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RES URBIS (GA 730349) Deliverable 6.3 1 REsources from URban BIo-waSte RES URBIS Title Deliverable 6.3 Due by: 31 st December, 2017 Deliverable Responsible: Joan Mata-Alvarez (UB) Status: PU/CO/RE Release 2.0 (month 12) Function Name Surname Delivery date Prepared by J. Mata-Álvarez 5 Nov. 2017 1 st Draft Delivered by J. Mata-Álvarez 9 Nov. 2017 Reviewed by David Newman 15 Nov 2017 Approved by Mauro Majone 22 Dec. 2017 Submitted to EU by Mauro Majone 28 Dec. 2017 RES URBIS is financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme under Grant Agreement No 730349 Call CIRC-05-2016: Unlocking the potential of urban organic waste)

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RES URBIS (GA 730349) Deliverable 6.3

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REsources from URban BIo-waSte

RES URBIS

Title

Deliverable 6.3

Due by: 31st December, 2017

Deliverable Responsible: Joan Mata-Alvarez (UB)

Status: PU/CO/RE

Release 2.0 (month 12)

Function Name Surname Delivery date

Prepared by J. Mata-Álvarez 5 Nov. 2017

1st Draft Delivered by J. Mata-Álvarez 9 Nov. 2017

Reviewed by David Newman 15 Nov 2017

Approved by Mauro Majone 22 Dec. 2017

Submitted to EU by Mauro Majone 28 Dec. 2017

RES URBIS is financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020

Programme under Grant Agreement No 730349

Call CIRC-05-2016: Unlocking the potential of urban organic waste)

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SUMMARY

Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................ 3

Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... 4

1. Dissemination Materials for General Audiences (DMGA) ................................................. 5

2. DMGA: Leaflets .................................................................................................................. 5

3. DMGA: Press releases ......................................................................................................... 7

4. DMGA: Website .................................................................................................................. 8

5. DMGA: Other type .............................................................................................................. 8

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Abbreviations

CM Consortium Members

CDP Communication and Dissemination Plan

DMGA Dissemination Material for General Audiences

D Done

DM Decision Makers

E Electronic

EU European Union

GA General Audience

KoM Kick of Meeting

L Leaflet

M Month or months

PC Project Coordinator

Pe Pending

PR Press release

SC Scientific Audience

ST Stakeholders

UB University of Barcelona

W Written

WP Work Package

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Abstract

The Deliverable 6.3, Dissemination Material for General Audiences (DMGA) deals with the

dissemination material of RES URBIS project, intended for broad, general audiences and constitutes

an important piece of the dissemination plan (CDP).

It includes all the material developed by CM, mainly by the PC as well as by WP6 leader and

translated by CM to their home languages. These materials aim to describe the RES URBIS project,

its objectives and main activities in a non technical language in order to be understandable for the

general audience to whom it is addressed. It includes at present, mainly leaflets, press releases, posters,

as well as the project website.

Annexes 1-5 of this Deliverable contains all the material produced for dissemination purposes since

M3 until M12.

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1. Dissemination Materials for General Audiences (DMGA)

The Dissemination Materials for General Audiences (DMGA) of RES URBIS project have the main

objective to inform the general audiences (GA) about the contents of the project and to spread differents

concepts of circular economy with practical issues. The DMGA was being carried out from the start of

the project (M1) until now (M11) and is being an important part of CDP (Deliverable 6.1). The DMGA

is divided into four types which are leaflets, press releases, project website and other, and it is shown

in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1. DMGA developed within the RES URBIS project

Material Target audience Planned distribution

Leaflets General audiences (GA)

which includes as well

stakeholders (ST) and

scientific community

(SC)

Exhibitions, Conferences (Technical,

Scientific, Others).

See more details in Section 2.

Press Releases General audiences (GA)

which includes also

stakeholders (ST) and

scientific community

(SC) as well as Decision

Makers (DM).

Technical and Non-Technical Journals,

Websites

See more details in Section 3.

Project Website General audiences (GA)

which includes also

stakeholders (ST) and

scientific community

(SC) as well as Decision

Makers (DM).

Website Link in documents issued by CM

when appropriate.

See more details in Section 4

Others: Street Art See more details in Section 5.

Moreover to elaborate DMGA for RES URBIS project we are following the article 38.1 of the GA and

point 8.4.1.1 of Consortium Agreement, where indications about how CM should plan their public

documents on the project are set. For this reason, being all written DMGAs also released through the

Website, the Website has been made available to the CM since M6 and it is ready for dissemination

purposes.

Finally, each beneficiary is contributing to the set-up of DMGA according to its tasks within RES

URBIS project activities

2. DMGA: Leaflets

One of the important DMGA are leaflets, where RES URBIS project activities, aims and main

outcomes will be explained for general audience, including a non-specialised public. Leaflets are

distributed mainly in:

a) Conferences and events intended for dissemination. Any type of conferences: scientific,

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technical, commercial, exhibition, etc., may serve as a basis for leaflet distribution for

dissemination purposes. It is expected to reach stakeholders (ST) and even decision makers

(DM).

Within these events it is important to mention the specific one organized by the PC in Rimini

(Italy). It consisted of a workshop entitled ‘Integrated management and valorization of

secondary organic flows of urban wastes’ which took place within the ECOMONDO exhibition

(more than 100.000 visitors each year). Sixteen presentations were given all related to circular

economy and most of them related to RES URBIS Annex 1 shows the program and some

pictures of the event. News of this workshop were given in Twitter and Facebook aswell.

Another quite important event is the bioeconomy week (Brussels 15-17 November) in which

the PC was invited to present the project with a stand to receive visitors and to give information

to them. This stand is equipped with two tables and chairs, a screen where a video will be

played continuously (available in www.resurbis.eu), general leafltes (updated), and a technical

report, for scientific-technical visitors. In addition some posters will be displayed, two of them

specifically designed for this event (see Annex 2).

b) Conferences and events intended for presenting scientific results directly or indirectly related

to RES URBIS project.

Table 2.1 summarises the events where leaflets were or will be distributed. It is expected to reach

stakeholders (ST) and even decision makers (DM)

Table 2.1 Event where Leaflets have been or will be distributed Partner Name of event Dates Type Status

UNIROMA ECOMONDO 2017 07-10/11/2017 a D

DTU

9th Biennial Conference of the International Society

for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) 25-29/06/2017 a D

16th International Waste Management and Landfill

Symposium 02-06/10/2017 a D

CNR IRSA Tutela della risorca idrica: trattamenti e riutilizzo 31/03/2017 a D

UB

II Congrés de l’aigua de Catalunya 22-23/03/2017 a D

VI Jornada sobre biorreactores de membrana 25/05/2017 a D

5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid

Waste Management 21-24/06/2017 a D

The IWA Specialist Conference of Sludge

Management: Sludetech 2017 09-13/02/2017 a D

VII Seminar on WWTP sludge 22/11/2017 a D

MI-PLAST International conference on Bio-Based materials 10/05/2017 a D

INNOEXC International Conference on Bio-Based Materials 11/05/2017 b D

IWA Conference 11-13/09/2017 a / b D

INAIL 15th World Congress on “Biotechnology and Biotech

Industries Meet” 20-22/03/2017 a / b D

AMB Waste to Resource 16-18/05/2017 a / b D

Renewable Resources and Biorefineries 07-09/06/2017 a / b D

BBIA

5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid

Waste Management, Athens, GR 21-24/06/2017 a D

ISWA World Congress 25-27/09/2017 a D

Bio Based Innovations Expo 2017 05-06/07/2017 a D Status: Done (D) or Pending (Pe); Type: a or b, in accordance with explanation in Section 2.

The events carried out between M3 and M10 are marked in bold.

More details of these events can be found in the Annexes of Deliverable6.1

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From M3 to M10, there are a total of 16 events in which leaflets have been distributed, in comparison

with the fisrt three months, which had only 1 event related to leaflets distribution. These events have a

wide range of audience, some of them are classified as national level while the others are international

events with different number of participants between 200 and 100,000 people.

In Annex 3 of this deliverable, there an updated English leaflet to be used in some of the events

enumerated in Deliverable 6.1. Their translation was included in the previous Deliverable 6.3 in

Catalan, Croatian, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

3. DMGA: Press releases

Press releases (PR) are another important method of dissemination of the project to reach a broad

audience. It consist of a written communication adressed at readers of the news media for the purpose

of announcing news about the RES URBIS project.

Press releases were e-mailed to assigned editors, journalists at technical and non-technical journals,

newspapers and websites. These actions caused side effects and some radio stations, online media,

television stations become interested in the news and were the roots of some of the media news

described in Deliverable 6.1. In addition to the general audience, it is expected to reach stakeholders

(ST) and even decision makers (DM).

Table 3.1 Media where press releases have been issued

Partner Name of written media Type Status

UNIROMA

Press Office of Sapienza E D

Research Italy E D

Galileo E D

DTU Press Office of DTU E Pe

Gold or green access Scientific Journal E / W Pe

NOVA ID

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia E Pe

Expresso (Portuguese Journal) E / W D

Gold or green access Scientific Journal E / W Pe

Press Office of FCT E Pe

UNIVE Press Office of Ca' Foscari E Pe

News on Ca' Foscari web magazine E Pe

UNIVR

Uni Verona Newsletter E Pe

L’Arena Newspaper E /W Pe

Greenme.it E D

Valori.it E D

Greenplanner.it E D

Alternativasostenibile.it E D

Ecoseven.net E D

Tgverona.it E D

CNR IRSA Peer Reviewed Journal E / W Pe

UB

RETEMA (Revista técnica del Medio Ambiente) E / W D

FUTUR-ENVIRO E D

ACR+ E / W Pe

Gold or green access Scientific Journal E / W Pe

Journal of large diffusion W Pe

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Press Office of the University of Barcelona E D

Aguas residuales info E D

PATN L'Adige E / W Pe

Institutional PATN page E D

USW

Peer reviewed Journal W Pe

Trade Journal (Waste Water Sector) E / W Pe

Advances Wales (Research and innovation

publication) E / W Pe

BBC News E / W D

INAIL INAIL website E D

AMB

ACR+ E / W Pe

AMB website E D

RESIDUOS PROFESIONAL (Revista

Técnica del Medio Ambiente) W D

BBIA BBIA MARCH-SEPTEMBER Newsletters E D Status: Done (D) or Pending (Pe); Type: Electronic (E) or written (W)

The events carried out between M3 and M10 are marked in bold

More details of these events can be found in the Annexes of Deliverable 6.1

Since M3 until M10 the partners publish 14 PR in diferent written media. Despite of this, few of them

have planned to publish in more written media in order to wider the range of GA.

In Annex 4 (formed by annex 4.1 to annex 4.4.) of this deliverable, there is a “pdf” recompilation of

the PR produced since M3 until M10.

4. DMGA: Website

RES URBIS project has its website at http://www.resurbis.eu as main tool, addressed to General

audiences (GA) which includes also stakeholders (ST) and scientific community (SC) as well as

Decision Makers (DM), as desciribed in the previous release of Deliverable 6.3. It also serves as a

tool for partners in its internal Consortium sections (intranet)

During this last semester regular updates have been made in most of the website section. Up to now

the site has received 2009 visits

More details of the website can be found in Deliverable 6.2., where the website contents as

dissemination material are shown.

Moreover, as an update of the RES URBIS contents, a newsletter reporting 1st year activity has been

prepared in the frame of Task 6.4, and will it be displaied on early days of January 2018 (Annex 5 of

this Deliverable)

5. DMGA: Other type

As explained in Deliverabale 6.1, the PC launched the idea for implementing unconventional and

creative social communication, by making a sort of twinning between RES URBIS concepts and so-

called “Street Art”. This approach is intended to reach a new segment of general audience where

conventional communication and dissemination activities do not arrive. At least three street arts were

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shared on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to improve the exposure to the public and intend to increase

the number of views as discussed in the previous meeting in June 2017.

Recently, the activities in the social media were increasing, not only directly related to RES URBIS

project, but also with some relevant news or events which raise the awareness of public about the

important of recycling and the concept of circular economy as related projects such as NoAW. This

will definitely help to promote the dissemination.

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ANNEX 1

ECOMONDO Event

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Event: Integrated management and enhancement of secondary

organic flows of urban origin

(http://en.ecomondo.com/)

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Organized by Ecomondo Technical Scientific Committee, in collaboration with DG

Research & Innovation Unit F2 - Bio-based products and processing (TBC),

ASSOBIOTEC, H2020 RES URBIS Project and H2020 SMART PLANT Project

In a "Circular Economy" approach, the integrated management of different organic

material flows of waste arising in urban areas, may allow their valorization, through both

the recovery of material resources (nitrogen and phosphorus) and the development of new

bio-based materials and/or biofuels. In particular, the integration of the treatment of

municipal organic waste with the civil wastewater and related sewage sludge may allow

the optimal use of available technologies (e.g. by allowing to reach an adequate treatment

capacity even for medium-small local frames and/or by exploiting any reactor volumes

that are already available in the sludge lines) as well as it can accelerate the development

of emerging technologies, especially towards bio-products with higher added value.

These innovative technology chains can go to graft on processes already applied as the

combined production of compost and biogas. Nor it should be excluded a possible

integration with thermal processes, to broaden the spectrum of added-value products. In

addition, an integrated management of secondary organic streams of urban origin could

be extended to include other waste such as those arising by agro-industrial sector and the

large retail and wholesale, which have similar compositions and often originate in peri-

urban area. Of course, this integrated management requires to address not only the

technical and economic aspects, but also the protection of human health and safety and

the environmental sustainability, which eventually call for the definition of new "end of

waste criteria" that need to be adequate for the new technological chains and new bio-

materials and bio-products. This approach appears to be fundamental to create the

necessary interaction, in a perspective B2B, between the sectors of the "waste /

wastewater management" on one hand and downstream segments of the production and

placement of "bio-based products (eg, the sectors of the bioplastics and biolubricants) on

the other one. Nor should we neglect the key role of local authorities and industry

associations, starting from the stages of technological development and setting of market

strategies.

The goal of this workshop is to present and to compare both the today's most advanced

management programs (case studies in various European cities) and the new

technological chains, that are emerging at least at pilot scale by various Projects, National

and International.

Targeted Audience: private and public Companies of the sectors of Waste and/or Water

Management, companies in the Bio-industries sectors (eg. Bioplastics), local and regional

Public Authorities, Company Associations.

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PROGRAM

SESSION I: Some advanced experiences/projects of waste / wastewater

management in European area

Section Chair:

Mauro Majone, Sapienza University of Rome

Paolo Pavan, University of Venice ‘Ca Foscari

10.00-10.15 Urban biowaste to biobased products: capturing the value of urban

biowaste resources

Andrea Accorigi (DG Research & Innovation Unit F2)

10.15-10.30 Integrated treatment of municipal wastewater and organic fraction of

MSW: pre-treatment approaches, two full scale experiences

Franco Cecchi e Giulia Moretto

10.30-10.45 Integrated management in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Juan Carlos Fernandez Valles, Area Metropolitana de Barcelona

10.45-11.00 The "South Wales cluster"

Alan Guwy, University of South Wales

11.00-11.15 Project Wcycle: Transition of Urban Region into Circular Economy

Igor Kos, Maribor Mayors Cabinet and the Institute Wcycle Maribor

11.15-11.30 L’esperienza di SESA SpA nella valorizzazione della frazione organica dei

rifiuti solidi urbani da raccolta differenziata

Tiziano Bonato, SESA spa

11.30-11.45 Discussion

SESSION II: Approaches and technologies emerging from research and

innovation

(Session organized by Ecomondo Technical Scientific Committee, with presentations of

ongoing National or European Research and Innovation Projects, by the respective

Coordinators)

Section Chairs:

Franco Cecchi, University of Verona

Giuseppe Mininni, CNR

11.45-12.00 RESources from URban Bio-waSte – The RES URBIS project

Mauro Majone, Sapienza University of Rome

12.00-12.15 NoAW : No Agro-Waste - Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste

into ecological and economic assets

Nathalie Gontard, Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

12.15-12.30 Scale-up of low-carbon footprint MAterial Recovery Techniques for

upgrading existing wastewater treatment Plants - SMART-Plant;

Francesco Fatone, Polytechnic University of Marche

12.30-12.45 Directions and perspectives of advanced sludge management in the EU

Giuseppe Mininni, CNR

12.45-13.15 Discussion

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SESSION III: Industrial experiences of valorization of secondary flows

Session organized in collaboration with ASSOBIOTEC

Section Chairs:

Mario Bonaccorso, ASSOBIOTEC

Mauro Majone, Sapienza University of Rome

14.15-14.30 Mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate production experience: Insights on

qualities for market Potential

Alan Werker Promiko AB

14.30-14.45 Urban Biorefinery PERSEO Bioethanol®: Bioethanol, bioproducts and

bioenergy from Organic Municipal Solid Waste

Caterina Coll Lozano, IMECAL

14.45-15.00 The ‘chemical recycling’ of residual waste: an industrial-scale case study

of a transition to a circular economy”

Alex Miles, ENERKEM

15.00-15.15 Recycling Absorbent Hygiene Products waste by establishing a multi-

purpose bio refinery: the Embraced Project"

Marcello Somma, Fater SpA - Head of R&D and Business Development AHP-R

15.15-15.30 Discussion

SESSION IV: How to Close the Circle (if one segment handles with urban waste)

Hot spots on methodologies and their peculiarities when having an urban waste at hand

Section Chairs:

Paolo Pavan, University of Venice ‘Ca Foscari

Giuseppe Mininni, CNR

15.30-15.45 The Life Cycle Assessment

Alessio Boldrin, Danish Technical University

15.45-16.00 Waste “cost” and business models

Fabiana Fantinel, InnoEXC

16.00-16.15 “End of waste” criteria for novel waste-based products

David Bolzonella, Verona University

16.15-16.30 The social perception of waste-based end-use goods: integrating the

consumer in the closed loop supply chain strategy

Ivan Russo, Verona University

16.30-16.45 Discussion

16.45-18.00 Round Table with invited speakers and discussion with the floor

Invited speakers: Andrea Lanuzza (CAP-Group); Michele Trimboli (ATO- ME3); Daniele

Renzi (ATS srl); Giovanni Gatti, (Provincia Autonoma di Trento), Alessandro Carfagnini

(Sabio srl) and discussion with the floor

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PHOTOS

Stand indicating the workshop of integrated management and enhancement of secondary

organic flows of urban origin

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Photos taken during ECOMONDO workshop

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Photos taken during ECOMONDO workshop

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Some members of RES URBIS project in a meeting after ECOMONDO event

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ANNEX 2

Bioeconomy week event

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Event: Bioeconomy policy day

(http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/bioeconomy-policy-day)

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Information about event

Date: 16/11/2017

Venue: Brussels

Organiser: European Commission

The event is an appropriate moment not only to announce the outcomes of the review on the

Bioeconomy strategy presented in a Staff Working Document, but also and discuss how to move the Bioeconomy forward.

Objectives

Present and receive feedback on the findings of the review of the Bioeconomy strategy

Raise awareness about the importance of an inclusive, widely shared agenda for

Bioeconomy that is responsive to societal needs and aspirations

Present points of interest and highlight synergies with the different Directorates Generals

that have a bearing on Bioeconomy.

Target audience

Stakeholders, including the members of the European Bioeconomy Stakeholders Panel

Policy makers, including national and regional level

EC staff

SC2 project participants

Media

Programme

The programme will include:

• a plenary session highlighting the outcome of the Staff Wording Document on the revue of the

Bioeconomy strategy;

• video clips focus on innovations, new businesses, companies, social projects related to Bioeconomy;

• a presentation of the Bioeconomy Manifesto, setting out a societal agenda for Bioeconomy development;

• 9 parallel sessions managed by 9 General Directorates, the co-signatories of the Bioeconomy

Strategy.

A "Bioeconomy village" with 20 booths will be showcased during the days 16 and 17 November.

Download the agenda:

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/image/document/2017-45/bioeconomy_policy_day_D74F6940-9E97-3200-1D6B9710D356799B_48192.pdf

The event can also be webstreamed:

CHAR - GASP, 09:00 - 17:30; https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/info-day-horizon-2020-societal-challenge-2-calls-for-proposals-2018-11-16-gasp

CHAR - MANS, 10:50 - 17:00; https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/info-day-horizon-2020-societal-

challenge-2-calls-for-proposals-2018-11-16-mans

CHAR - JENK, 10:50 - 17:00; https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/info-day-horizon-2020-societal-challenge-2-calls-for-proposals-2018-11-16-jenk

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Practical information

This event forms part of the Horizon 2020 Societal challenge 2 InfoWeek which will take place

from 14 to 17 November.

As for other events, participation is free of charge but participants are asked to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

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Roller banner

Roller banner specially designed

for this event

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Pilot plant flow-sheet

The pilot plant flow-sheet created to the event

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Technical report

Grant agreement No 730349

Horizon 2020, CIRC-05-2016

RESources from URban BIo-waSte:

RES URBIS (in latin: things, goods, or affairs of the city)

www.resurbis.eu

RES URBIS TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF THE TASKS CARRIED OUT

DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, UPDATED OCTOBER 2017

The RES URBIS project consortium is formed by 21 partners (see Figure 1) from

different sectors and different European countries. The aim is to demonstrate the

feasibility of a biorefinery to produce PHA bioplastics from biowastes of towns and

surrounding areas. To obtain a better outcome, every partner contributes with their

strongest expertize.

The project is divided into several tasks which among others include the following:

Assessment of territorial clusters, optimization of PHA production, technical challenges

of PHA production, regulatory framework related to different urban bio-waste, set up of

the stakeholder platform, analysis of scenarios for PHB production, dissemination of RES

URBIS project, etc. The project is structured in eight Work Packages (WP), five of them

have already started and are commented below.

WP1

To define and describe the four territorial clusters (see Figure 1 and Table 1) which are

selected as case studies in RES URBIS, an inventory of urban biowaste management

systems is prepared for these individual clusters. This inventory includes collection,

processing and disposal of individual streams of urban biowaste. The harmonized and

user-friendly data collection framework was developed containing a questionnaire

structured into five levels: 1) waste generation; 2) waste key parameters; 3) waste

treatments; 4) value chain and financing; 5) socio-economic factors. Data collection for

the four clusters is almost complete and comparative data analysis was initiated.

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Figure 1: Partners participating in the project and territorial clusters

To carry out a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the proposed RES URBIS biorefinery

concept and to benchmark it to relevant alternatives for the treatment of biowaste, a

preliminary screening LCA is planned at an early stage of the project, mostly based on

preliminary data available regarding the RES URBIS concept. The preliminary LCA

includes a global sensitivity analysis to address data collection and definition of future

scenarios. Decisions on the type of LCA and the included scenarios were made, while a

roadmap for carrying out the LCA was defined. To do so, the system boundaries to be

analyzed by LCA were preliminarily defined, including both the foreground system and

its expansion (i.e. the substitutions). Moreover, the important modelling issues have been

identified and listed.

Table 1: List of clusters

Clusters Country

Province of Trento Italy

Barcelona Metropolitan area Spain

Lisbon Metropolitan area Portugal

South Wales United Kingdom

WP2

Some universities are participating in laboratory research to optimize the steps of the PHA

production process, to produce PHA of targeted composition and to develop bio-solvents

from acidogenic effluents for PHA extraction. To accomplish these objectives several

reactors with different characteristics have started-up in USW, UB, INRA and UNIVE,

leaded by NOVAID The laboratory research is based on acidogenic fermentation process

which is the first stage of PHA production. Basically, these reactors can be divided into

three types:

- Discontinuous experiment in bottles of 0.25L (batch test)

- Experiment on laboratory-scale reactors with 4L and 5L in volume

- Experiment on larger scale reactor with capacity of 28L, 100L, 380L and 400L.

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Other than the acidogenic fermentation, an experimental research about the selection and

accumulation of PHA is lead by UNIRM. In this case, two pilot-scale process has been

installed in a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) of Treviso, with three main process

units: a CSTR (Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor) with 380 L capacity for acidogenic

fermentation, an aerobic SBR (Sequencing Batch Reactor) with 160 L of operational

volume to select the biomass with accumulation capacity and, finally, an aerobic batch

accumulation reactor to produce a PHA-rich biomass (140 L). On the other hand, to fully

use the materials of this pilot plant, UNIVE will carry out the characterization of process

overflows that have been identified, such as:

- solid fraction coming from the solid/liquid separation unit of post fermentation

- supernatant from the batch PHA accumulation stage after biomass thickening

- supernatant from the downstream biomass processing for PHA extraction

Furthermore, real VFA aqueous solutions (as obtained in acidogenic fermentation) will

be eluted on SPE, so that VFA can be concentrated in bioethanol solution and eventually

converted into the respective ethyl esters.

WP4

This WP is dedicated to the definition of the regulatory framework and constraints: the

material for the definition and analysis of the European Regulation as well as that for the

national regulations of the selected territorial clusters was collected and analyzed.

Moreover, study for the definition of “End of Waste Criteria” for the produced PHA will

start in month 18. However, at this stage, a preliminary activity on “public perception and

acceptance” of biowaste derived bioproducts was commenced. The main objective is to

understand whether different consumer perception of bio-based products derived from

waste leads to an intention to buy. Participants will be invited to fill in our web-based

survey via the consumer online panel.

WP5

A large platform has been established where project partners are in tight connection with

stakeholders, which include public authorities and utilities, industry representatives and

their associations, social non-governmental organizations. In order to structure the overall

PHA Portfolio for the biorefinery including the entire spectrum of low and high value

applications, modeling activities to allow top down calculation of cross margins has

already been started.

Cost-benefit analysis has not been started yet, although scenarios have been drafted.

Besides, a survey to assess a possible premium from consumer perception on sources

renewability has been initiated by UNIVR.

WP6

Last but not least, it is also important to know that even though most of the objectives are

focused on the production, the dissemination to the general and specific audience takes a

significant role in the project. On one hand, general audience is informed about the

progress of this project and related findings through social media like Twitter, Facebook,

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etc.. Via electronic and conventional media, such as radio, television and newspaper,

latest updates can also be obtained by the general audience.

On the other hand, a webpage (www.resurbis.eu) for specific audience was created. From

there, it can be found technical information regarding to the RES URBIS project up to

date. Moreover, this webpage allows all stakeholders and partners to access to private

contents like technical reports, meeting minutes, responsibilities of every partner, etc.

By organizing and participating in the congress and other scientific events, an important

dissemination activity can be done to inform specific audience. During the technical

events like sector conferences, there are always project leaflets available, and many times

poster and oral presentations. Different scientific articles and a yearly newsletter will be

published in electronic journals or magazines in the next months. At the same time, papers

(paper and electronic format) in scientific journals targeting waste treatment and

management have to be produced.

For more information: [email protected]; website: www.resurbis.eu

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ANNEX 3

Leaflets

English: For all partners

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RESources from URban BIo-waSte: RES URBIS (in latin: things, goods, or affairs of the city)

THE RES URBIS RATIONALE To integrate treatment of all relevant bio-waste of urban origin Huge amounts of organic residues originate from the sorted-collection of urban solid waste (OFMSW) and the sludge from urban wastewater treatment plants (WWS), which are handled separately. RES URBIS aims to combine treatment of all bio-waste of urban origin, also including park and garden waste, and possibly residues from food-processing industry of suitable composition.

To develop an urban bio-waste biorefinery and related bio-based products Integrated treatment of different bio-waste is functional to implement a novel “urban biowaste biorefinery” aimed to converting biowaste into useful bio-based products, especially towards higher value products than biogas and compost. By using an integrated approach, the minimal operating capacity of urban biowaste biorefinery can be reached even in small “waste basins”.

To take care of the whole technology chain and depending on territorial conditions By converting urban biowaste into bio-products, several industrial sectors have to be linked each other, each one having its own business targets, needs and specifications. Because driving forces and constraints highly depend on territorial conditions, affordable economic strategies have to be tailored with respect to autonomous clusters, e.g. where “waste basin” is large enough and recovery cycles are possibly closed within the cluster itself.

To take care of all other technical and non technical constraints Regulatory (e.g. “end of waste”), environmental, and social constraints have to be also addressed, by also taking into account local, regional and national conditions

RES URBIS received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730349” (Call CIRC-05-2016: Unlocking the potential of urban organic waste)

FACTS: 3-year project 3 million Euros 21 partners from 8 nations 4 territorial clusters: 8 770 500 population 3.3 M tons/year waste 294 K tons/year dry sludge (2014 data)

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RES URBIS activities • collection and analysis of

data on urban bio-waste production and present management systems in four territorial clusters in different countries, with different characteristics.

• well-targeted experimental activity to solve open technical issues by using appropriate combination of innovative and catalogue-proven technologies.

• market analysis within several economic scenarios and business models for full exploitation of bio-based products.

PHA production pilot plant, by Universities La Sapienza of Rome and ‘Ca Foscari of Venice

From organic waste of urban origin to valuable bio-based products:

the urban biowaste biorefinery

Several bio-based materials will be produced polyhydroxyalkanoate co-polymers (PHA) biosolvents (to be reused in PHA extraction), and fibers (to be reused for PHA biocomposites)

A portfolio of PHA-based bioplastics will be produced at pilot scale, to be tested for different applications: Biodegradable commodity film, Packaging interlayer film, Specialty durables (such as electronics), Premium slow C-release material for ground

water remediation

• Technical- economic analyses of the whole technology chain will be done with reference to selected territorial clusters, by considering either the ex-novo implementation of the urban biowaste biorefinery or its integration into existing wastewater treatment or anaerobic digestion plants.

The RES URBIS box model

For more information: [email protected]; website: www.resurbis.eu

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ANNEX 4

Press Releases

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Financed by EU GA 730349

Program 8P2CCA - HORIZON 2020. PILLAR 2-INDUSTRIAL

ANNEX 4.1

USW and BBA (in English)

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Biovale and NNFCC join RES URBIS

BBIA met with Biovale and bioeconomy consultants NNFCC in York on 21 March to discuss

common activities, and both agencies have agreed to join the Stakeholders Platform of

the RES URBIS Horizon 2020 project. BBIA has agreed to join the Biovale Stakeholders

group of the Agrimax project in which they are involved.

BBIA also met with the Centre for Process Innovation group in Middlesbrough on 11 April

and visited the various premises. For more information regarding the superb facilities CPI

offer to companies in our sector, click here.

RES URBIS Project

The RES URBIS (Resources from Urban Bio-waste) partners meeting takes place on 28-30

June in Cardiff at the University of South Wales.

The preliminary results from the first six-month laboratory trials will be presented and a

stakeholder platform will look at how the project is progressing.

This update will be held on the afternoon of 29 June and all those interested in knowing more

about the research, which aims to transform biowaste into PHA, are invited. To join the

meeting, please contact David Newman.

More information about RES URBIS, a Horizon 2020 research project based on the

development of an innovative technological sector for the integrated treatment of various

urban solid wastes in which BBIA is a partner, can be found on the European Commission's

website.

Financed by EU GA 730349

Program 8P2CCA - HORIZON 2020. PILLAR 2-INDUSTRIAL

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BBIA representing RES URBIS at EU Bioeconomy week

The RES URBIS project, in which BBIA is a partner, has been chosen by the European

Commission to showcase its activities in Brussels on 16 and 17 November during the EU

Bioeconomy week. Two EU Commissioners Carlos Moedas (Research, Science and

Innovation) and Phil Hogan (Agriculture & Rural Development) will be present, visiting the

stands and asking questions. As Stakeholder Platform leader, BBIA will be present.

BBIA at upcoming events

BBIA will be present at RWM in Birmingham, 12-14 September. If you would like to meet with

us, please drop us an email to make an appointment.

The ISWA World Waste Congress takes place in Baltimore, USA on 25-27 September, and

BBIA will be participating, presenting on food waste as a contributor to a low carbon

economy. The subject of food waste recovery for high value materials will also be presented,

illustrating the RES URBIS project, of which BBIA is a partner.

BBIA Managing Director Newman will be speaking in Westminster at the All-Party

Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group meeting on 23 October on ‘Building our

Industrial Strategy: A way forward for resource efficiency?’. The draft programme can be

seen here.

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ANNEX 4.2

AMB (in Catalan)

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Trasformare i rifiuti biologici urbani in nuovi prodotti biologici, il tutto all’interno di una

singola bioraffineria: è questo l’obiettivo del progetto europeo RES URBIS.

RES URBIS è un progetto di ricerca del valore di oltre 3 milioni di euro, coordinato

dall’Università La Sapienza di Roma e che vede la partecipazione di 21 attori provenienti

da 8 Paesi europei diversi (Italia, Francia, Danimarca, Portogallo, Regno Unito, Spagna,

Croazia, Svizzera). All’interno di questo gruppo ci sono 9 università (tra le quali quelle

di Bologna, di Venezia e di Verona), due istituti di ricerca, 8 esponenti del mondo

dell’industria e 4 pubbliche amministrazioni. Il progetto, della durata complessiva di 3

anni, è diviso in 3 fasi.

ANALISI DATI

I dati analizzati sono la quantità, le caratteristiche e le modalità di gestione dei rifiuti

biologici urbani nelle 4 diverse aree partecipanti al progetto: l’area metropolitana di

Barcellona, il Trentino, la contea Rhonda Cynon Taff (Galles) e l’area di Lisbona.

ATTIVITA’ SPERIMENTALI

Verranno applicate tecnologie innovative alla risoluzione di problematiche tecniche

riguardanti la conversione da rifiuti biologi a prodotti biologici pronti per l’immissione

sul mercato.

ANALISI DI MERCATO

L’obiettivo è cercare di aumentare al massimo l’appetibilità dei nuovi prodotti

biologici verso i potenziali consumatori.

ANNEX 4.3

PATN, UniVE and Università di Roma (in Italian)

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Il Servizio gestione impianti dell’Agenzia per la depurazione ha in gestione la parte

riguardante la Provincia Autonoma di Trento del progetto.

Per saperne di più: www.resurbis.eu

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Informarsi Rif iuti & Riciclaggio Bioplastiche dai rifiuti urbani, ecco il progetto tutto italiano CERCA

Pubblicato: 9 Novembre 2017 Scritto da Germana Carillo

BIOPLASTICHE DAI RIFIUTI URBANI,ECCO IL PROGETTO TUTTO ITALIANO

Res Urbis, “REsources from URban BIo-waSte”, ovvero come trasformare i rifiuti urbani in

bioplastiche. È l’ambizioso progetto di una serie di Università italiane, in prima linea quella di

Verona e La Sapienza di Roma, che hanno presentato a Bruxelles un programma per il

recupero degli scarti urbani.

Selezionato come Showcase per la Bioeconomy Week che si terrà prossimamente in Belgio

e coordinato da Mauro Majone, Res Urbis ha un solo scopo: valorizzare scarti urbani di

origine organica mediante la trasformazione in bio-polimeri per la produzione di

plastiche ecocompatibili.

Un po’ come i due fratelli californiani che hanno creato la PHA (polihydroxyalkanoate)

utilizzando rifiuti alimentari, carta o cartone sporchi o sottoprodotti agricoli, anche gli atenei

italiani che aderiscono al progetto (l’università di Bologna e la Ca Foscari di Venezia,

insieme con 21 partner tra imprese, associazioni e amministrazioni pubbliche provenienti da

8 Paesi europei) mirano a promuovere l’economia circolare, con il duplice obiettivo di

minimizzare i quantitativi di rifiuti da smaltire in discarica e di ottenere nuovi prodotti bio ed

eco-compatibili usando gli stessi scarti come risorse rinnovabili alternative al petrolio.

“Ognuno dei 300 milioni di europei

che vivono in aree urbane – spiega

Mauro Majone – produce in media

ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di

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potenziale impatto applicativo di

RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le

ricadute ambientali, economico e

occupazionali che possono derivare

dalla messa a punto di tecnologie innovative che consentano la trasformazione

di quest’enorme flusso di materiale organico in prodotti utili e con effettivo

valore di mercato sono estremamente positive. Allo stesso tempo, il progetto

punta a sviluppare tecnologie tali da consentirne l’integrazione con la

riqualificazione di impianti tradizionali per la depurazione delle acque e/o il

trattamento dei rifiuti”.

Un progetto importante, insomma, che non solo vuole valorizzare i vari scarti organici di

origine urbana come i rifiuti municipali, ma anche i fanghi di depurazione delle acque reflue.

Quale applicazione per le bioplastiche che ne verranno? Gli studiosi pensano a

soluzioni nei settori dell’imballaggio, come film biodegradabili e compositi, della produzione

di beni di consumo durevole come i telai di computer, tablet e telefoni, oppure comeelementi

per l’interior design come lampade e sedie.

Infine, tutto ciò che costituirà i flussi residui dal processo per la produzione delle bioplastiche

verranno raccolti separatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) e compost, per

una valorizzazione di secondo livello.

“È evidente quindi la necessità di

affrontare, oltre al le tematiche

prettamente tecnologiche, quegli

aspett i legat i al la accettabi l i tà

sociale e del mercato per i nuovi

prodot t i , o l t re che agl i aspet t i

normativi dal momento che si parte

da un rifiuto e si arriva d un prodotto

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d ipar t imento d i B io tecnolog ie

dell’Università di Verona. Precedenti

studi ci dicono peraltro che non si hanno problematiche di trascinamento di

inquinanti o organismi patogeni dal rifiuto al prodotto finale, a conferma del

fatto che l’approccio proposto può risultare vincente”.

Leggi anche:

A 16 anni inventa la bioplastica fatta con le bucce di banana

Dai gusci d’uovo una bioplastica resistente e flessibile

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RICERCA ITALIANA: BIOPLASTICA DAGLI SCARTIURBANI

Standard by Martina Valentini 8 novembre 2017 No Comments

La ricerca italiana protagonista a Bruxelles: durante la Bioeconomy Week (14-17 novembre) sarà infatti presentato Res

Urbis, “REsources from URban BIo-waSte”, il progetto dell'Università di Verona e de La Sapienza per la valorizzazione degli

scarti urbani di origine organica mediante trasformazione in bio-polimeri per la produzione di plastiche ecocompatibili,

finanziato dalla Comunità Europea all’interno del programma Horizon 2020.

“Ognuno dei 300 milioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega Mauro Majone, coordinatore del progetto - produce

in media ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di sostanza organica di scarto, il cui recupero e valorizzazione è attualmente

piuttosto limitato; questo rende evidente che il potenziale impatto applicativo di RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le ricadute

ambientali, economico e occupazionali che possono derivare dalla messa a punto di tecnologie innovative che

consentano la trasformazione di quest’enorme flusso di materiale organico in prodotti utili e con effettivo valore di mercato

sono estremamente positive. Allo stesso tempo, il progetto punta a sviluppare tecnologie tali da consentirne l’integrazione

con la riqualificazione di impianti tradizionali per la depurazione delle acque o il trattamento dei rifiuti”.

Il progetto si inquadra nelle azioni di ricerca e sviluppo specificamente finalizzate a promuovere l'Economia circolare “La

transizione da un’economia di tipo lineare, in cui le risorse vengono utilizzate per produrre beni che alla fine del loro ciclo di

vita vengono smaltite in modo massivo, ad un modello di tipo circolare, in cui le risorse vengono riutilizzate

indefinitamente, con enormi benefici per l’ambiente, passa necessariamente per il recupero dei rifiuti organici prodotti nelle

nostre città”, spiega David Bolzonella del dipartimento di Biotecnologie UniVerona “In questo progetto si vuole sviluppare

una filiera tecnologica innovativa per la valorizzazione integrata dei vari scarti organici di origine urbana quali i rifiuti

municipali e i fanghi di depurazione delle acque reflue municipali. L'obiettivo principale è quello di convertire queste tipologie

di scarti urbani in bioplastiche con applicazioni nei settori dell'imballaggio (film biodegradabili e compositi), della

produzione di beni di consumo durevole quali ad esempio i telai di computer, tablet e telefoni, oppure elementi per l’interior

design come lampade e sedie. Tutti i flussi residui dal processo per la produzione delle bio-plastiche andranno, come già

oggi accade con i rifiuti organici raccolti separatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) e compost, per una

valorizzazione di secondo livello.”.Alla ricerca hanno partecipato anche l’università di Bologna, la Ca Foscari di Venezia e

21 partner tra imprese, associazioni e amministrazioni pubbliche provenienti da 8 Paesi europei.

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Urbis è un progetto

presentato a Bruxelles con

l’obiettivo di migliorare il

recupero degli scarti urbani

per trasformarli in

bioplastiche.

Il progetto, coordinato da

Mauro Majone

dell’Università La Sapienza

di Roma – ateneo che sta

seguendo Res Urbis in collaborazione con l’Università di Verona e altre università

italiane, è stato selezionato come Showcase per la Bioeconomy Week in programma a

Bruxelles dal 14 al 17 novembre.

Scopo finale di Res Urbis è la valorizzazione degli scarti urbani di origine organica

mediante la loro trasformazione in bio-polimeri per la produzione di plastiche

ecocompatibili.

I 300 milioni di europei che vivono nelle aree urbane producono cadauno, in media ogni

giorno, più di 100 grammi di sostanza organica di scarto, il cui recupero e valorizzazione è

attualmente piuttosto limitato; per questo il potenziale impatto applicativo di Res

Urbis è molto elevato.

Le ricadute ambientali, economico e occupazionali che possono derivare dalla messa a

punto di tecnologie che consentano la trasformazione di quest’enorme flusso di materiale

organico in prodotti utili e con effettivo valore di mercato sono estremamente positive.

Allo stesso tempo, Res Urbis punta a sviluppare tecnologie tali da consentirne

l’integrazione con la riqualificazione di impianti tradizionali per la depurazione delle acque

e/o il trattamento dei rifiuti.

Il progetto – finanziato dalla Comunità Europea, all’interno del programma Horizon 2020,

con 3 milioni di euro – si inquadra nelle azioni di ricerca e sviluppo finalizzate a promuovere

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smaltire in discarica e di ottenere nuovi prodotti bio ed eco-compatibili.

A coordinare i lavori per l’Università di Verona ci sarà David Bolzonella del dipartimento

di Biotecnologie, con il supporto dei suoi collaboratori Natalia Herrero Garcia e

Giuseppe Strazzera, con la collaborazione dei docenti Ivan Russo, del dipartimento di

Economia aziendale, Andrea Caprara e Sergio Moro, del dipartimento di Scienze

giuridiche.

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Venezia e 21 partner tra imprese, associazioni e amministrazioni pubbliche provenienti da

8 Paesi europei, a dimostrazione che l’integrazione di più discipline ed enti è elemento

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mediante trasformazione in bio-pol imeri per la produzione di plast iche

ecocompatibi l i . I l progetto di r icerca è stato finanziato dal la Comunità

Europea, a l l ’ interno del programma Horizon 2020, con 3 mil ioni di euro. I l

progetto s i inquadra nel le az ioni di r icerca e svi luppo specificamente

finalizzate a p romuovere l ' Economia c i r co la re, con i l dupl ice obiett ivo di

minimizzare i quant i ta t iv i d i r ifiut i da smal t i re in d i scar ica e d i ot tenere

nuovi prodott i bio ed eco-compatibi l i usando gl i stess i scart i come

risorse r innovabil i a lternative al petrol io.

“Ognuno dei 300 mil ioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega

Mauro Majone, - produce in media ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di

sostanza organica di scarto, i l cui recupero e valor izzazione è attualmente

piuttosto l imitato; questo rende evidente che i l potenziale impatto

appl icat ivo di RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le r icadute ambiental i ,

economico e occupazional i che possono derivare dal la messa a punto di

tecnologie innovative che consentano la t r a s fo rmaz ione d i ques t ’ enorme

flusso d i mater ia le organ ico in prodott i u t i l i e con effett ivo valore di

mercato sono estremamente posit ive . Al lo stesso tempo, i l progetto

punta a svi luppare tecnologie tal i da consentirne l ’ integrazione con la

r iqual ificazione di impianti t radiz ional i per la depurazione del le acque e/o

i l trattamento dei r ifiuti” .

Per l ’ateneo scal igero sarà coordinatore locale David Bolzonel la del

dipart imento di Biotecnologie, con i l supporto dei suoi col laborator i

Natal ia Herrero Garcia e Giuseppe Strazzera, con la col laborazione dei

docenti Ivan Russo, del dipart imento di Economia aziendale e Andrea

Caprara e Sergio Moro, del d ipart imento di Sc ienze giur idiche, a

dimostrazione che l ’ integrazione di più discipl ine è elemento

impresc indibi le per queste t ipologie di progett i dal momento che queste

tematiche r ichiedono un approccio s istemico e fortemente

mult idisc ipl inare per la r icerca di approcci realmente innovativ i .

“La transizione da un’economia di t ipo l ineare, in cui le r isorse vengono

uti l izzate per produr re ben i che a l la fine de l lo ro c i c lo d i v i ta vengono

sma l t i te in modo mass ivo, ad un model lo di t ipo c ircolare, in cui le

r isorse vengono r iut i l izzate indefinitamente, con enormi benefic i per

l ’ amb iente , passa necessar iamente per i l recupero dei r ifiut i organic i

prodotti nel le nostre città” , spiega Bolzonel la . “ In questo progetto s i vuole

svi luppare una fil iera tecnologica innovativa per la v a lo r i z zaz ione

integrata de i var i scar t i o rgan ic i d i o r ig ine urbana qua l i i r ifiut i

munic ipa l i e i f anghi d i depuraz ione de l le acque reflue munic ipa l i.

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urbani in bioplast iche con appl icazioni nei settori del l ' imbal laggio (film

biodegradabi l i e composit i ) , del la produzione di beni di consumo

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Urb i s in tende r ida re v i ta ag l i

scar t i u rbani .

I l progetto "Res Urbis : REsources f rom URban BIo-waSte" ,

se lez ionato come showcase nel la B ioeconomy Week a

Bruxel les , nasce con lo scopo d i t rasformare i r ifiut i urbani in

b ioplast i che .

Coordinato dal le Università di Verona e dal l 'Università Sapienza di Roma,

Res Urbis intende va lo r i zzaz ione g l i s ca r t i u rban i d i or igine organica

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mediante trasformazione in bio-pol imeri per la produzione di plast iche

ecocompatibi l i . I l progetto di r icerca è stato finanziato dal la Comunità

Europea, a l l ’ interno del programma Horizon 2020, con 3 mil ioni di euro. I l

progetto s i inquadra nel le az ioni di r icerca e svi luppo specificamente

finalizzate a p romuovere l ' Economia c i r co la re, con i l dupl ice obiett ivo di

minimizzare i quant i ta t iv i d i r ifiut i da smal t i re in d i scar ica e d i ot tenere

nuovi prodott i bio ed eco-compatibi l i usando gl i stess i scart i come

risorse r innovabil i a lternative al petrol io.

“Ognuno dei 300 mil ioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega

Mauro Majone, - produce in media ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di

sostanza organica di scarto, i l cui recupero e valor izzazione è attualmente

piuttosto l imitato; questo rende evidente che i l potenziale impatto

appl icat ivo di RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le r icadute ambiental i ,

economico e occupazional i che possono derivare dal la messa a punto di

tecnologie innovative che consentano la t r a s fo rmaz ione d i ques t ’ enorme

flusso d i mater ia le organ ico in prodott i u t i l i e con effett ivo valore di

mercato sono estremamente posit ive . Al lo stesso tempo, i l progetto

punta a svi luppare tecnologie tal i da consentirne l ’ integrazione con la

r iqual ificazione di impianti t radiz ional i per la depurazione del le acque e/o

i l trattamento dei r ifiuti” .

Per l ’ateneo scal igero sarà coordinatore locale David Bolzonel la del

dipart imento di Biotecnologie, con i l supporto dei suoi col laborator i

Natal ia Herrero Garcia e Giuseppe Strazzera, con la col laborazione dei

docenti Ivan Russo, del dipart imento di Economia aziendale e Andrea

Caprara e Sergio Moro, del d ipart imento di Sc ienze giur idiche, a

dimostrazione che l ’ integrazione di più discipl ine è elemento

impresc indibi le per queste t ipologie di progett i dal momento che queste

tematiche r ichiedono un approccio s istemico e fortemente

mult idisc ipl inare per la r icerca di approcci realmente innovativ i .

“La transizione da un’economia di t ipo l ineare, in cui le r isorse vengono

uti l izzate per produr re ben i che a l la fine de l lo ro c i c lo d i v i ta vengono

sma l t i te in modo mass ivo, ad un model lo di t ipo c ircolare, in cui le

r isorse vengono r iut i l izzate indefinitamente, con enormi benefic i per

l ’ amb iente , passa necessar iamente per i l recupero dei r ifiut i organic i

prodotti nel le nostre città” , spiega Bolzonel la . “ In questo progetto s i vuole

svi luppare una fil iera tecnologica innovativa per la v a lo r i z zaz ione

integrata de i var i scar t i o rgan ic i d i o r ig ine urbana qua l i i r ifiut i

munic ipa l i e i f anghi d i depuraz ione de l le acque reflue munic ipa l i.

L 'obiett ivo pr incipale è quel lo di convert i re queste t ipologie di scart i

urbani in bioplast iche con appl icazioni nei settori del l ' imbal laggio (film

biodegradabi l i e composit i ) , del la produzione di beni di consumo

durevole qual i ad esempio i te la i d i computer , tablet e te lefoni , oppure

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Ar t i co l i co r re la t i

Tutt i i flussi res idui dal processo per la produz ione de l le b io -p las t i che

andranno, come già oggi accade con i r ifiuti organici raccolt i

separatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) e compost , per

una valorizzazione di secondo l ivel lo. E ’ evidente quindi la necessità di

affrontare , o l t re a l le tematiche prettamente tecnologiche, quegl i aspett i

legat i a l la accettabi l i tà sociale e del mercato per i nuovi prodott i , o l tre

che agl i aspett i normativ i dal momento che s i parte da un r ifiuto e s i

arr iva d un prodotto da immettere sul mercato. Precedenti studi” ,

conclude Bolzonella , “ci dicono peraltro che non si hanno problematiche

di trascinamento di inquinanti o organismi patogeni dal r ifiuto al prodotto

finale, a conferma del fatto che l ’approccio proposto può r isultare

vincente”.

Al la r icerca partecipano anche l ’università di Bologna (coordinatore locale

Lorenzo Bert in) e la Ca Foscari di Venezia (coordinatore locale Paolo

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L’Università di Verona e Sapienza Università di Roma, insieme ad altre università italiane,stanno lavorando a un progetto per trasformare i rifiuti urbani in bioplastiche. Si tratta di ResUrbis, “REsources from URban BIo-waSte”.

Il progetto è stato selezionato come Showcase per la Bioeconomy Week in programma aBruxelles dal 14 al 17 novembre.

La finalità di Res Urbis è la valorizzazione degli scarti urbani di origine organica mediantetrasformazione in bio-polimeri per la produzione di plastiche ecocompatibili ed è finanziato dallaComunità Europea, all’interno del programma Horizon 2020, con 3 milioni di euro.

Il progetto si inquadra nelle azioni di ricerca e sviluppo specificamente finalizzate a promuoverel'Economia circolare, con il duplice obiettivo di minimizzare i quantitativi di rifiuti da smaltire indiscarica e di ottenere nuovi prodotti bio ed eco-compatibili usando gli stessi scarti comerisorse rinnovabili alternative al petrolio.

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“Ognuno dei 300 milioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega Mauro Majone,coordinatore del progetto - produce in media ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di sostanzaorganica di scarto, il cui recupero e valorizzazione è attualmente piuttosto limitato; questo rendeevidente che il potenziale impatto applicativo di RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le ricaduteambientali, economico e occupazionali che possono derivare dalla messa a punto di tecnologieinnovative che consentano la trasformazione di quest’enorme flusso di materiale organico inprodotti utili e con effettivo valore di mercato sono estremamente positive. Allo stesso tempo, ilprogetto punta a sviluppare tecnologie tali da consentirne l’integrazione con la riqualificazionedi impianti tradizionali per la depurazione delle acque e/o il trattamento dei rifiuti”.

Per l’ateneo scaligero sarà coordinatore locale David Bolzonella del dipartimento diBiotecnologie, con il supporto dei suoi collaboratori Natalia Herrero Garcia e GiuseppeStrazzera, con la collaborazione dei docenti Ivan Russo, del dipartimento di Economia aziendalee Andrea Caprara e Sergio Moro, del dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche, a dimostrazione chel’integrazione di più discipline è elemento imprescindibile per queste tipologie di progetti dalmomento che queste tematiche richiedono un approccio sistemico e fortementemultidisciplinare per la ricerca di approcci realmente innovativi.

“La transizione da un’economia di tipo lineare, in cui le risorse vengono utilizzate per produrrebeni che alla fine del loro ciclo di vita vengono smaltite in modo massivo, ad un modello di tipocircolare, in cui le risorse vengono riutilizzate indefinitamente, con enormi benefici perl’ambiente, passa necessariamente per il recupero dei rifiuti organici prodotti nelle nostre città”,spiega Bolzonella. “In questo progetto si vuole sviluppare una filiera tecnologica innovativa perla valorizzazione integrata dei vari scarti organici di origine urbana quali i rifiuti municipali e ifanghi di depurazione delle acque reflue municipali. L'obiettivo principale è quello di convertirequeste tipologie di scarti urbani in bioplastiche con applicazioni nei settori dell'imballaggio (filmbiodegradabili e compositi), della produzione di beni di consumo durevole quali ad esempio itelai di computer, tablet e telefoni, oppure elementi per l’interior design come lampade e sedie.Tutti i flussi residui dal processo per la produzione delle bio-plastiche andranno, come già oggiaccade con i rifiuti organici raccolti separatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) ecompost, per una valorizzazione di secondo livello. E’ evidente quindi la necessità di affrontare,oltre alle tematiche prettamente tecnologiche, quegli aspetti legati alla accettabilità sociale e delmercato per i nuovi prodotti, oltre che agli aspetti normativi dal momento che si parte da unrifiuto e si arriva d un prodotto da immettere sul mercato. Precedenti studi”, concludeBolzonella, “ci dicono peraltro che non si hanno problematiche di trascinamento di inquinanti oorganismi patogeni dal rifiuto al prodotto finale, a conferma del fatto che l’approccio propostopuò risultare vincente”.

Alla ricerca partecipano anche l’università di Bologna (coordinatore locale Lorenzo Bertin) e laCa Foscari di Venezia (coordinatore locale Paolo Pavan) e 21 partner tra imprese, associazionie amministrazioni pubbliche provenienti da 8 Paesi europei

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L’ateneo scaligero e Sapienza Università di Roma, insieme adaltre università italiane, stanno lavorando a un progetto pertrasformare i rifiuti urbani in bioplastiche. Si tratta di ResUrbis, “REsources from URban BIo-waSte”.

Coordinato da Mauro Majone, (Sapienza) il progetto è statoselezionato come Showcase per la Bioeconomy Week in

programma a Bruxelles dal 14 al 17 novembre.

La finalità di Res Urbis è la valorizzazione degli scarti urbani di origine organica mediante trasformazione inbio-polimeri per la produzione di plastiche ecocompatibili ed è finanziato dalla Comunità Europea, all’internodel programma Horizon 2020, con 3 milioni di euro.

Il progetto si inquadra nelle azioni di ricerca e sviluppo specificamente finalizzate a promuovere l'Economiacircolare, con il duplice obiettivo di minimizzare i quantitativi di rifiuti da smaltire in discarica e di ottenere nuoviprodotti bio ed eco-compatibili usando gli stessi scarti come risorse rinnovabili alternative al petrolio.

“Ognuno dei 300 milioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega Mauro Majone, - produce in media ognigiorno più di 100 grammi di sostanza organica di scarto, il cui recupero e valorizzazione è attualmentepiuttosto limitato; questo rende evidente che il potenziale impatto applicativo di Res Urbis è molto elevato. Lericadute ambientali, economico e occupazionali che possono derivare dalla messa a punto di tecnologieinnovative che consentano la trasformazione di quest’enorme flusso di materiale organico in prodotti utili econ effettivo valore di mercato sono estremamente positive. Allo stesso tempo, il progetto punta a svilupparetecnologie tali da consentirne l’integrazione con la riqualificazione di impianti tradizionali per la depurazionedelle acque e/o il trattamento dei rifiuti”.

Per l’ateneo scaligero sarà coordinatore locale David Bolzonella del dipartimento di Biotecnologie, con ilsupporto dei suoi collaboratori Natalia Herrero Garcia e Giuseppe Strazzera, con la collaborazione dei docentiIvan Russo, del dipartimento di Economia aziendale e Andrea Caprara e Sergio Moro, del dipartimento diScienze giuridiche, a dimostrazione che l’integrazione di più discipline è elemento imprescindibile per questetipologie di progetti dal momento che queste tematiche richiedono un approccio sistemico e fortementemultidisciplinare per la ricerca di approcci realmente innovativi.

“La transizione da un’economia di tipo lineare, in cui le risorse vengono utilizzate per produrre beni che allafine del loro ciclo di vita vengono smaltite in modo massivo, ad un modello di tipo circolare, in cui le risorsevengono riutilizzate indefinitamente, con enormi benefici per l’ambiente, passa necessariamente per ilrecupero dei rifiuti organici prodotti nelle nostre città”, spiega Bolzonella. “In questo progetto si vuolesviluppare una filiera tecnologica innovativa per la valorizzazione integrata dei vari scarti organici di origineurbana quali i rifiuti municipali e i fanghi di depurazione delle acque reflue municipali. L'obiettivo principale èquello di convertire queste tipologie di scarti urbani in bioplastiche con applicazioni nei settori dell'imballaggio(film biodegradabili e compositi), della produzione di beni di consumo durevole quali ad esempio i telai dicomputer, tablet e telefoni, oppure elementi per l’interior design come lampade e sedie. Tutti i flussi residui dalprocesso per la produzione delle bio-plastiche andranno, come già oggi accade con i rifiuti organici raccoltiseparatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) e compost, per una valorizzazione di secondo livello.E’ evidente quindi la necessità di affrontare, oltre alle tematiche prettamente tecnologiche, quegli aspetti legatialla accettabilità sociale e del mercato per i nuovi prodotti, oltre che agli aspetti normativi dal momento che siparte da un rifiuto e si arriva a un prodotto da immettere sul mercato. Precedenti studi”, conclude Bolzonella,“ci dicono peraltro che non si hanno problematiche di trascinamento di inquinanti o organismi patogeni dalrifiuto al prodotto finale, a conferma del fatto che l’approccio proposto può risultare vincente”.

Alla ricerca partecipano anche l’università di Bologna (coordinatore locale Lorenzo Bertin) e la Ca Foscari diVenezia (coordinatore locale Paolo Pavan) e 21 partner tra imprese, associazioni e amministrazioni pubblicheprovenienti da 8 Paesi europei.

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Res Urbis, il progetto per trasformare

gli scarti urbani in bioplastica 8 NOVEMBRE 2017 - REDAZIONE GALILEO -

Presentato a Bruxelles un progetto per il recupero degli scarti urbani, trasformati in bioplastiche. Coordinato da Mauro Majone, (Sapienza) il progetto è stato selezionato come Showcase per la Bioeconomy Week in programma a Bruxelles dal 14 al 17 novembre.

(Sapienza Università di Roma) – La finalità di Res Urbis è la valorizzazione degli scarti urbani di origine organica mediante trasformazione in bio-polimeri per la produzione di plastiche ecocompatibili ed è finanziato dalla Comunità Europea, all’interno del programma Horizon 2020, con 3 milioni di euro.

Il progetto si inquadra nelle azioni di ricerca e sviluppo specificamente finalizzate a promuovere l’Economia circolare, con il duplice obiettivo di minimizzare i quantitativi di rifiuti da smaltire in discarica e di ottenere nuovi prodotti bio ed eco-compatibili usando gli stessi scarti come risorse rinnovabili alternative al petrolio.

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“Ognuno dei 300 milioni di europei che vivono in aree urbane – spiega Mauro Majone, – produce in media ogni giorno più di 100 grammi di sostanza organica di scarto, il cui recupero e valorizzazione è attualmente piuttosto limitato; questo rende evidente che il potenziale impatto applicativo di RES URBIS è molto elevato. Le ricadute ambientali, economico e occupazionali che possono derivare dalla messa a punto di tecnologie innovative che consentano la trasformazione di quest’enorme flusso di materiale organico in prodotti utili e con effettivo valore di mercato sono estremamente positive. Allo stesso tempo, il progetto punta a sviluppare tecnologie tali da consentirne l’integrazione con la riqualificazione di impianti tradizionali per la depurazione delle acque e/o il trattamento dei rifiuti”.

Per l’ateneo scaligero sarà coordinatore locale David Bolzonella del dipartimento di Biotecnologie, con il supporto dei suoi collaboratori Natalia Herrero Garcia e Giuseppe Strazzera, con la collaborazione dei docenti Ivan Russo, del dipartimento di Economia aziendale e Andrea Caprara e Sergio Moro, del dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche, a dimostrazione che l’integrazione di più discipline è elemento imprescindibile per queste tipologie di progetti dal momento che queste tematiche richiedono un approccio sistemico e fortemente multidisciplinare per la ricerca di approcci realmente innovativi.

“La transizione da un’economia di tipo lineare, in cui le risorse vengono utilizzate per produrre beni che alla fine del loro ciclo di vita vengono smaltite in modo massivo, ad un modello di tipo circolare, in cui le risorse vengono riutilizzate indefinitamente, con enormi benefici per l’ambiente, passa necessariamente per il recupero dei rifiuti organici prodotti nelle nostre città”, spiega Bolzonella. “In questo progetto si vuole sviluppare una filiera tecnologica innovativa per la valorizzazione integrata dei vari scarti organici di origine urbana quali i rifiuti municipali e i fanghi di depurazione delle acque refluemunicipali.

L’obiettivo principale è quello di convertire queste tipologie di scarti urbani in bioplastiche con applicazioni nei settori dell’imballaggio (film biodegradabili e compositi), della produzione di beni di consumo durevole quali ad esempio i telai di computer, tablet e telefoni, oppure elementi per l’interior design come lampade e sedie. Tutti i flussi residui dal processo per la produzione delle bio-plastiche andranno, come già oggi accade con i rifiuti organici raccolti separatamente, verso la produzione di biogas (metano) e compost, per una valorizzazione di secondo livello. È evidente quindi la necessità di affrontare, oltre alle tematiche prettamente tecnologiche, quegli aspetti legati alla accettabilità sociale e del mercato per i nuovi prodotti, oltre che agli aspetti normativi dal momento che si parte da un rifiuto e si arriva d un prodotto da immettere sul mercato. Precedenti studi”, conclude Bolzonella, “ci dicono peraltro che non si hanno problematiche di trascinamento di inquinanti o organismi patogeni dal rifiuto al prodotto finale, a conferma del fatto che l’approccio proposto può risultare vincente”.

Alla ricerca partecipano anche l’università di Bologna (coordinatore locale Lorenzo Bertin) e la Ca Foscari di Venezia (coordinatore locale Paolo Pavan) e 21 partner tra imprese, associazioni e amministrazioni pubbliche provenienti da 8 Paesi europei.

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Bioplastics from urban waste: the RES URBIS project

presented in Brussels

Selected as a “showcase” for the Bioeconomy Week to be held from 14 to 17 November 2017 in Brussels, the RES URBIS - REsources from URban BIo-waSte project aims to produce high value added bioplastics from urban organic waste.

Coordinated by Mauro Majone, Department of Chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome, the project involves 21 partners, (companies, associations and public administrations) from 8 European countries, including the Universities of Verona and Bologna and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

The project is part of the research and development activities aimed at promoting the circular economy, with the dual purpose of reducing the the amount of waste sent to landfills and obtaining new organic and eco-friendly products using waste as renewable resources instead of oil.

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São os seres vivos mais antigos da Terra e provavelmente os mais numerosos, mas continuamos

a aprender com eles. Ou melhor, com elas, as bactérias. Desta vez, na prevenção de uma praga

que se está a espalhar por mares e continentes: os resíduos de plástico.

Maria Reis, professora catedrática da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT) da Universidade

Nova de Lisboa, lidera no Departamento de Química (na unidade UCIBIO)uma equipa de 36

investigadores e técnicos — o Grupo Bioeng — que está a transformar as bactérias,

microrganismos unicelulares, em autênticas fábricas de plástico. Só que o material produzido

tem uma diferença radical em relação ao que contamina a Natureza: é biodegradável,

decompondo-se em água e dióxido carbono ao fim de três a quatro semanas, contra as centenas

de anos que os cientistas estimam para a decomposição dos plásticos convencionais, fabricados

a partir do petróleo.

O mais surpreendente é que estas bactérias produzem plásticos a partir de resíduos que de

outra forma teriam de ser tratados ou incinerados, com elevados custos. Soro de leite, resíduos

de concentrados de fruta, lamas das Estações de Tratamento de Águas Residuais (ETAR) e

resíduos sólidos urbanos são consumidos pelas bactérias. Dentro delas ou nas suas paredes

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formam-se, então, polímeros, isto é, aglomerados de moléculas. Ou são simplesmente

expelidos.

Os resíduos são colocados em biorreatores, recipientes fechados onde se dão reações químicas

envolvendo as bactérias, que depois produzem biopolímeros. Os que se formam dentro das

bactérias (intracelulares) são conhecidos por um nome extenso, complicado e difícil de fixar:

Polihidoxialcanoatos (PHA).

“MODO DE FOME E FARTURA”

“Os PHA têm uma grande procura no mercado porque são parecidos com os plásticos

convencionais nas propriedades mecânicas e químicas”, explica Maria Reis. “Trabalhamos há

mais de 15 anos neste domínio, onde somos pioneiros a nível mundial. E conseguimos obtê-los

porque usámos culturas mistas, essencialmente de vários tipos bactérias, que adaptámos às

condições experimentais de modo a que os produzissem”.

Os biorreatores operam através de um processo seletivo curioso, conhecido por “modo de fome

e fartura”. Como esclarece a investigadora, “há dois ciclos de alimentação por dia: alimentamos

as bactérias com resíduos durante uma hora — o período de fartura — e depois passam por um

período de fome de 10 a 11 horas. Assim, quando as alimentamos de novo, consomem os

resíduos para prevenirem futuras situações de fome e produzem internamente polímeros”.

Há uma adaptação fisiológica das bactérias “e só ficam dentro do biorreator as que conseguem

sobreviver à fome e produzir polímeros”. As outras saem do biorreator e morrem. Os resultados

obtidos pelo Grupo Bioeng são impressionantes. “Já conseguimos que 70 a 80 por cento do peso

de cada célula seja polímero”, conta Maria Reis. “O resto é proteína, água e material celular”.

Depois é preciso partir cada célula para extrair os polímeros, usando por exemplo lixívia, que

não os afeta porque não se dissolvem em meio aquoso. “A chamada prova de conceito está

feita, através de uma instalação-piloto onde produzimos dois a três quilos por semana a partir

de resíduos da indústria alimentar”.

Os biopolímeros formados nas paredes celulares são obtidos através da levedura Komagataella

pastoris. E os excretados pelas células (extracelulares) chamam-se exopolisacáridos e são

produzidos pela bactéria Enterobacter A47 depois de alimentada com glicerol, um subproduto

do biodiesel, ou outros resíduos alimentares. Os dois tipos de biopolímeros estão protegidos por

várias patentes internacionais e podem ser usados na indústria cosmética, farmacêutica e

alimentar.

Mas afinal, por que razão os plásticos biodegradáveis não estão a invadir o mercado? “Porque

custam cinco a dez vezes mais do que os plásticos convencionais”, argumenta a professora da

FCT. “Um dos objetivos do nosso trabalho é precisamente reduzir o custo do novo produto para

menos do dobro do produto convencional, mas com a vantagem de ser biodegradável, o que

significa que não há custos de tratamento dos resíduos gerados pelos plásticos convencionais”.

E é aqui que a UE está a investir, “em processos económica e socialmente mais sustentáveis”.

A equipa de Maria Reis está envolvida em vários projetos europeus, que integram instituições

de outros países da UE. Mas o financiamento total atribuído ao Grupo Bioeng para a sua

participação atinge cerca de três milhões de euros durante três anos. “Os convites para estes

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projetos têm surgido porque o nosso grupo é reconhecido e nível internacional”, constata a

investigadora. “São projetos que se baseiam no uso de resíduos e no conceito de economia

circular. O seu objetivo é tratar estes resíduos e criar valor a partir deles, o que significa que

passam a ser matérias-primas”.

ECONOMIA CIRCULAR

Segundo o Conselho Empresarial para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (BCSD Portugal), a

economia circular é a transição do modelo linear de produção de bens e serviços para um

modelo circular, onde os resíduos são transformados, através da inovação, noutros materiais

que permitem a reciclagem e reutilização. O modelo circular assume que os produtos e serviços

têm origem nos ecossistemas e que, no final da sua vida útil, regressam à Natureza através de

resíduos com impacto ambiental muito reduzido. “Tudo o que se produz é recuperado”, sublinha

Maria Reis. A economia mundial, no entanto, tem sido dominada por um modelo linear de

negócios, em que se consomem mais recursos do que aqueles que a Terra consegue repor. E em

que as matérias-primas são extraídas e transformadas em produtos que são vendidos e, depois

do seu uso, descartados como resíduos.

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Annex 5

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RES URBIS NEWSLETTER December 2017

RESources from

URban BIo-waSte

The objective of the RES URBIS project is to make it possible to convert several types of urban bio-waste into

valuable bio-based products, in an integrated single biowaste biorefinery and by using one main technology chain.

This goal will be pursued through:

Well-targeted experimental activity to solve a

number of open technical issues (both process-

and product-related), by using the appropriate

combination of innovative and catalogue-proven

technologies.

Collection and analysis of data on urban bio-

waste production and present management

systems in four territorial clusters that have been

selected in different countries and have different

characteristics.

Market analysis within several economic

scenarios and business models for full

exploitation of bio-based products (including a

path forward to fill regulatory gaps).

Financed by EU under GA 730349 Call CIRC-05/2016

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PARTNER NEWS

Detailed study by DTU on 5 clusters

The results are comparatively analysed to illustrate

the links between economy, society and waste

management, and then to identify key factors

potentially influencing the performance of biowaste

management systems. Such a deep analysis will be

the platform to address the technical feasibility of the

proposed RES URBIS concept in different local

contexts, while at the same time providing a basis for

improved design of RES URBIS biorefinery

solutions for individual clusters.

Cluster Population

density Climate Terrain

Biowaste collection

Barcelona High Mediterranean Coastal Separate

Lisbon High Mediterranean Coastal Mixed

South Wales Medium Oceanic Mixed Separate

Trento Low Continental/Alpine Mountain Separate

Copenhagen Medium Oceanic Coastal Separate

2018 Industrial Ecology Gordon

Research Conference 20-25th May 2018, Les Diablerets

(Switzerland)

The conference will investigate the newest

insights on how Industrial Ecology can

contribute towards achieving the SDGs.

Particularly, the conference will focus on

methods and approaches for assessing

achievements and exploring synergies and

tradeoffs between SDGs.

The Technical University of Denmark has

mapped the current management of

sewage sludge, garden waste and the

organic fraction of municipal solid waste

(OFMSW) for five European clusters. The clusters are selected to

cover different geographical, climatic, economic and social

characteristics, as well as different approaches towards the

management of biowaste. This is briefly exemplified in the following

table.

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A huge amount of municpal waste is produced in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB)

The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) is the public

administration of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, which

occupies 636 km² and is made up with 36 municipalities

with more than 3.2 million inhabitants.

There is a total of four Ecoparcs which are facilities that

create energy and organic fertilizer from the organic

fraction of municipal waste.

The waste management system in the AMB can be found

in the following procedures:

Treatment of municipal waste products and products

resulting from works, as well as its recovery (reuse

and recycling of paper, metal, plastic and other

materials, energy and compost production, etc.) and

disposal (controlled discharge of non-recyclable

waste products).

Coordination of municipal collection systems.

Waste recycling facility, in collaboration with

municipalities.

Waste prevention focuses on minimising the generation

in raw materials extraction, product manufacturing and

their consumption and use.

Actions at the Autonomous Province of Trento

In the first months of the project,

Autonomous Province of Trento (PATN)

has mainly dedicated its attention to the

provisions of the regulatory and

statistical data requested. Furthermore,

the first actions of dissemination have

been done. Through an extensive

collaboration with Dr. Alessio Boldrin and his staff at the

University of Denmark, a series of data has been provided. The

collection of data has been with the direct involvement of the

Rovereto co-digestion plant.

Moreover, legislative analysis has been provided to the University

of Verona in order to analyse the regulatory framework in each

cluster.

Ecoparc Total organic waste received

(ton/year)

1 240,500

2 260,500

3 251,000

4 345,500

Sludge Management in Circular

Economy (IWA) 23-25th May 2018, Rome(Italy)

This event is part of the IWA

Specialist Group on Sludge

Management (SGSM) conference

series, conceived as an international

forum discussing state-of-art,

practical applications and problems

around sewage sludge.

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Measurements taken by AMB within the RES URBISproject

The following measures will be combined in order to

reach the general goal of RES URBIS project:

Working together with other partners, AMB will take part

in:

NOVAID leads Work Package 2 of RES URBIS

Within Work Package (WP) 2, the New

University of Lisbon (NOVAID) is carrying

out research on the use of excess sludge

from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP),

fruit waste and canteen waste for PHA

production.

Optimisation steps will be conducted, as

well as the production of large amounts of

PHA to be delivered to partners involved in

WP3.

Collection and analysis of municipal bio waste production data, characterization and management systems in various territorial clusters. The AMB would be one of these reference territories, and its role would be to provide accurate information.

Experimental activities to solve technical aspects open to the conversion of organic waste to products with commercial value. The combination of proven technologies and innovations is what would make it possible. The type of products to be developed are plastics developed from PHA, mainly plastic film, packaging accessories made from film, applications to electronic equipment, etc.

Market studies from various scenarios and business models for full exploitation and an analysis of possible legal changes.

The general contract or Grant Agreement of the project subscribed on 11/8/2016

The Consortium Agreement signed 02/23/2017

The AMB participates in the working groups WP1- Territorial Challenges, led by DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

WP 4 Regulatory challenges led by UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA

WP 5 Exploitation, led by InnoEXC gmbh

WP 6 Dissemination, led by UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

WP of management and administration led by the project coordinator

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Sludge characterisation via physiochemical analysis

Primary, secondary and mixed sludge characterisation through

physiochemical analysis was carried out to compare the potential for

using these feedstocks for PHA production. Acidogenic tests were also

performed to determine the digestibility of each type of sludge and

optimise the conditions for maximal acidogenesis degree.

A pilot plant consisting of a 100 L acidogenic reactor, a 100 L selection

reactor and a 50 L accumulation reactor started being operated using fruit

waste to produce PHA that will be further characterised and processed in

WP3.

UNIRM-UNIVE in charge of PHA production in WP2 of RES URBIS

Besides of NOVAID activity (see

section above), “La Sapienza”

University of Rome (UNIRM)

and “Cà Foscari” University of

Venice (UNIVE) are in close

collaboration for the management

of a new pilot platform,

concerning the valorization of

both excess secondary sludge

(from wastewater treatment plants,

WWTP) and the organic fraction

of municipal solid waste

(OFMSW) into biopolymers

(PHA) and methane.

The platform is located in north

Italy, in the Treviso municipality

WWTP (as shown by the picture

to the right ).

Within this frame, amounts of

PHA are currently produced to

be delivered to WP3 partners.

EUBCE 2018 - 26th European

Biomass Conference &

Exhibition 14-18th May 2018,

Copenhagen(Denmark)

The Exhibition extends from basic

biomass systems and components to

upstream technologies, innovations

and new concepts. A perfect place to

meet researchers, stakeholders and

producers: from industry and prime

stakeholder organisations to Biomas

research and development.

IBIC 2018 15-18th April 2018, Venice(Italy)

IBIC 2018 offers a platform for

presentation of new ideas and

discussion of latest advances in

applied biotechnology supported by

sound science leading to novel

industrial developments. It covers

topical issues in bio-production, bio-

separation, and bio-detection.

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Feed characteristics and bioreactors description

The source-sorted

renewable feedstock

that is currently used

for its valorization is a

mixture of the

squeezed organic

fraction of municipal

solid waste (OFMSW,

30-50% v/v) and

sewage sludge (50-70%

v/v). This mixture is

directly provided by

the WWTP facility,

and it is sampled on a

weekly basis. The

biopolymer production

system mainly consists of a combined anaerobic-

aerobic three-step process.

The mixed acidogenic fermentation is currently

performed in a 380 L anaerobic Continuous Stirred

Tank Reactor (CSTR).

Then, the effluent rich in

Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA)

is used for the two

following aerobic steps: a

first sequencing batch

reactor (SBR, V=120 L) for

the production of PHA-

producing biomass (an

acclimatised mixed

consortium, MMC), and a

second batch reactor (V=50

L) for PHA accumulation

inside cell walls.

Investigation is on-going to optimize operating

conditions towards obtaining the highest PHA

production as well as to recover and valorise secondary

fluxes into methane through anaerobic digestion, by

using pilot facilities (V=230 L) also available in the

platform.

Find RES URBIS on social media

Once the project was started,

all partners who participate

in the project are actively

joining in the disemination.

Up to date, we are visible on

Twitter, on Facebook, on

LinkedIn and on YouTube

channel.

Other than that, the

RESURBIS official website

has been created to provide

more information about this

project and it is registered as

a research project in the

ResearchGate. Also, in the following

web-page of RES URBIS partners

there is presentation of this project.

More information of RES URBIS

from the Partners

University of Roma “La Sapienza”

University Ca Foscari of Venice

University of Verona

University of Barcelona

Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Mi-Plast

University of South Wales

Italian Workers Compensation Authority

Barcelona Metropolitan Area

BBIA

5th Int. Conf. on Sustainable

Solid Waste Management 13-16th June 2018, Naxos (Greece)

The Conference focuses mainly

on modern solid waste

technologies and aims to

stimulate the interest of scientists

and citizens and inform them

about the latest developments in

the field of municipal solid waste

management.

Acidogenic

fermentation CSTR

SBR biomass

selection Reactor

PHA

Accumulation

Reactor

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Weak basic condition favours VFAs extraction of anaerobic effluents

The UNIBO partner is involved in

the extraction of VFAs occurring

in the liquid effluent of the

acidogenic step of the anaerobic

process fed with urban biowaste.

The recovered acids will be

provided to the CNR-IRSA partner

for the formulation of bio-based

solvents, to be used for extracting

PHA from microbial cells, in order

to fully replace any chlorinated

solvents (in cooperation with

UNIRM). The VFAs separation is

being carried out by the

development of ion-exchange

based-solid phase extraction (SPE)

processes. To this aim, weakly

amine-based resins are being

considered as the absorbing agent.

In particular, UNIBO is carrying

out screening batch tests to select

the most promising resins,

depending on parameters such as

their capacity, affinity and

selectivity. Selected resins will be

used in the development of a

continuous SPE process, which is

under construction at the L-scale

(picture right). Preliminary results

indicate that the weak basic,

macro-reticular Amberlyst A-21

resin with alkyl amine functionality

is

potentially

interesting

in the

frame of

VFAs

extraction

from

anaerobic

effluents.

PHB based films as a brand new product in future markets

In the frame of the RES URBIS

project Mi-Plast SME company

from Croatia will obtain new

thermoplastic grades of PHB based

material and further new PHB

based films for several final

applications and sectors,

respectively films for secondary

and tertiary packaging purposes

and mulch films for agriculture

sector.

All actions will be performed at

pilot scale TRL 5 which is clearly

demonstrating that in future we

can count on new final

applications and their penetration

to markets after the end of the

project.

Final applications will be obtained

via blown and cast extrusion

technology and products should

clearly demonstrate advantages

compared with fossil based

counterparts.

New era, new technology, new “End of Waste Criteria”

The processing of urban bio-waste

to obtain new bio-based products

has to be carried out in full

agreement with existing and future

regulatory frameworks, according

to David Bolzonella, leader of

WP4, who started working on the

analysis of regulatory challenges.

While the “End of Waste Criteria

for Biodegradable Waste Subject

to Biological Treatment (Digestate

and Compost)” are reported in a

scientific study of the JRC and

updating what already defined in

EU Directives on Waste and

Sludge, the criteria for new bio-

based products are still missing.

The different regulation schemes

for compounds and substances like

REACH and ECHA are also being

analysed and all the requested

information for the regulation of

new bio-based products will be

listed.

Particular attention will be paid to

the presence of contaminants in

different types of bio-waste under

consideration in order to exclude

their possible migration along the

technology chain into end products.

New "End of waste criteria" will

be then proposed with specific

reference to targeted applications

and related regulations or

guidelines.

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CONFERENCES & EXHIBITIONS

RES URBIS coordinated a specialized workshop at ECOMONDO

During the international event,

Ecomondo, which took place in

Rimini (Italy) from 7th to 10th of

November 2017, several presenters

from the partners of RES URBIS

took this opportunity to give talks

in the workshop organized by RES

URBIS Project in

cooperation with Ecomondo

Technical Scientific

Committee, DG Research &

Innovation Unit F2 - Bio-

based products and

processing (TBC),

ASSOBIOTEC, and

H2020 SMART

PLANT Project.

The workshop

“Integrated

management and

enhancement of secondary

organic flows of urban origin”

was attended by around 60

international participants .

The goal of this workshop

was to present and to

compare both today's most

advanced management

programmes (case studies in

various European cities) and the

new technological chains, that are

emerging at least at pilot scale in

various projects, both national and

international.

Is RES URBIS a feasible approach? Let’s prove it through LCA

The RES URBIS project aims to

demonstrate the feasibility of an

integrated biorefinery concept for

the production of high value

materials (e.g. PHA bioplastics)

from biowastes of towns and

surrounding areas. The positive

completion of the project will

represent a successful example of

circular and bio- economy.

The environmental performance of

the system is one of the selected

metrics for establishing the

viability of the project. By means

of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),

the proposed RES URBIS

biorefinery is hence compared to

traditional approaches for the

handling of urban biowaste,

including anaerobic digestion,

incineration and landfilling. A

hybrid approach was chosen for

completing the LCA, where a

global sensitivity analysis is

carried out within the screening

LCA to support future scenarios

and addressing improved data

collection. A complete LCA will

be then performed, including

sensitivity and uncertainty analysis

to ultimately define the robustness

of the alternative future visions.

As the RES URBIS biorefinery is a

system under development, a

number of methodological issues

were identified during the

screening LCA. These relate to:

upscaling of the data to reflect the

increase in TRL of the technology,

addressing the inclusion of local

conditions in a pan European

assessment, defining the scope to

embrace future scenarios (e.g.

technology data, plastic

substitution, energy mix,

production of mineral fertilizers).

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RES URBIS took part in the EU bioeconomy week in Brussels

RES URBIS was

one of the projects

chosen to show case

its activities during

the EU Bioeconomy

Week in Brussels,

14-17 November

2017. “On the stand

were project leader

Professor Mauro

Majone, Professor

Joan Mata Alvarez from the University of Barcelona and

me as representative of BBIA (UK)”, said David Newman.

The stand was very busy especially on the first

day when visitors came to see the progress the

research has made so far. We were pleased to

welcome the Hon Euro MP Simona Bonafé of the

ENVI Committee of the European Parliament

among others.

Dr. Mata gave a speech in the conference on management and treatment of sewage sludge

On 22nd of November of 2017, the

conference on sewage sludge

management and treatment took

place at the University of

Barcelona. There were around 170

participants from the sector of

wastewater, including operators,

administration staff, plant

managers, researches and current

students. The conference is

organized once every two years

and provides a platform to discus

with experts on the management

and treatment of sludge coming

from wastewater treatment plants.

In the opening speech, Prof. Mata

presented the EU project, RES

URBIS. “In this project, we will

treat sewage sludge together with

other urban organic wastes as a

feeding stock for our bench-scale

fermentation reactors. Under a

very good control of pH and

temperature, they will be

converted into volatile fatty acids

and then into bioplastics as final

products” mentioned Dr. Mata in

his speech.

In the corridor to the congress hall,

there was an informative corner

where the posters and leaflets of

RES URBIS were presented and

distributed to the participants.

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“O Caminho da Inovação”, a new path of water technology begins here The Alcântara water factory

opened the doors to the scientific

and business community with an

event dedicated to innovation in

the water sector.

The strategy to anticipate the

future main challenges, with

emphasis on the circular economy,

energy management, emerging

pollutants, water digitalization,

climate change, among others, was

at the heart of the "Innovation

Path". The event was attended by

about 300 participants, among

them, universities, technology

centers, companies, utilities and

municipalities.

A series of thematic sessions

occurred with invited speakers of

the sector, including the

Environment Secretary of State,

Carlos Martins, and the President

of the European Water Association,

José Saldanha Matos. Also, in this

event, Alcântara water factory

accommodated technologies

demonstrations and presentations

of research, development and

innovation projects, such as RES

URBIS, that place Águas do Tejo

Atlântico at the forefront of

innovation.

RELATED PROJECTS

What is NOAW?

The NOAW, acronym of

"Innovative approaches to turn

agricultural waste into ecological

and economic assets" is a

Horizon2020 project funded in the

call WASTE 7 - 2015.

Driven by a “near zero-waste”

society requirement, the goal of

NoAW project is to generate

innovative efficient approaches to

convert growing agricultural waste

issues into eco-efficient bio-based

products opportunities with direct

benefits for both environment,

economy and EU consumers. To

achieve this goal, the NoAW

concept relies on developing

holistic life cycle thinking able to

support environmentally

responsible R&D innovations on

agro-waste conversion at different

TRLs, in the light of regional and

seasonal specificities, not

forgetting risks emerging from

circular management of agro-

wastes (e.g. contaminants

accumulation).

A specific focus of the project is to

upgrade the most wide spread

mature conversion technology

(anaerobic digestion) and to

synergistically eco-design robust

cascading processes to fully

convert agro-waste into a set of

high added value bio-energy, bio-

fertilizers, and bio-chemicals and

building blocks, able to substitute a

significant range of non-renewable

equivalents, with reduced

environmental impact.

A strong link has been established

between NoAW and RES URBIS

projects in order to share

information and create synergies

for common valorisation of waste

of both agricultural and urban

origin. More information can be

found here.

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Smart city-Smart plant

The progress of the Horizon2020

SMART-Plant innovation action

was also presented at the RES-

URBIS stakeholder workshop at

ECOMONDO 2017. Those

projects are liaising and

synergyzing from the RES-URBIS

kick-off meeting in order to boost

circular economy in municipal

services for wastewater and

organic waste management.

SMART-Plant has realized and

successfully started-up the demo

plants for water, cellulose, PHA,

phosphorus, nitrogen and biogas

recovery in 5 existing wastewater

treatment plants in Europe. In

addition, SMART-Plant is

participating in the EU Innovation

Deal dealing with sustainable

water reuse for fertigation and is

interacting with the

CEN/CLC/BT/JWG 11 standards

needs for sustainable chemicals

for the circular economy.

Concerning the exploitation,

SMART-Plant is estimating the

impact of the resource recovery on

water pricing and investment

potential of water utilities.

The coordinators of RES URBIS

and SMART-Plant are always in

contact to exchange information

about quality standard, market and

policy needs in order to provide

the municipalities and the utilities

with a portfolio of solutions to

deliver circular economy in cities.

To know more about this project,

click here.

PHA production potential was tested in activated sludge from 15 Dutch WWTPs

The Dutch water authorities have

been developing insight into value

chains for producing

polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) as

an integral component of regional

municipal water quality

management. Full-scale municipal

activated sludge can be enriched

with PHA producing potential by

applying and optimizing selection

principles in the bioprocess. BNR

treatment plants with pre-

denitrificaiton exert an anoxic

feast on the biomass and this

promotes such development of a

PHA storing biomass.

To this end a number of Dutch

WWTPs were found to already

produce surplus biomass with

significant enough potential to

accumulate PHA (up to 50%

gPHA/gVSS) to be used for

demonstrating a PHA production

process. Biobased value chains of

biopolymer production requires

security of polymer supply

quantity and quality. In order to

test the technical feasibility of a

Dutch water authority PHA supply

chain, the PHARIO demonstration

project was undertaken during

2015 and 2016.

In PHARIO, PHA production

potential was measured in the

surplus activated sludge from 15

WWTPs and these in total

suggested a potential source of

supply of 25,000 tPHA/yr.

Surplus activated sludge was used

from one of the 15 wastewater

treatment plants (Bath, Brabantse

Delta) in pilot scale production of

PHAs over 10 months of

operations. Co-polymers of poly-

(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-

hydroxyvalerate) or PHBV were

produced in kilogram batches from

59 production runs (2 per week)

with mean 3HV contents in the

range from 0 to 50 percent by

weight.

The PHA in the dried biomass

(about 3% moisture content) was

stable for at least 3 years when

stored at room temperature. To

sum up, the PHARIO project

clearly demonstrated that surplus

municipal activated sludge can be

used as a robust and reliable raw

material towards regional PHA

supply value chains, given

available sources of fermented

organic residual feedstocks. The

feedstock fermentation product

composition determines the

polymer type and feasibility for

security of supply quantity and

quality was demonstrated in

PHARIO.

PHARIO project: