Biomass and Waste Recycling Promoting the Circular Economy
A.Y. 2025/2026
Learning objectives
The course aims to introduce and consolidate concepts relative to biomass-waste recycling for green chemistry promoting the circular economy and the end of waste. The course will introduce the drivers to the bioeconomy, i.e. climate change, fossil fuel depletion, environmental pollution. Energy vs. food conflict, biomass production limits and other social themes will be implemented to place the bioeconomy in the new world focused on the Circular Economy.
Scientific and technical aspect related to the biomass origin, production, characteristics will become part of the knowledge to address the biorefinery concept to produce biofules, bioenergy and biochemical.
Technical excursions giving a ""real touch"" of what the bioeconomy does mean will complete the learning objective.
Scientific and technical aspect related to the biomass origin, production, characteristics will become part of the knowledge to address the biorefinery concept to produce biofules, bioenergy and biochemical.
Technical excursions giving a ""real touch"" of what the bioeconomy does mean will complete the learning objective.
Expected learning outcomes
The student will acquire competences referred to the acquisition of skills related to: a) Climate change, environmental pollution and bio-economy: the ratio; b) Circular economy and end of waste as engine for the bio-economy; c) What it is a biomass: the origin and the characteristics; d) From the waste-biomass to energy, material and nutrient; e) From waste-biomass to bio-economy: leading case studies.
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
opics discussed in temporal succession:
- Climate change: description, impact and the effect on the planet (0.5 CFU)
- The bioeconomy and the circular economy: the answer to the climate (change and to the shortage of the planet resources. (0.5 CFU)
- How to feed the world next? The food vs. no-food conflict. (0.5 CFU)
- What biorefinery is? : biorefinery definition and example of biorefinery (0.5 CFU)
- Energy crops for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Organic wastes for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Agricultural waste for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Agro industrial waste for the biorfinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Case studies: room discussion and guided visit to plants (1 CFU)
- Climate change: description, impact and the effect on the planet (0.5 CFU)
- The bioeconomy and the circular economy: the answer to the climate (change and to the shortage of the planet resources. (0.5 CFU)
- How to feed the world next? The food vs. no-food conflict. (0.5 CFU)
- What biorefinery is? : biorefinery definition and example of biorefinery (0.5 CFU)
- Energy crops for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Organic wastes for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Agricultural waste for the biorefinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Agro industrial waste for the biorfinery: characteristics, products. (1 CFU)
- Case studies: room discussion and guided visit to plants (1 CFU)
Prerequisites for admission
Bachelor degree in environmental engineering, chemistry and life science
Teaching methods
For attending students: class lessons, technical visits on site during the course and webminar both on site and from emote (strongly recommended)
For non-attending student: materila uploaded on My Ariel platform
For non-attending student: materila uploaded on My Ariel platform
Teaching Resources
Slides and added material provided by the teacher (My Ariel platform)
The slides and additional materials will be uploaded each time before the lesson.
The slides and additional materials will be uploaded each time before the lesson.
Assessment methods and Criteria
For attending and non-attending students: written exames (for all)(4-5 open questions).
Rank: 30/30, i.e. minimum 18/30 maximum 30/30 cum laude
The correctness of the writing, the appropriateness of the language, and the clarity of the content will be evaluated.
Specific procedures for students with disabilities or specific learning disabilities (DSA) will be applied also for telematic exams. Here the complete information: https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/services-students-disabilities
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/services-students-specific-learning- disabilities-sld.
In case you need specific procedures, please inform the teacher by mail at least 15 days before the exam, including in the addresses [email protected] or [email protected].
Rank: 30/30, i.e. minimum 18/30 maximum 30/30 cum laude
The correctness of the writing, the appropriateness of the language, and the clarity of the content will be evaluated.
Specific procedures for students with disabilities or specific learning disabilities (DSA) will be applied also for telematic exams. Here the complete information: https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/services-students-disabilities
https://www.unimi.it/en/study/student-services/services-students-specific-learning- disabilities-sld.
In case you need specific procedures, please inform the teacher by mail at least 15 days before the exam, including in the addresses [email protected] or [email protected].
Educational website(s)
Professor(s)
Reception:
on demand
DiSAA - Via Celoria 2, 20133 - building n. 21090, first floor Prof. Adani office