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The paper examines the biowaste management issues across rural areas of Romania in the context of poor waste management infrastructure in the last decade (2003-2012). Biowaste is the main fraction of municipal waste, thus a proper management is a key challenge in order to sustain a bioeconomy in the near future. The amount of biowaste generated and uncollected by waste operators is generally uncontrolled disposed if not recovered through home composting. The paper points out the role of home composting in diverting the biowaste from wild dumps and landfills for the regions covered or not by waste collection services. Home composting and the biowaste losses are further assessed based on several scenarios (worse-case, pessimistic, realistic, optimistic) where the net loads of greenhouse gasses (GHG) are calculated at national and regional levels. The transition of home composting techniques, from open piles to plastic bins with respect to standard guidelines will improve the home composting performance in terms of compost quality and net GHG's savings, supporting a bio-based economy which will lead towards a sustainable rural development. Regional disparities are revealed across Romanian counties and the paper opens new research perspectives regarding which options should be adopted by counties and rural municipalities in the biowaste management process.

"This book explores how the circular economy influences product design in today's business and society. Drawing on contributions from a wide range of expert thinkers, this volume assesses the existing approaches, strategies and tools which facilitate socially and environmentally responsible production and consumption systems. It then goes on to highlight the ways in which the circular economy conceptual framework could be implemented effectively at both micro (product policy) and macro (sustainable consumption) levels in order to alter the industrial landscape and increase its interconnectedness with materials and scarce resources. Highlighting the pros and cons of transitioning to this new model, the book also cautions that it will only be made possible via significant behavior change at both industry and consumer levels. Sustainable Products in the Circular Economy will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable manufacturing, sustainable consumption, corporate social responsibility and business ethics. It will also be relevant to industry professionals whose work dovetails with these areas."

The transposition of new regulations into national legal systems, including updated goals and requirements for the management of packaging placed on the market and packaging waste, provides a number of opportunities for the operation of post-consumer waste management systems. This publication focuses on the essence and characteristics of the system of extended producer responsibility in selected European countries. This paper identifies, on the basis of an analysis taking into account the scopes of legal, economic, physical, and informational liability, key areas of the extended producer responsibility system requiring improvements. It develops recommendations regarding the possibility of introducing changes to the functioning of the EPR system in Poland. The implementation of the improvement proposals for the EPR can significantly contribute to achieving the existing EU waste targets, as well as the ambitious new targets included in the EU Circular Economy.

Part I. Agriculture, Biomass, Foods and Beverages -- 1. Key factors of Digital agriculture on competitiveness, sustainability, and safety areas -- 2. Precision Agriculture technologies in the Italian agricultural context. A study on the rate of knowledge and diffusion among Italian farmers -- 3. The Role of Technological Innovations for Agrifood Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review -- 4. The agri-food products life cycle: the technological dimension role in an open innovation perspective -- 5. Innovation in the food sector: development prospects for synthetic meat production -- 6. Valorization strategies of technological and therapeutic properties of orange by-products -- 7. Circular economy in the agri-food industry. How social media create engagement -- 8. Circular urban food policies: the "Food in the circular city" model promoted by the city of Prato -- 9. S-LCA applied in a research project and social conditionality of the new Common Agriculture Policy 2023-2027 -- 10. The S-LCA applied in a research project: "smallholders including farmers" impact subcategory -- 11. The potential of soil carbon sequestration: International and national soil carbon projects -- 12. Eco-innovation and digitalization of agri-food companies towards the circular economy: A pilot project for the evaluation of the impacts and circularity indicators for the agri-food chain -- 13. Application of the DNSH principle to the restoration and enhancement of a historical garden: the project "Well-being and spirituality: Orto-giardino Laudato Sì" -- 14. The adoption of information systems for the analysis of the life cycle of hazelnuts -- 15. Sweet chestnut fractions from sustainable circular process for the control of phytopathogenic oomycetes -- 16. A circular bioeconomy chain: indicators applied to the sustainable production of microalgae for industrial purposes -- 17. The ILCIDAF project for the development of an Italian Database of Life Cycle Inventory of agri-food products: the wheat milling phase -- 18. Life Cycle Inventory data for the Italian olive oil supply chain: how to ensure representativeness -- 19. Carbon Footprint of seasonal meals: the case of school canteens -- 20. Water Footprint of agri-food products from MENA countries vs. EU -- 21. The air indicator of VIVA certification for the sustainability of Italian wine: analysis and perspectives -- 22. Environmental accounting for the circularization of the packaged water sector in Italy -- 23. Recent evolutions in food consumption patterns during the Covid-19 emergency. The emerging market of Food Delivery and its implications on food quality -- 24. Foods Supplements: quality assessment of formulations by expert panel -- 25. Wine quality improvement based on the perception of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) - evidence from Bulgaria -- 26. Multi-elemental characterisation and multivariate analysis of Venetian Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) wines -- 27. Study of the volatile component and the flavonoid content of edible flowers -- 28. The cultivation of Iris pallida as an opportunity for the enhancement of Tuscan agro-biodiversity and a resource for the local economy -- 29. Honey Production in Italy: Quality, Sustainability, and Innovation Strategies of Companies in the Abruzzo Region -- 30. Determination of bioactive compounds in Italian honeydew honeys -- 31. Comparison of the carotenoid content in durum wheat pasta and wholewheat pasta by multivariate analysis -- 32. The likely effect of the rise in global temperature on cheese safety -- 33. Tomato supply chain and production quality control for international markets -- 34. Sustainability of rural supply chains in Nepal: selection, characterization and labelling of spices for the local market -- 35. Carob leaves extracts as new ingredients in the food field: extraction, characterization and antioxidant features -- 36. Carob Pods as Source of Bioactive Molecules in the Preparation of Functional Jelly -- 37. Crocus sativus L. flowers valorisation as sources of bioactive compounds -- Part II. Consumers' awareness, and behaviors -- 38. An empirical study to understand if sustainable consumers have sustainable behaviours -- 39. Greenwashing and consumer awareness on environmental issues: a pilot analysis -- 40. What factors influence post-Covid-19 consumer purchase habits? An empirical survey in the Italian agri-food sector -- 41. Towards a sustainable diet: the profile of vegan and vegetarian Italian consumers -- 42. Not in My Backyard or Please in My Backyard? A PRISMA-based literature review -- 43. From knowledge to consumption: how consumers perceive of the food quality -- 44. Exploring consumer and company perceptions of the use of digital technologies for traceability -- 45. Functional properties and preferences of consumption of honeys from different origin -- 46. Food safety and insect food: a preliminary consumers' indication -- Part III. Digitalization -- 47. Digital Innovation Ecosystems: a Systematic Literature Review and a New Definition -- 48. Smart City and Internet of Things -- 49. Digital transformation in companies and human resource management -- 50. "Everything-as-a-service": l'evoluzione del mercato privato dei beni in piattaforma pubblica di servizi -- 51. Supply chain 4.0: lean six sigma, industry 4.0 technologies and circular supply chain applied to an italian hospital case study -- 52. Bibliometric Analysis and Topic Modeling of the literature on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare -- 53. Digital innovation in the healthcare system: integration between blockchain and artificial intelligence -- 54. The role of multi-stakeholder platforms in the path towards Circular Economy (CE) transition in Europe -- 55. Green Smart Manufacturing: potentials and limits towards Industry 5.0 -- 56. The use of unmanned aerial systems in environmental monitoring -- Part IV. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors -- 57. Natural gas supply in Italy: analysis and perspectives -- 58. The agro-photovoltaic sector as a possible implementation tool in Sicilian energy transition -- 59. Redevelopment of industrial brownfields through green hydrogen: evolution and criticalities -- 60. Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing of a unitized regenerative fuel cell stack: a preliminary study -- 61. A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile-Apparel Company -- 62. Textile industry between past and future in the 'Museo Merceologico' (MuMe) -- 63. Production and consumption trends in the European textile sector and main sustainability challenges -- 64. The future of the Italian tanning industry considering the recent geopolitical crisis -- 65. Risk assessment and life cycle approach to optimize the sustainability performance of leather products.

Part I. Waste management: Innovation and Quality -- Chapter 1. Development of an innovative controlled drying technology for the recovery of waste from the wine chain in a circular-economy perspective -- Chapter 2. Reduction of food waste and donations of surplus food in retail stores: A survey proposal -- Chapter 3. Enhancement of waste from the agri-food chain as innovative ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and their impact in chronic kidney disease -- Part II. Waste management: Circular economy and sustainability -- Chapter 4. The study of variables that influence the implementation of a waste cycle tracking system: a literature review -- Chapter 5. Quantification of fugitive methane emissions from landfills: an open issue -- Chapter 6. Sustainable organic waste management in small communities: evidence from life cycle-based evaluations -- Chapter 7. Valorisation of by-product and industry waste for date palm fruit by recovering bioactive molecules and possible applications: a circular economy model -- Chapter 8. Valorisation of pomegranate waste and by-products for new models of circular economy -- Chapter 9. Carbon, Water and Energy Footprint. A sustainability assessment for fruit & vegetable losses in Italy -- Chapter 10. Green technologies and LCA for the analysis of bioactive compounds in wheat husk: an integrated study for sustainability assessment -- Chapter 11. Modelling the leather industry waste from the circular economy perspective. A depth-review -- Chapter 12. Application of the MFA methodology for the analysis of paper and cardboard waste in Italy and a focus on the waste management in Apulia -- Chapter 13. Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in a Regional Circular Economy Scenario -- Chapter 14. Closing the cycle by reusing treated wastewater: the role of Prato in the European debate on Circular Economy -- Part III. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Energy.-Chapter 15. Natural gas supply in Italy: analysis and perspectives -- Chapter 16. The agro-photovoltaic sector as a possible implementation tool in Sicilian energy transition -- Chapter 17. Redevelopment of industrial brownfields through green hydrogen: evolution and criticalities -- Chapter 18. Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing of a unitized regenerative fuel cell stack: a preliminary study -- Part IV. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Leather and textile -- Chapter 19. A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile-Apparel Company -- Chapter 20. Textile industry between past and future in the in the New Museum of Commodity Science -- Chapter 21. Production and consumption trends in the European textile sector and main sustainability challenges -- Chapter 22. The future of the Italian tanning industry considering the recent geopolitical crisis -- Chapter 23. Risk assessment and life cycle approach to optimize the sustainability performance of leather products -- Chapter 24. A combined economic-environmental assessment of an innovative chemical formulation for waterproofing applications in the leather manufacturing industry -- Part V. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Mobility, Logistics and Transports -- Chapter 25. Mobility Environmental Profile in the Framework of a Research Project: The "CRESTING" Case -- Chapter 26. University students and mobility. A sustainability analysis -- Chapter 27. Life Cycle Costing in the maritime sector: the case of the extraordinary maintenance of a Roll-on/Roll-off ferry -- Chapter 28. The last-mile delivery process from a life cycle perspective -- Part VI. Circular economy and sustainability issues in several sectors: Technical materials and products -- Chapter 29. Concerns deriving from the sand business and potential substitutes for a sustainable construction sector -- Chapter 30. Reshoring and nearshoring of resources towards making the manufacturing chain of the Italian ceramic industry more resilient and sustainable -- Chapter 31. Definition of indicators relating to the extraction of minerals used in the ceramic sector for LCA -- Chapter 32. Personal Protective Equipment recycling scenarios for the production of reinforced bituminous conglomerates -- Chapter 33. Environmental performance and efficiency in the semiconductor fabrication sector -- Chapter 34. The recovery of materials and management at the end-of-life of ships. Models and strategies for a Critical Raw Materials Circular Market in Europe -- Part VII. Quality, circular economy, and sustainability: a miscellaneous of general facts -- Chapter 35. Entropic Limits of Circular Economy -- Chapter 36. Circular Bioeconomy: An analysis of operational principles and limits -- Chapter 37. Comparison and Contrast between Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Innovation -- Chapter 38. Transition to Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment: connections with social responsibility tools -- Chapter 39. A new approach to improve sustainability: the role of Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) -- Chapter 40. The proposal for the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD): towards better environmental data in sustainability reporting -- Chapter 41. ESG indicators and SME: towards a simplified framework for sustainability reporting -- Chapter 42. Women entrepreneurship and new business models for a quality production of Aloe Vera in Jordan -- Chapter 43. Sustainability standards and certifications for the healthcare sector: A literature review on social, economic, and environmental indicators -- Chapter 44. ISO 9001 certification of the Specialization Schools of the Health Area of the University of Padova -- Chapter 45. European University Alliances and good quality assurance practice -- Chapter 46. The inclusion of gender diversity in Italian universities: main priorities and critical issues -- Chapter 47. Patent box as a tax relief tool for companies operating in circular economy context -- Chapter 48. Industrial symbiosis in Sicily: perspectives and criticalities .