Dissemination

The research has been presented and disseminated in the following events:​

1) SCIENTIFIC NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES​: SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY​​

• Montesano, G., Stabile, P., Bisciotti, A., Bianchini, G., Radica, F., Menna, M., Ciulla, M., Terribili, L., Casarin, A., Salani, G., Di Profio, P., De Vincentis, M., Biondi, S., Vessia, G., Paris, E., Cruciani, G., Iezzi, G. Crystal-chemical variations of CDW as a function of grain-size via XRPD,  XRF and ATR‑FTIR characterisations: towards an effective reuse. 13th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Kos Island, Greece. (planned June 2026).

• Radica F., Montesano, G., Bianchini, G., Salani, G.M., Di Giacomo, S., Stabile, P., Menna, M., Capasso, I., Di Profio, P., Piccioni, R., Bernardini, V., Iezzi, G. RCA (recycled concrete aggregate) through time: a textural, mineralogical, chemical, leachate and vibrational spectroscopic study. 13th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Kos Island, Greece. (planned June 2026)

• Bonifazi G., Capobianco G., Serranti S., Palmieri P., Trotta, O. Support vector machine-discriminant analysis applied to post-earthquake building waste classification based on hyperspectral imaging. SPIE Future Sensing Technologies, 2025, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (November 2025).

• Radica F., Terribili L., Montesano G., Menna M., Stabile P., Casarin A., Capasso I., Iezzi G. Characterisations and sorting of heterogeneous CDW (Construction and Demolition Waste): from lab to plant. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geosciences and the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Padova - Italy (September 2025).

• Stabile P., Ercoli R., Carroll M.R., Radica F., Montesano G., Terribili L., Iezzi G., Paris E. Elements distribution (or immobilization) in glass and crystal phases in the treated bottom ash. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geosciences and the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Padova - Italy (September 2025).

• Stabile P., Vetere F., Giuliani L., Siligardi C., Mugoni C., Nazzari M. & Iezzi G. The influence of cooling rate on the production of glass-ceramic materials from slag and glass waste. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geosciences and the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Padova - Italy (September 2025).

• Ercoli R., Volpintesta F., Stabile P., Bianchini, G., Bonifazi, G., Paris E*. From rubble to resource (RUB2RES): evaluating the recycling of CDW fine fractions in sustainable clinker blends.  SIMP conference, Padova - Italy (September 2025).

• Cruciani G., From Atomic Insights to Global Impact: Synchrotron Radiation for Earth Materials, Climate Change, and Sustainability, SILS Conference 2025, Cagliari - Italy (September 2025).

• Radica F., Iezzi G., Salani G.M., Di Giacomo S., Bianchini G., Stabile P., Menna M., Piccioni R., Bernardini V. Minero-chemical variability of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) from a processing plant in Central Italy: towards an improved CDW Up-cycling. Workshop “materie prime e geometariali: criticità e applicazioni industriali”, Roma - Italy. (December 2024).  

• Paris E. Eco-innovative methodologies for the valorization of construction and urban waste.  EU Networking Meeting – LIFE and Construction and Demolition Waste, (online) (15-16 October 2024).

• Radica F., Iezzi G., Salani G.M., Di Giacomo S., Bianchini G., Piccioni R., Bernardini V. Petrographic variation of CDW in an industrial plant: a case from Central Italy. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geology for a sustainable management of our Planet”, Bari - Italy (September 2024).

• Casarin A., Radica F., Iezzi G., Galderisi A., Bravo M., de Brito J., Brando G., Nazzari M. & Scarlato P. 2D image analysis of mortars: amount of cement paste and texture of the aggregate. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geology for a sustainable management of our Planet”, Bari - Italy (September 2024).

• Radica F., Iezzi G., Capasso I., Galderisi A., Bianchini G., Paris E. & de Brito J. Physical and petrographic features of CDW rubbles of 2016/2017 earthquakes from Central Italy. SIMP-SGI meeting “Geology for a sustainable management of our Planet”, Bari - Italy (September 2024).

• Bisciotti A.*, V. Brombin, G. Bianchini, G. Cruciani, Ceramic components in Construction and Demolition Waste: an analysis of their effects on the environment in relation to the new Italian End of Waste directive, 2° Congresso Società Geochimica Italiana SOGEI, Perugia - Italy (July 2024).

• ​Casarin A.*, Radica F., Iezzi G., Galderisi A., Bravo M., De Brito J., Brando G., Nazzari M., Scarlato P. Integrated 2D and 3D texture analysis of a mortar. Advanced X-ray characterization technologies in Earth Sciences, Lubiana, Slovenia (February 2024).

• Bisciotti A.*, Cruciani G., Estimation model of attached mortar paste volume on the surface of recycled aggregates combining Rietveld refinement of X-ray powder diffraction and image analysis. SIMP The Geoscience paradigm: resources, Risks and future perspectives, Potenza - Italy (September 2023).

• Bisciotti, Cruciani G. *, Quantitative Phase Analysis to predict engineering properties of concretes made with recycled construction and demolition waste. Twenty-Sixth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Melbourne - Australia (August 2023).

• ​Bisciotti*, V. Brombin, G. Bianchini, G. Cruciani, Tracing different Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) environmental impacts through mineralogical and geochemical analyses. Goldschmidt Conference, Lione – France (July 2023). 

• Volpintesta F. *, Finocchiaro C., Barone G., Mazzoleni P., Paris E. Influence of CDW composition in geopolymer mortars based on volcanic ash, fly ah and metakaolin using Na and L solutions. SIMP The Geoscience paradigm: resources, Risks and future perspectives, Potenza - Italy (September 2023).

• Ossoli E.*, Volpintesta F., Reggiani A., Stabile P., Paris E. Fine industrial waste in geopolymer foam binders for new insulation materials. SIMP The Geoscience paradigm: resources, Risks and future perspectives, Potenza - Italy (September 2023).

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2) MEETINGS: INDUSTRIAL STAKEHOLDERS ​

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• Bisciotti*, G. Cruciani, Mineralogical Model from X-ray Powder Diffraction and Rietveld refinement to estimate attached mortar paste volume on the surface of recycled aggregates based on pseudo-density, RILEM Spring Convention & conference on advanced construction materials and processes for a carbon neutral society, Milano - Italy (May 2024).

• ​Bisciotti*, G. Cruciani, Estimation model of attached mortar paste volume on the surface of recycled aggregates combining Rietveld refinement of X-ray powder diffraction and image analysis, RILEM V International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment, Weimar - Germany (October 2023).

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3) EVENTS: STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS 

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• Paris E. (organizer) Nuovi materiali dagli scarti. PCTO for high school students of IIS Eleia Volterra Ancona, seminar and laboratory activities (Camerino, 13 February 2026)

• Paris E. (organizer) Da Rifiuto a risorsa: il riciclo di materiali di scarto per nuovi materiali sostenibili. PCTO for high school students of IIS Varano-Antinori Camerino, seminars and laboratory activities (Camerino, 2 weeks, February 2025)

• Paris E. (organizer) Da Rifiuto a risorsa: il riciclo di materiali di scarto per nuovi materiali sostenibili. European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR). Seminars for high school students of IIS Varano-Antinori Camerino (19 November 2024)

• Iezzi G. (lecturer) 2D textures of geo- and construction- materials and new perspectives Workshop on Advanced X-ray characterization technologies in Earth Sciences, ZAG – Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana – Slovenia (February 2024)

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4) EVENTS: GENERAL PUBLIC

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• ​Paris E. (organizer) Rifiuti e risorse: quale futuro per il riciclo degli scarti? Seminars for schools and general public. Camerino (25 March 2026)

• Paris E. (organizer) Rifiuti e risorse: giornata mondiale del zero-waste. Seminars for schools and general public. Camerino (31 March 2025)

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Major dissemination event targeting all communities:

• RUB2RES stand at REMTECH Expo 2025 (Ferrara, Italy), one of the main international events dedicated to environmental remediation, the circular economy, sustainable materials, and risk management (17-19 September 2025)