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- Development of the operational model and methodology of collecting data, updating, and sharing methodologies to specific groups of stakeholdersPublication . Kochanska, Ewa; Adamkiewicz, Iwona; Wozniak, Katarzyna; Przygodzki, Zbigniew; Trippner-Hrabi, Justyna; Feltynowski, Marcin; Szafranska, Ewa; Jeziorska-Biel, Pamela; Nalej, Marta; Jażdżewska, Iwona; Adamus, Jagoda; Chadzyński, Jacek; Podgórski, Marcin; Bielinski, Dariusz; Siciński, Mariusz; Gozdek, Tomasz; Wręczycki, Jakub; Okraska, Michal; Benedetti, Vittoria; Menin, Lorenzo; Patuzzi, Francesco; Baratieri, Marco; Peppas, Antonis; Politi, Chrysa; Skendera, Doris; Lenssen, Jip; Turati, Daniele; Ravaglia, Pieter; Imiela, Mateusz; Eusebio, Ana; Reis, Alberto; Sousa Rocha, Cristina; Camocho, David; Alexandre, Jorge; Quental, Lídia; Moura, Patrícia; Patinha, Pedro; Lukasik, Rafal M.; Wozniak, Patrycja; Tyczkowski, Adam; Bergamin, Sara; Waszak, Lukasz; Laskowska, Agnieszka; Mirys, Magdalena; Pakowska, Anna; Kałucka, Diana; Straszyńska-Pięta, Katarzyna; Rocha, Monike; Pascale, Carmine; Meletis, Konstantinos; Kehri, Roula; Gazis, Nikos; Stamatakis, Andreas; Bos, Sander; Fonseca, Graca; Cabral, Alexandra; Wojdal, LailaABSTRACT: The overall objective of the FRONTSH1P project is to ensure the green and just transition of the Polish Lodzkie Region towards decarbonization and territorial regeneration through demonstration at TRL7 of four Circular Systemic Solutions (CSS), interconnected one each other and facing the identified regional challenges/opportunities. FRONTSH1P systemic approach will be enabled by a circular governance model that connects environmental policies with social justice through just transition ensuring environmental sustainability, jobs and social inclusion. The flexibility and modularity of the four CSSs guarantee a high replicability and scalability to other territories across Europe and beyond and this will be demonstrated with the involvement of four additional Regions across EU. This report – Deliverable 2.2 (D2.2) is the result of the work carried out under the Work Package 2 - Regional Systemic Circular Economic Approach, Task 2.2. - Regional Circularity Booster Toolkit. D2.2 meets the FRONTSH1P key enabler and requirement, presents the initial approach of the digital platform creation and methodology for data collection and sharing scheme elaboration. The EU General Data Protection Regulation and open data compliant frameworks have been addressed in D2.2 too.
- Greenwashing and sustainable fashion industryPublication . Adamkiewicz, Julia; Kochanska, Ewa; Adamkiewicz, Iwona; Lukasik, Rafal M.ABSTRACT: The fashion industry is now in the eye of the storm for what concerns sustainability because of the enormous impact that such a business area has on the environment. To exploit the full potential for circular economy implementation, the fashion industry requires urgent changes adapting much more con-scientious business practices, driving consumers to change their perceptions and behaviors toward circular products and services. The renunciation of greenwashing practices and the use of strategy focused on regaining consumer's trust will in-crease the positive sentiment toward the fashion brands. This work demonstrates to what extent greenwashing may jeopar-dize the fashion industry in addressing challenges related to the implementation of more sustainable circular economy in the context of designing with intention of recycle, reduction of by-products, lower energy consumption, and wise purchase habits. This study provides guides for fashion brands about the risks and gains related to the greenwashing practices and sustain-able fashion industry.This study sketches also future research opportunities in more sustainable holistic approach of a prod-ucts' life cycle and how this can be translated into clear, transparent, or reliable certification schemes to prevent the misleading and dishonest marketing strategies helping the consumers to make a responsible choice.
- New circular challenges in the development of take-away food packaging in the COVID-19 periodPublication . Kochanska, Ewa; Lukasik, Rafal M.; Dzikuc, MaciejABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has set new challenges for the HoReCa industry. Lockdowns have coincided with and strongly impacted the industrial transformation processes that have been taking place for a decade. Among the most important HoReCa transition processes are those related to the rapid growth of the delivery-food market and ordering meals via internet platforms. The new delivery-food market requires not only the development of specific distribution channels, but also the introduction of appropriate, very specific food packaging. Food packaging and its functionality are defined by the administrative requirements and standards applicable to materials that have contact with food and principally through the prism of the ecological disaster caused by enormous amounts of plastic waste, mainly attributed to the food packaging. To meet environmental and administrative requirements, new technologies to produce food packaging materials are emerging, ensuring product functionality, low environmental impact, biodegradability, and potential for composting of the final product. However, predominantly, the obtained product should keep the nutritional value of food and protect it against changes in color or shape. Current social transformation has a significant impact on the food packaging sector, on one hand creating a new lifestyle for society all over the world, and on the other, a growing awareness of the negative impact of humans on the environment and increasing responsibility for the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to develop a circular economy based on the paradigm of shortening distribution channels, using local raw materials, limiting the consumption of raw materials, energy, water, and above all, minimizing waste production throughout the life cycle of products, all of which are in line with the idea of low-carbon development.
- Biodegradable ionic liquids in service of biomass upgradePublication . Piedade, Patrícia J.; Kochanska, Ewa; Lukasik, Rafal M.ABSTRACT: This work presents an up-to-date overview of the use of biodegradable ionic liquids in the conversion of biomass in the context of biorefineries. Special attention is given to works in which biodegradability potentiates advanced application of ionic liquids in terms of process intensification for deployment of technologies towards bioenergy carriers or bioderived valueadded products.
- Global Ban on Plastic and What Next? Are Consumers Ready to Replace Plastic with the Second-Generation Bioplastic? Results of the Snowball Sample Consumer Research in China, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and BrazilPublication . Kochanska, Ewa; Wozniak, Katarzyna; Nowaczyk, Agnieszka; Piedade, Patrícia J.; Lavorato, Marilena Lino de Almeida; Almeida, Alexandre Marcelo; Morais, Ana Rita C.; Lukasik, Rafal M.ABSTRACT: Plastic can be used for many things and at the same time is the most versatile material in our modern world. However, the uncontrolled and unprecedented use of plastic comes to its end. The global ban on plastic brings significant changes in technology but even more so in civil perception-changes taking place before our eyes. The aim of this study was to find answers to the questions about the readiness of consumers for a global ban on plastic. Within the research, the differences in consumer acceptance in countries in Europe, South and North America and Asia and the expression of social readiness to change attitudes towards plastic food packaging were analyzed. This work sketches the legal framework related to limiting the use of one-use food packaging made of fossil raw materials at the level of the European Union, Poland and Portugal but also at the level of the two largest economies in the world, China and the United States, as well as lower-income countries, e.g., Ukraine and Brazil. The survey results were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The performed study demonstrates that, in in all the surveyed countries, appropriate legal acts related to the reduction of plastic in everyday life are already in place. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the full understanding of plastic banning in all surveyed countries. Consumers are aware that every effort should be made to prevent the world from drowning in plastic waste. Society is, in general, open to the use of bioplastics produced from the second-generation resource if second-generation bioplastics contribute to environmental and pollution reduction targets.
- Valorisation of agri- and aquaculture residues via biogas production for enhanced industrial applicationPublication . Ximenes, Júlio; Siqueira, André; Kochanska, Ewa; Lukasik, Rafal M.ABSTRACT: Climate changes are nowadays reality and affect all aspects of everyday life. One of the places where these changes influence the society the most is the Brazilian Ceara region and Jaguaribara basin that suffer long-lasting, devastating drought cycles. They have a dramatic negative impact on local economy, forcing change in business models. This work presents the valorisation of wastes and residues from local fish, prawns, and the vegetable-cultivation industry via biogas production forced to adapt to these new circumstances. Along a single year, as much as 189.74 tonnes of wastes and residues can be processed by the biogas production facility, producing as much as 94 GJ of cooling energy and 1 tonne of biofertiliser monthly. Even for such a small biogas production facility, the NPV is positive already after 11 years; its IRR is 6.2%, and accumulated ROI for 20 years of operation is as high as 77.8%. This work demonstrates that a valorisation of industrial wastes and residues via biogas production is a feasible solution for a specific industrial scenario addressing new socio-economic challenges for the particular enterprise.