PhDTalks | Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment in Policy Making for Waste Management: the Case Study of Textile Waste in Lombardy
January 21 @ 17:00 - 18:30
The next appointment in the PhDTalks series will take place on Tuesday, January 21st in Room Fassò (Building 4A), from 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM CET.
PhDTalks is a series of seminars and discussions among PhD students. The events aim to provide a space for networking among PhD students and connecting with the many projects developed within our department.
The speaker, Samuele Abagnato will lead a seminar titled: “Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment in Policy Making for Waste Management: the Case Study of Textile Waste in Lombardy”.
At the end of the event, a small refreshment sponsored by the department will be available.
It will also be possible to attend the conference online at the following link.
Abstract
Proper planning of waste management systems for textiles is crucial to reduce the environmental impacts of textile sector. To support policy-making in Lombardy region, first, a Material Flow Analysis (MFA) of the region’s textile waste streams was conducted, and municipal textile waste generation data of the Lombardy’s municipalities were analysed. Then, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology is applied to the textile waste management system of Lombardy region to quantify its environmental impacts and assess whether increased circularity leads to reduced impacts. The feasibility of applying LCA to textile waste management was explored in scientific literature, and the current state of recycling technologies is discussed. LCA was applied to the management of post-consumer textile waste in Lombardy, and some preliminary results are shown.
Speaker’s bio
Samuele obtained the master’s degree in environmental engineering at the University of Bologna in 2021, with a thesis about the application of life cycle assessment to carbon capture from flue gas. Then he spent one year as research fellow focusing on flue gas treatments for waste to energy plants. In 2022 he started his phd journey at Politecnico di Milano (38th cycle). His research project, in collaboration with Regione Lombardia, is focused on textile waste management in the context of Lombardy region, with the aim to develop analyses to support policy making and public policies at the regional scale about waste management.
In his free time, he loves playing (and watching) basketball, he is interested in culture and politics, and in a lot of other things that we do not have the time to list here.