Francesca Mauro

Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) | ISPRA

The paper relates to a systematic literature review about the citizen science experiences, to study odour emissions in the framework of the Directive 2010/75/EU.

Industrial pollution can be considered the wrong side of an increasing state of well-being, which has been achieved in recent years. Throughout the world, different approaches have been adopted to cope with environmental issues, related to air pollution, industrial discharges, production of industrial waste, noise etc. In Europe, more than 50 000 i...

The potential of citizen science to address complex issues has been recognized since the 1990s. However, the systematic integration of public opinion in research has been developed only recently, thanks to the spread of questionnaire web-based surveys and artificial intelligence techniques for data elaboration. Starting from this point, we decided...

Road crashes have been internationally recognized as one of the main causes of death. On one hand, in Europe, many governments are struggling with the ambitious target of zero road deaths by 2050. On the other hand, they are facing remediation of illegal waste dumps, subject to European infringement procedures and involving a lot of workers and hea...

Tesi di dottorato in collaborazione con INAIL

Industrial production has brought increased wellbeing in the last years, but the amount of solid waste has undoubtedly increased. Thus, open dumpsites and landfills have been created throughout the world, with serious impacts on the environment and public health. In such a context, occupational health and safety (OHS) issues related to workers that...

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To protect environment and public health, in the European Union industrial activity is subjected to Integrated Environmental Authorization (IEA), according to the provisions of the Directive 2010/75/UE. In Italy, the Legislative Decree n. 152/2006 regulates IEA procedure and states that ISPRA is responsible for the elaboration of a Monitoring and...

Despite the international efforts to promote the circular economy and waste recycling, landfilling is still a common practice for waste disposal around the world, with considerable impacts on the environment and public health. However, while such a sector was addressed in many countries through a consistent environmental legislative framework, safe...

Due to the ever-increasing amount of industrial waste, illegal dumpsites have been spreading out both in well-being and developing countries. Therefore, research and remediation programs have been promoted worldwide in order to limit the negative impact on both the environment and public health of uncontrolled waste disposal. Accordingly, a great a...

Once hazards for workers are highlighted, engineering and administrative controls should be adopted in workplaces and, finally, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In Italy, INAIL is involved in studying the application of the national plan "Industry 4.0" to safety in workplaces and in improving the protective systems' performances through the use...