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GREEN RECYCLING PROCESS FOR WASTE COOKING OIL
Many countries have passed laws to promote the recycling of used vegetable oils. However, limitations in the current technology make the proper reutilisation of this raw material impossible. The EU-funded WORLD project aims to create a virtuous green process for waste cooking oil (WCO) recycling using a circular economy model. Using green and recyclable raw materials, it will demonstrate the fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants from WCOs. Wastewater and contaminated bentonites will be recycled in separate sub-processes. The project will also explore the possibility of obtaining a suitable medium for treating volatile organic compounds from WCOs. This work will lead to the production of globally competitive refined products based on a circular economy model.
Project WORLD targets:
To develop a virtuous green process for waste cooking oils recycling which applying a circular economy model. An innovative fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants will be developed employing green and recyclable raw materials (water and natural bentonites).
The recycling of the raw materials, the minimization of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and reduction of the production costs with respect to existing processes, will be exploited for build a detailed business plan applying the circular economy principles.
Continuous transfer of know-how and skills within the Staff members involved from the academic and private sectors, as well as the best strategies of value chain analysis, scaling-up analysis and financial requirements analysis, will be granted by the accademic-private framework of the Consortium
THE CONSORTIUM
Coordinator
Politecnico di Milano - Italy
Academic partners
Universite du Littoral - France
University of Sassari - Italy
University of Burgos / ICCRAM - Spain
LUT University - Finland
University of Brescia - Italy
Universit de Sidi Bel-Abbes Djillali Liabes - Algeria - collaborator
Companies involved
GESTTA Medioambiental - Spain
Find Your Doctor - Italy
Smart Sensory Solutions - Italy
Consorzio per il Trasferimento Tecnologico C2T - Italy - collaborator
Mannu Consulting - collaborator - Advisory Board
organising committee
organising committee
ANDREA MELE
ANDREA MELE
Full Professor of Chemistry at Politecnico Milano (Italy).
WORLD project coordinator.
sebastiano garroni
sebastiano garroni
Associate Professor of Chemical Sciences - Università degli Studi di Sassari (Italy).
Sebastiano Garroni is an Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Sassari, with nearly 15 years of research experience in the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for energy storage, energy conversion, aerospace applications, and heterogeneous catalysis. He has coordinated several national and international projects, including MSCA-IF and MSCA-RISE actions, focusing on hydrogen and methane storage and on lead-free piezoceramics for biomedical applications.
He is author or co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has presented his work at numerous international conferences, including invited and plenary talks. His current research focuses on green fuels, piezoceramics, and nanostructured materials for catalysis and sustainability.
sonia martel
sonia martel
Head of ICCRAM Sustainability Research Line - University of Burgos (Spain).
BEATRIZ LAPUENTE
BEATRIZ LAPUENTE
Communication and dissemination manager at ICCRAM - University of Burgos.
ALBERTO MANNU
ALBERTO MANNU
Assistant Professor of Industrial Chemistry - University of Brescia (Italy)
Alberto Mannu is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Brescia, with nearly 15 years of research experience in chemical synthesis, catalysis, optimization of chemical processes and designing of low melting systems for sustainable applications. He is a recognised expert in transfer of knowledge from academic research to industrial and professional activities, and he collaborate actively with the professional Orders of Chemists and Physics of Brescia and of Lombardy. He is Principal Investigator (PI) and member of the Advisory Board for the University of Brescia of the MSCA-RISE project WORLD (waste cooking oils recycle and development), as well as PI for the MSCA-Staff Exchange WAVEE, focused on the recycling of spent Li-ion batteries.
He is author of over 60 peer-reviewed publications and has presented his work at numerous international conferences, including invited and plenary talks. His current research focuses on innovative and sustainable methods to recover strategic metals from spent batteries, on the development of solvometallurgical solutions to dissolve metal compounds, and to the designing of biorefineries based on urban value chains.
LAURA Caggiu
LAURA Caggiu
Post-Doctoral researcher in Materials Science at the University of Sassari (Italy).
Laura Caggiu is a chemistry researcher with a solid background in materials science, currently focused on the sustainable synthesis and structural characterization of functional materials. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Science and Technology from the University of Sassari and Cagliari, where she worked on sulfur-based materials for sodium-ion batteries.
Her current work at the UNISS explores the synthesis and properties of piezoelectric materials. Laura has also gained international experience through collaborations and visiting research stays in France, Spain, Switzerland, and Cyprus.
Her technical expertise includes solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis, microwave-assisted processing, and advanced characterization techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), DSC-TG, SEM-EDX, and electrochemical methods.
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