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An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling.

Recycling and recovery routes of plastic solid waste (PSW): A review

Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste.

Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach

The uncontrolled discharge of large amounts of food waste (FW) causes severe environmental pollution in many countries. Within different possible treatment routes, anaerobic digestion (AD) of FW into biogas, is a proven and effective solution for FW treatment and valorization. The present paper reviews the characteristics of FW, the principles of AD, the process parameters, and two approaches (pretreatment and co-digestion) for enhancing AD of food waste. Among the successive digestion reactions, hydrolysis is considered to be the rate-limiting step. To enhance the performance of AD, several physical, thermo-chemical, biological or combined pretreatments are reviewed. Moreover, a promising way for improving the performance of AD is the co-digestion of FW with other organic substrates, as confirmed by numerous studies, where a higher buffer capacity and an optimum nutrient balance enhance the biogas/methane yields of the co-digestion system.

Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production

An introduction to heat transfer

The valorization of plastic solid waste (PSW) by primary to quaternary routes: From re-use to energy and chemicals

Life cycle assessment of energy from waste via anaerobic digestion: A UK case study

Electric mobility is playing an important and growing role in the context of sustainable transport sector development. This study presents the life cycle assessment of an electric car based on the technology of Lithium-ion battery (BEV) for Europe and compares it to an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV). According to a cradle-to-grave approach, manufacturing, use and disposal phases of both vehicles have been included in the assessment in order to identify the hot spots of the entire life cycles. For electric vehicles two manufacturing inventories have been analysed and different vehicle disposal pathways have also been considered. Furthermore, the environmental performances of hybrid vehicles have been analysed based on the life cycle models of the BEV and ICEV. The results of the hot spot analysis showed that the BEV manufacturing phase determined the highest environmental burdens mainly in the toxicity categories as a result of the use of metals in the battery pack. However, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the BEV use phase were shown to be half than those recorded for the ICEV use phase. The trend of the results has also been investigated for future energy mixes: the electricity and diesel mixes for the year 2050 have been considered for the modelling of the use phase of BEV and ICEV.

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Paola Lettieri

Papers

An introduction to heat transfer

Recycling and recovery routes of plastic solid waste (PSW): A review

The valorization of plastic solid waste (PSW) by primary to quaternary routes: From re-use to energy and chemicals

Life cycle assessment of energy from waste via anaerobic digestion: A UK case study

Life cycle assessment of future electric and hybrid vehicles: A cradle-to-grave systems engineering approach