Biowaste: XXVII Conference on Composting and Anaerobic Digestion. Plenary session

The plenary session will address the current state of the art and future prospects for organic waste collection and recycling in Europe and Italy. Specific focus will be on quantifying the characteristics, benefits, and impacts of organic waste management: from the quality of collected organic waste streams to the performance of treatment systems to the valorization of final products, thanks to the surveys that the CIC constantly conducts throughout the country.

Program

10.00 Opening of the session
Gianpaolo Vallardi, President of CIC (Italian Compost and biogas Consortium)

10.10 State of the art of the Italian biowaste sector compared to the European scenario
Andrea Lanz, ISPRA

10.30 The bioeconomy of organic waste in Italy: material recycling and energy recovery 
Massimo Centemero, Managing Director of CIC

10.50 Measuring the carbon footprint in organic waste treatment: the CO2mpost tool 
Speaker (TBD)

11.00 Methane and nitrous oxide emission factors in two technologically advanced composting plants
Giuseppe Moscatelli, CRPA/CIC
Alberto Confalonieri, CRPA/CIC
Ambrogio Pigoli, CRPA/CIC

11.15 Improving crop nutrient use efficiency and soil carbon storage through compost application: evidence from a six-year field trial
Alberto Confalonieri, CIC/University of Bologna
Ambrogio Pigoli, CIC/University of Bologna
Marco Grigatti, CIC/University of Bologna

11.30 Roundtable on the quality of organic waste
Invited to participate are:
CIC
ANCI
ISPRA
MASE
ARERA
BIOREPACK
CONAI
UTILITALIA
ASSOAMBIENTE

12.30 Compost quality awards
Award ceremony for new CIC-branded products and demonstration of the CIC Label's virtuous promotion by Calabra Maceri e Servizi SpA

12.45 Conclusions