• openAccess   Efficiency of a pilot scheme for the separate collection of the biowaste from municipal solid waste in Spain 

      Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio; Colomer Mendoza, Francisco José; CARLOS, MAR; Badenes Catalán, Cristóbal; Edo-Alcón, Natalia; Esteban Altabella, Joan Nature Research (2021-06-02)
      According to EU regulations, member states shall take measures to encourage the recycling of biowaste in a way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection. In Spain, the separate collection of biowaste is only ...
    • openAccess   Efficiency of biological and mechanical-biological treatment plants for MSW: The case of Spain 

      Edo-Alcón, Natalia; Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio; Colomer Mendoza, Francisco José; LOBO, AMAYA Elsevier (2024)
      Biological and mechanical biological treatment plants combine mechanical and biological treatments to recover the greatest possible amount of materials from municipal solid waste (MSW) and biostabilize the organic fraction ...
    • openAccess   Influence of different airflows and the presence of bulking agent on biodrying of gardening wastes in reactors. 

      Colomer Mendoza, Francisco José; Robles Martínez, Fabián; Piña Guzmán, Ana Belem; Vicente Monserrat, Pablo; Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, la Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, la Universidad Veracruzana y la Universidad de Occidente, a través de la Sección Editorial del Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2016)
      El biosecado consiste en evaporar el agua de un sustrato biodegradable mediante el calor generado en la fermentación aerobia. Para conseguir una biomasa con baja humedad a partir de los residuos de jardinería de un campus ...
    • openAccess   Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun Food Biopackaging Films of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Derived From Fruit Pulp Biowaste 

      Meléndez Rodríguez, Beatriz; Castro-Mayorga, Jinneth Lorena; Reis, Maria; Sammon, Chris; Cabedo, Luis; Torres-Giner, Sergio; LAGARON, Jose Frontiers Media (2018-07)
      In the present study, circular economy based and potentiall y low-cost poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co -3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) was produced by mixed microbia l cultures derived from fruit pulp, an industrial ...
    • openAccess   Testing the degree of biostabilization in the refuse from composting plants 

      Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio; Colomer Mendoza, Francisco José; Cirstea, Eduard; Edo-Alcón, Natalia; Esteban Altabella, Joan Science Publishing Group (2014-10-30)
      In composting plants, aerobic fermentation could not to be complete and therefore, the fate of unstabilyzed wastes from the compost refining, uses to be landfill. This fact provokes an extra biogas generation in landfills, ...