This book is the second volume of a selection of the best papers presented at the XXX National Conference of Commodity Science held in Bari, Italy on 2728th October, 2022. It is designed to help advance the knowledge and application of Commodity Science in innovation, quality, and sustainability principles and goals. Furthermore, it provides support in confronting the current environmental and socioeconomic challenges and contributes to addressing and solving those concerns in a circular economy context.
Under this perspective, the book highlights the central role that Commodity Science can play, also considering the multiple possibilities of interacting with other relevant research sectors, like food production and packaging, engineering, environmental science, organization, management, decision science, and social science, so enabling valorization and maximization. These interactions will appeal to academics, producers, decision- and policymakers, and other stakeholders.
Thus, this book has a multidisciplinary holistically integrated approach to Commodity Science that contributes to enhancing the current literature and knowledge.
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
Giovanni Lagioia (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy) is a full professor at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. He has a PhD in Commodity Science. He is also the Head of the Department of Economics, Management and Business Law at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. He teaches Commodity Science, Environmental Strategies for Circular Economy, and Waste Management. His main research topics include Bioenergy, the End-of-Life Management, Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Thinking, Input-Output Analysis, and Circular Economy.
Annarita Paiano (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy) holds a masters degree in Economics and has a PhD. She is currently an associate professor of Commodity Science, Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Production at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. She is also an Editorial Board Member and reviewer of international journals such as MPDI, Elsevier, Springer and others. She uses LCA,MFA, Carbon Footprint, and Water Footprint-based Approaches.
Vera Amicarelli (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy) is an associate professor at University of Bari Aldo Moro. She has a PhD in Commodity Science. She teaches Industrial Ecology, Quality, Environment and Sustainability and Resource and Waste Management. Her main research interests focus on Material Flow Analysis, Natural Resources and Environmental Management and Circular Economy. Since 1996, she has been a member of the Italian Commodity Science Academy (AISME).
Teodoro Gallucci (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy) is an associate professor at University of Bari Aldo Moro. He holds a PhD in Commodity Science. His main research topics concern the study and analysis of production processes through the methodology of life cycle thinking, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to different economic sectors.
Carlo Ingrao (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy) is a tenure-track assistant professor in Commodity Science at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. He has an MSc degree in Engineering for the Environment and the Territory from the University of Catania and a PhD in Civil Infrastructure for the Territory from Kore University of Enna, Italy and in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Catania, Italy. His research interests include Development of Life-Cycle Energy and Environmental Assessments in the field of Commodity Sciences and in related others.
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