al, 2015;McBride et al, 2017;Kebede et al, 2018;Reinhardt et al, 2018;DasGupta et al, 2019;Izydorczyk et al, 2019;Kabaya et al, 2019;Xexakis and Trutnevyte, 2019;Hagemann et al, 2020;Sanjuan-Delmás et al, 2021)] and sometimes does not (e.g., Kok, 2009;Palomo et al, 2011;Oteros-Rozas et al, 2015;Flynn et al, 2018;Planque et al, 2019). A similar approach is story and simulation (SAS) which also may or may not include modeling and mapping (De Stefano et al, 2017;Elsawah et al, 2020).…”

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Building trust, building futures: Knowledge co-production as relationship, design, and process in transdisciplinary science

Kliskey

Williams

Trammell

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Understanding and modeling the trajectories of change in broad level interactions in food-energy-water systems is incomplete when it is undertaken by researchers in isolation from those who live and work in the systems. For models and outcomes to have validity they need to be subjected to sustained development and iteration with stakeholders. This requires a paradigm shift in our thinking of stakeholder engagement from viewing such engagement as an isolated activity or part of the data collection methods to thinking of engagement as a process of knowledge generation. That process hinges on building relationships and building trust, and also sustaining these as long-term relationships through multiple elements of research design and execution. Using the case-study of a mid-size river basin we demonstrate a co-production of knowledge process for food-energy-water systems. The findings highlight the multiple and different ways in which knowledge co-production can be transacted in food-energy-water systems while also generating solutions to the use and re-use of water, energy, and nutrients at the landscape level.

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Building trust, building futures: Knowledge co-production as relationship, design, and process in transdisciplinary science

Kliskey

Williams

Trammell

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…Taking the process beyond PSP, conceptual, representational, and impact modeling can be used (e.g., Walz et al, 2007;Volkery et al, 2008;Nol et al, 2012;Plieninger et al, 2013;Reed et al, 2013;Hassenforder et al, 2015;Kok et al, 2015;McBride et al, 2017;Kebede et al, 2018;Reinhardt et al, 2018;DasGupta et al, 2019;Izydorczyk et al, 2019;Kabaya et al, 2019;Xexakis and Trutnevyte, 2019;Hagemann et al, 2020;Sanjuan-Delmás et al, 2021) to simulate population change, planting of different crops and increases or decreases in agricultural land, changes to temperature and precipitation and timing of precipitation (climate), as well as hydrologic change to ground and surface water. Modeling can help stakeholders visualize and understand the time scales and geographic extent of likely changes for their region as well as to identify the primary drivers and impacts of projected changes (Cronan et al, 2022a).…”

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Constructing futures, enhancing solutions: Stakeholder-driven scenario development and system modeling for climate-change challenges

Williams

Kliskey²,

Cronan³

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Finding effective and practical solutions to climate change challenges in food-energy-water systems requires the integration of experts in local/regional social and biophysical systems, and these are commonly local community members. In the Magic Valley, Idaho we investigated the tensions between water used for energy and to irrigate cropland for food production, as well as, strategies for protecting water quantity and quality. Incorporating stakeholders with long-standing expertise allows the development of solutions to these challenges that are locally and regionally practical and consistent with the values of the social system into which they are incorporated. We describe a stakeholder-driven process used in a case study in the Magic Valley that incorporated local experts to develop plausible future scenarios, identify drivers of change, vet impact and hydrological modeling and map areas of change. The process described allowed stakeholders to envision alternative futures in their region, leading to development of enhanced context and place-based solutions and an anticipated time line for adoption of those solutions. The solutions developed by the stakeholders have been applied across many geographic areas. The described process can also be applied across a broad range of geographic levels. Most importantly, stakeholders should be involved in anticipating solutions and solution timing to the differing challenges posed by each scenario.

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“…Evidence of economic performance is also limited to the production stage. Moreover, evidence on social impacts emerging from the broader adoption of bioplastics produced from FLW is minimal; with some references made to societal cost [42] and social acceptance of production plants [43,44]. Most studies (36 out of 61) from the studies included in the analysis focused on the technical aspect; a table with related technical information is given in Supplementary material C. A relatively small number of studies conducted environmental (9 out of 61) and economic assessments (4 out of 61).…”

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Systematic Evidence Mapping to Assess the Sustainability of Bioplastics Derived from Food Waste: Do We Know Enough?

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The production of bioplastics from food loss and waste (FLW), termed FLW-derived bioplastics, is considered an attractive alternative to first-generation bioplastics. To our knowledge, a clear understanding of the sustainability performance of FLW-derived bioplastics from environmental, economic, technical, and social aspects is still lacking. This systematic evidence mapping aims to fill this gap by undertaking a reality check on the life cycle sustainability performance of FLW-derived bioplastics from a multidimensional perspective underpinned by systems thinking approach to assess their potential to revolutionise the plastics economy. Results revealed that FLW-derived bioplastic production is highly complex and uncertain. The low technological readiness of FLW valorisation processes and the under-researched logistics of FLW management on a regional scale currently withhold advancement in this field. Nonetheless, progress is looming, and ensuring that FLW-derived bioplastics production enables the transition toward a sustainable bioeconomy is critical. Innovation in both the food and plastics value chains is urgently needed to address their challenges and mitigate pollution. Yet, any steps forward need to be holistically calculated to yield sustainability benefits and prevent unintended consequences.

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Sustainability assessment of organic waste management in three EU Cities: Analysing stakeholder-based solutions

Cited by 23 publications

References 35 publications

Building trust, building futures: Knowledge co-production as relationship, design, and process in transdisciplinary science

Building trust, building futures: Knowledge co-production as relationship, design, and process in transdisciplinary science

Constructing futures, enhancing solutions: Stakeholder-driven scenario development and system modeling for climate-change challenges

Systematic Evidence Mapping to Assess the Sustainability of Bioplastics Derived from Food Waste: Do We Know Enough?

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