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Project Information

RES URBIS

Grant agreement ID: 730349

DOI 10.3030/730349

Project closed

EC signature date 8 November 2016

Start date 1 January 2017

End date 31 December 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 3 377 915,00

EU contribution € 2 996 688,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Italy

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Res-URBIS project WEBSITE

the RES URBIS Web site is created and made available to the partners, the stakeholder and the public

Dissemination materials

Res-URBIS dissemination materials (leaflets, press releases, scientific papers

Documents, reports (24)

Cluster analysis framework

A harmonized framework is released for estimation of amount and composition of urban bio-waste resources

Data Management Plan

the Data magement Plan (DMP) is defined and reported

Report on process integration

report on optimal conditions for process integration and delivery of mass and energy fluxes of the whole process

PHA properties

Report on PHA characterization and effect of impurities

Report on Stakeholders unmet need

The deliverable will include a detailed list and description of unmet need by main stakeholder type, classified based on region and type

Legal framework

report giving an overview of legal aspects related to management (collection, transport and disposal ) of different urban organic waste

SP report

Report on overall activity of Stakeholder Platform and recommendation for exploitation of RES URBIS results

2nd report on upstream

report on optimization acidogenic fermentation and pretreatments

Cost-benefit Model simulations

The Cost-Benefit model is especially designed for RES URBIS relevant scenarios, taking into account impact of relevant variables and will be run across relevant case studies to be designed based on the results from other streams

Final LCA

Environmental assessment of the RES URBIS biowaste biorefinery concept

Occupational safety

report on the assessment of occupational safety and health aspects

Screening LCA

A Preliminary screening LCA, based on available data, as collected by W1 partners

Relevant contaminants

selected list of relevant contaminants to be monitored in Task 3.1

Final conference

report on final Conference

RES URBIS integrated portfolio

The deliverable consists of an integrated portfolio for relevant RES URBIS scenarios, with definition of key factors for replicability

2nd Disssemination report

final report report on networking, dissemination and communication activities and public engagement

Integrated strategic roadmap

The integrated strategic roadmap comprehends local strategic roadmap and granular level and key factors for replication

Contaminant fate

Report on contaminant fate along the technology chain from bio-waste to bioproducts

Social aspects

report on social barriers and/or driving forces and recommendations for dissemination

1st report on PHA production

First report on pilot-scale process for PHA production

1st report on upstream

acidogenic fermentation and pretreatment of lignocellulosic fractions

End of Waste

report with tentative definition of “End of Waste” criteria for the new products (bioplastics from urban bio-waste)

1st Dissemination Report

mid-term report on networking, dissemination and communication activities and public engagement

2nd report on PHA production

report on optimisation of PHA production at pilot scale

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from polyhydroxyalkanoates before gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis

Author(s): Chiara Cavaliere, Carmela Maria Montone, Anna Laura Capriotti, Giorgia La Barbera, Susy Piovesana, Mauro Rotatori, Francesco Valentino, Aldo Laganà
Published in: Talanta, Issue 188, 2018, Page(s) 671-675, ISSN 0039-9140
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.06.038

Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Household Food Waste

Author(s): Natalia Herrero Garcia, Giuseppe Strazzera, Nicola Frison, David Bolzonella
Published in: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS, Issue VOL. 64, May 2018, 2018, Page(s) 103-108, ISSN 2283-9216
Publisher: AIDIC
DOI: 10.3303/CET1864018

Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun Food Biopackaging Films of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Derived From Fruit Pulp Biowaste

Author(s): Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez, Jinneth L. Castro-Mayorga, Maria A. M. Reis, Chris Sammon, Luis Cabedo, Sergio Torres-Giner, Jose M. Lagaron
Published in: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Issue 2, 2018, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 2571-581X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2018.00038

Optimization of urban waste fermentation for volatile fatty acids production

Author(s): Giulia Moretto, Francesco Valentino, Paolo Pavan, Mauro Majone, David Bolzonella
Published in: Waste Management, Issue 92, 2019, Page(s) 21-29, ISSN 0956-053X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.05.010

Enhancement of Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Food Waste by Mature Compost Addition

Author(s): Yen-Keong Cheah, Joan Dosta, Joan Mata-Álvarez
Published in: Molecules, Issue 24/16, 2019, Page(s) 2986, ISSN 1420-3049
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24162986

Volatile fatty acid production from mesophilic acidogenic fermentation of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and food waste under acidic and alkaline pH

Author(s): Yen-Keong Cheah, Carme Vidal-Antich, Joan Dosta, Joan Mata-Álvarez
Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Issue 26/35, 2019, Page(s) 35509-35522, ISSN 0944-1344
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05394-6

Novel routes for urban bio-waste management: A combined acidic fermentation and anaerobic digestion process for platform chemicals and biogas production

Author(s): Francesco Valentino, Giulia Moretto, Marco Gottardo, Paolo Pavan, David Bolzonella, Mauro Majone
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 220, 2019, Page(s) 368-375, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.102

Oxygen-Scavenging Multilayered Biopapers Containing Palladium Nanoparticles Obtained by the Electrospinning Coating Technique

Author(s): Adriane Cherpinski, Piotr Szewczyk, Adam Gruszczyński, Urszula Stachewicz, Jose Lagaron
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue 9/2, 2019, Page(s) 262, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/nano9020262

Volatile fatty acids production from food wastes for biorefinery platforms: A review

Author(s): Giuseppe Strazzera, Federico Battista, Natalia Herrero Garcia, Nicola Frison, David Bolzonella
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 226, 2018, Page(s) 278-288, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.039

Physicochemical, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Electrospun Poly(ε-caprolactone) Films Containing a Solid Dispersion of Sage (Salvia officinalis L.) Extract

Author(s): Ana Salević, Cristina Prieto, Luis Cabedo, Viktor Nedović, Jose Lagaron
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue 9/2, 2019, Page(s) 270, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/nano9020270

From trash to treasure: The impact of consumer perception of bio-waste products in closed-loop supply chains

Author(s): Ivan Russo, Ilenia Confente, Daniele Scarpi, Benjamin T. Hazen
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 218, 2019, Page(s) 966-974, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.044

Electrospun Antimicrobial Films of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Containing Eugenol Essential Oil Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles

Author(s): Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez, Kelly J. Figueroa-Lopez, Andrea Bernardos, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Luis Cabedo, Sergio Torres-Giner, Jose M. Lagaron
Published in: Nanomaterials, Issue 9/2, 2019, Page(s) 227, ISSN 2079-4991
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/nano9020227

Electro-fermentation and redox mediators enhance glucose conversion into butyric acid with mixed microbial cultures

Author(s): Paola Paiano, Miriam Menini, Marco Zeppilli, Mauro Majone, Marianna Villano
Published in: Bioelectrochemistry, Issue 130, 2019, Page(s) 107333, ISSN 1567-5394
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2019.107333

Reactive Melt Mixing of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)/Rice Husk Flour Composites with Purified Biosustainably Produced Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)

Author(s): Beatriz Melendez-Rodriguez, Sergio Torres-Giner, Abdulaziz Aldureid, Luis Cabedo, Jose M. Lagaron
Published in: Materials, Issue 12/13, 2019, Page(s) 2152, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma12132152

Biorefinery safety: The role of INAIL in Italy

Author(s): Pietrangeli B, Lauri R, Stefanelli M
Published in: Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials, Issue 07/01, 2017, ISSN 2155-952X
Publisher: Open Access Publisher
DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X.C1.071

Exploring the potential of co-fermenting sewage sludge and lipids in a resource recovery scenario

Author(s): Miriam Peces, Guillermo Pozo, Konrad Koch, Joan Dosta, Sergi Astals
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 300, 2020, Page(s) 122561, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122561

Marketing a new generation of bio-plastics products for a circular economy: The role of green self-identity, self-congruity, and perceived value

Author(s): Ilenia Confente, Daniele Scarpi, Ivan Russo
Published in: Journal of Business Research, 2019, ISSN 0148-2963
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.030

An urban biorefinery for food waste and biological sludge conversion into polyhydroxyalkanoates and biogas

Author(s): Giulia Moretto, Ivan Russo, David Bolzonella, Paolo Pavan, Mauro Majone, Francesco Valentino
Published in: Water Research, Issue 170, 2020, Page(s) 115371, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115371

Process intensification for the production of the ethyl esters of volatile fatty acids using aluminium chloride hexahydrate as a catalyst

Author(s): Luigi di Bitonto, Sandro Menegatti, Carlo Pastore
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 239, 2019, Page(s) 118122, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118122

A novel method for increasing biohydrogen production from food waste using electrodialysis

Author(s): Gamal K. Hassan, Jaime Massanet-Nicolau, Richard Dinsdale, Rhys Jon Jones, M.M. Abo-Aly, Fatma A. El-Gohary, Alan Guwy
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 44/29, 2019, Page(s) 14715-14720, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.176

Overcoming nutrient loss during volatile fatty acid recovery from fermentation media by addition of electrodialysis to a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane stack

Author(s): Rhiannon Chalmers Brown, Romain Tuffou, Jaime Massanet Nicolau, Richard Dinsdale, Alan Guwy
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 301, 2020, Page(s) 122543, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122543

Microbiome dynamics and phaC synthase genes selected in a pilot plant producing polyhydroxyalkanoate from the organic fraction of urban waste

Author(s): Simona Crognale, Barbara Tonanzi, Francesco Valentino, Mauro Majone, Simona Rossetti
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 689, 2019, Page(s) 765-773, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.491

Pilot-Scale Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production from Combined Treatment of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste and Sewage Sludge

Author(s): Francesco Valentino, Giulia Moretto, Laura Lorini, David Bolzonella, Paolo Pavan, Mauro Majone
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Issue 58/27, 2019, Page(s) 12149-12158, ISSN 0888-5885
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01831

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Profile in Polyhydroxy-alkanoates Synthetized from Urban Organic Wastes

Author(s): Riccardi, Carmela; Buiarelli, Francesca; Castellani, Federica; Di Filippo, Patrizia; Lorini, Laura; Majone, Mauro; Matos, Mariana; Pomata, Donatella; Simonetti, Giulia; Sommer Ferreira, Bruno; Valentino, Francesco
Published in: Polymers, Issue 12(3), 2020, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/polym12030659

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (4)

METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS) FROM HIGH SOLID CONTENT ORGANIC WASTE

Application/Publication number: 20 19051844
Date: 2019-03-07

Procedimento di esterificazione diretta in fase omogenea di acidi organici e procedimento per la preparazione di biodiesel.

Application/Publication number: 20 1700038638
Date: 2017-04-07

METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS) FROM HIGH SOLID CONTENT ORGANIC WASTE

Application/Publication number: 20 19051844
Date: 2019-03-07

METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS) FROM HIGH SOLID CONTENT ORGANIC WASTE

Application/Publication number: 20 19051844
Date: 2019-03-07
Applicant(s): UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA