CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Benchmarking indicators to assess the level of circular economy strategy in Local Level
Loizia P., Inglezakis V., Navarro Pedreno J., Lasaridi K., (Corresponding) Zorpas A.
Topic:
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
Sustainable waste management is an important global environmental agenda in the twenty- first century. The quantity of global waste increases as the population and the level of resource consumption rise over time. The increased generation of waste is also producing bigger environmental deprivation...Read more
Puig M., Raptis S., Wooldridge C., (Corresponding) Darbra R.
Topic:
Environmental impact of maritime transport
This paper presents the current environmental performance of the European Port Sector, based on the 2018 results of a wide representation of EcoPorts members (90 ports).
All the information presented in this research comes from aggregate data of the Self-Diagnosis Method (SDM), a concise...Read more
Keywords:
Environmental indicators, Ports, European benchmark, Environmental performance
(Corresponding) Darbra R., Wooldridge C., Puig M., Selén V.
Topic:
Environmental impact of maritime transport
This paper presents the results of research conducted in collaboration with 97 ESPO EcoPorts members that completed the Self-Diagnosis Method (SDM), most of them members of the EU TEN-T network. SDM is a concise checklist against which ports can self-assess their environmental management...Read more
Keywords:
Environmental management of Ports, Environmental indicators, Benchmark performance.
Material flow analysis applied to a waste treatment plant in Lombardy (Italy)
(Corresponding) Castro F., Fabbri M., Vaccari M., Cutaia L.
Topic:
Solid waste management
Material flow analysis (MFA) allows to quantify inputs, outputs and stocks of a system and to communicate results visually. It can be used for calculating process effectiveness, losses and for identifying critical points within a system, being useful for strategically intervening in a corporative...Read more
Environmental Sustainability Indicators applied to Tourism Sector in Sicily
(Corresponding) Matarazzo A., Zerbo A., Serrano C.
Topic:
Environmental impacts of tourism and sustainable tourism development
Tourism is an important source of revenue for the economy of a country because it brings money to the State which use it as a source to improve services, buildings, facilities and tourism destinations. Its importance extends to a variety of studies and researches aimed to a better and more...Read more
Keywords:
Sustainability; environmental impacts; environmental indicators; development instruments
New solutions for a better and sustainable agriculture
The emergence of the bioeconomy and the concept of sustainability in production processes have been essential for the protection of the environment and biodiversity, as well as for the implementation of processes for energy recovery, the creation of new jobs and increased competitiveness...Read more
Keywords:
biomass energy; environmental impacts; bioeconomy indicators; development instruments.
Green Transformation of Organized Industrial Zones (OIZ) to Eco – Industrial Park (EIP): Experiences from Turkiye
(Corresponding) Dolgen D., Alpaslan M.
Topic:
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BIOECONOMY
Turkiye has been encouraging the industries with green growth perspective and has supported this strategy towards the implementation of new eco industrial parks (EIP) as well as transform the existing organized industrial zones (OIZ) to green conditions. In order to achieve this strategy, certain...Read more
