CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
CONTAMINATED SOIL MANAGEMENT IN GREECE: EU AND INTERNATIONAL BEST AVAILABLE PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
(Corresponding) Panagiotakis I., Strompoula E., Dermatas D., Toskos T.
Topic:
Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation
Contaminated soil management is one of the most rapidly developing environmental protection subjects. Unlike most EU countries, Greece does not have a robust Soil Strategy and as a result a Contaminated Soil Management Framework. Currently in Greece, contaminated soil management is part of the...Read more
Keywords:
Contaminated soil, Contaminated Soil Management Framework, Best Available Practices, soil screening values, sampling methods
ORGANIC SOLID WASTE MECHANICAL PRETREATMENT FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESSES
(Corresponding) Cesaro A., Cieri V., Belgiorno V.
Topic:
Biowaste
Anaerobic digestion has been recognized as the most demanding process for the valorization of organic solid waste towards the production of several, valuable intermediates (Dahiya et al., 2018), which can be further converted to a methane rich-gas to meet the current needs for renewable energy...Read more
THE FATE OF MICROPLASTICS DURING THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF THERMALLY PRETREATED SLUDGE
(Corresponding) Cesaro A., Pirozzi F., Zafirakou A., Alexandraki A.
Topic:
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the water environment has raised as an issue of great concern, mainly due to their persistence and potential adverse effects on biota. Municipal wastewater treatment plants have been claimed among the most important point source of MPs. Nevertheless, they act...Read more
Moss-specific accumulation of atmospheric element deposition?
Dr. Nickel S., (Corresponding) Dr. Schröder W.
Topic:
Air pollution
This article presents statistical analyses of elements concentrations in mosses which were collected in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2015 throughout Germany at 592, 1026, 1028, 726 and 400 sites, respectively, and chemically analysed according to harmonised methods throughout Europe. The evaluations...Read more
Keywords:
Conversion factors; heavy metals; Random Forest Regression; Multiple Linear Regression; Commonality Analysis.
Spatial explicit evaluation of potential future developments of forests due to climatic change and nitrogen deposition
Dr. Jenssen M., Dr. Nickel S., (Corresponding) Dr. Schröder W.
Topic:
Enviornmental data analysis and modelling
Climate change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition can impact the integrity of ecosystems. Therefore, the EU Biodiversity Strategy foresees that Member States map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their national territory. By example of Germany, this article presents a...Read more
Keywords:
Keywords. Ecosystem classification, integrity, dynamic and fuzzy modelling; Geographic Information System.
Towards decentralizing the energy system: production of bioenergy and bioproducts via anaerobic digestion
(Corresponding) VLACHOKOSTAS C., MICHAILIDOU A., (Corresponding) ACHILLAS C., (Corresponding) MOUSSIOPOULOS N.
Topic:
Biowaste
The model of circular economy has gained worldwide interest. Within its concept, biodegradable waste is viewed as a beneficial resource that needs to be re-introduced in the supply chains. The use of raw materials, energy, and water is also to be minimized. Undeniably, a strong link exists between...Read more
Keywords:
sustainable management; bioenergy; decision support system; multi-criteria analysis; bioeconomy
Microbiological treatment of water by cold plasma at atmospheric pressure
(Corresponding) Cubas A., Machado M., Moecke E.
Topic:
Water treatment
Ensuring the world's population access to drinking water is one of the millennium's challenges, for although our planet is made up of 70% of water, poor distribution and water quality are problems that concern world leaders, being among the objectives of development 2030 agenda set by the...Read more
Keywords:
water treatment, cold plasma, microbiological treatment
Extraction of Oil from Spent Grounds Coffee using Ultrasound as Pre-Extraction Method
(Corresponding) Cubas A., Hermmann K., Bianchet R., Moecke E.
Topic:
Food waste
The treatment and processing of coffee annually produces a large volume of biological waste, which contributes to environmental pollution, it is estimated that coffee production generates approx. 6 million tonnes of spent coffee grounds per year in the world (GETACHEW and CHUN, 2017). Thus, the...Read more
Keywords:
Spent ground coffee; biological waste; ultrasound method; oil from coffee
Microbiological treatment of water by cold plasma at atmospheric pressure
(Corresponding) Anelise C.
Topic:
Water treatment
Ensuring the world's population access to drinking water is one of the millennium's challenges, for although our planet is made up of 70% of water, poor distribution and water quality are problems that concern world leaders, being among the objectives of development 2030 agenda set by the...Read more
Keywords:
microbiological treatment; cold plasma; non-thermal plasma; E. coli inactivation; air plasma gas
Application of non-thermal Plasma as an Alternative for Purification of Bacterial Cellulose Membranes
(Corresponding) Cubas A., Bianchet R., Cesca K., Silva J.
Topic:
Innovative environmental solutions
Innovation to mitigate environmental impact and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, encourages the cosmetic industry to explore new methodologies and materials. Biopolymers become attractive, such as bacterial cellulose that has biocompatibility, high crystallinity and wettability...Read more
