BOMO project as a best practice of C2C

Department of Environmental Science

V. Castellani, S. Sala,

University of Milano Bicocca

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GRISS – Research Unit on Sustainable Development

University of Milano Bicocca

Department of Environmental Science

Area of studyArea of study

Mountain Community: Alpi Lepontine

• 15 municipalities, 18.469 ha

• 6.844 ha of forest

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On the desktop of a local policy makers…On the desktop of a local policy makers…

Sustainability evaluation of Short supply chainsSustainability evaluation of Short supply chains

• Short supply chains, involving SME’s

? Reduced impacts (e.g. by transportation)

? Technical and economic feasibility

• Sustainability evaluation of short supply chains for wood-based products considering:

– Availability and accessibility of forest biomass (GIS-based evaluation of carrying capacity of forest ecosystems)

– Environmental impacts and efficiency of materials and energy flows (LCA, C-Lean)

– Management of economic and operational aspects of the supply chain (Lean Thinking and C-Lean)

– Socio-economic aspects related to local development (Sustainability indicators, extended LCA)

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Make it happen .....Make it happen .....

Industrial ecologyin the

furnituredistrict

End of life/ separate waste collection

Certified forestsprovides

raw material

Use

Distributors and Retailers

Local SMEfrom

forest to furniture district

Cradle to cradle

Ecodesign LCA of the product

Green Public / Private Procurement

Carrying capacity:Physical and operational

BOMO projectBOMO project

two researching groups ( forest sector and

sustainability)

two consortia of SME’s (more then 250 SME’s)

1 province and several local authorities

two partners devoted to communication

a multidisciplinary multistakeholder project

Supply chainSupply chain

Forest Forest

ActorsActors Tools Tools CommunicationCommunication Indirect effects Indirect effects

Carrying capacityCarrying capacity

Sustainable forest

management

Sustainable forest

management

Environmental protection

against hydro geological problems

Environmental protection

against hydro geological problems

Wood Wood

EnergyEnergy

FurnitureFurniture

RetailersRetailers

Lean thinking Lean thinking

EcodesignEcodesign

ISO 14001

ERA for Chemical AssessmentERA for Chemical Assessment

More then 250 SME’s

informed about

ECODESIGN, LCT,

ECOLABELS

More then 250 SME’s

informed about

ECODESIGN, LCT,

ECOLABELS

Green Public ProcurementGreen Public Procurement

Job opportunity in underdevelope

d areas

Job opportunity in underdevelope

d areas

Increase of awareness in Consumers, both public and private,

Increase of awareness in Consumers, both public and private,

Green Procurement

Green Procurement

Reduction of marginal cost, following the

concept of “value”

Reduction of marginal cost, following the

concept of “value”

Green marketing

Green marketing

• Quantitative Carrying Capacity– How much

• Qualitative Carrying Capacity– How and where and when

• Operational Carrying Capacity– Who and to what extent

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Carrying capacityCarrying capacity

Chemicals along the supply chainChemicals along the supply chain

Barmaz S., Sala S.

Environmental risk assessment of

chemicals in forest-wood supply chain

Poster presented at SETAC Europe 2010

Seville

Lean ThinkingLean Thinking

• To make a local system competitive, it is necessary to reframe the entire

production process, promoting efficiency and reducing wastes.

• Lean Thinking is a management model developed in the context of

methods for quality improvement and processes engineering; it is aimed

to promote efficiency and reduce wastes

• It identifies 5 principles which should lead any reengineering and

reorganization process effort ( Value mapping, Value stream, Flow, Pull,

Perfection )

• “C-Lean” enlarges the principles perspective to include environmental

waste in the evaluation

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Logistic optimisation

Logistic optimisation

Sala S, Castellani V. (2009). Integration of LCA and C-Lean for sustainability assessment of short supply chain related to forest products. Proceedings of 16th SETAC LCA Case Study Symposium, Poznan. Tim P. Mitchell, (2004).Principles of Lean Thinking. National Resource Council Canada,

Ecodesign principlesEcodesign principles

• Design for the environment

• Design for disassembling

• Design for recycling

Progetto Lissone Progetto Lissone

www.progettolissone.it

Solid wood cut Furniture design

Furniture assembling Marketing End of life

Combustion

Residues

Wood chipping

Buying/use

Plywood cut

Layers gluing

Pressing

FinishingFinishing

Chipboard from residues

Soundproof layers

Forest management

Felling

Cut-to-length

Cable logging

Branches cut

Harvesting

Sawmilling

Drying

Retailing

Issues to be considered:

Transportation

Use of hazardous substances

Residues that can be recycledPossibility of certification

Energy consumption

Energy production

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Retailers involvementRetailers involvement

• The beginners…– Training course for 40 retailers– 10 retailers for a pilot application

Reasons to become a “green shop”…..

From design to prototypesInternational Design Furniture Fair

Milano, Italy, April 2010

Some conclusion…Some conclusion…to make sustainability operationalto make sustainability operational

• Limits and rate of consumption have to be integrated in scenario development

• Importance of a widen involvement of whole supply chain and stakeholders

• Need for a strategy to simplify access to existing methodologies and tools

• Strenghten relationship with Public Authorities (local planning, strategic projects etc)

• Need of translation of the results of research into a usable format for the users, both policy maker. Local stakeholders

• Indirect effect and indirect indicators have to be taken into account

• Improvement of knowledge management to capitalize the existing knowledge as a key factor for improving capacity building of Local Communities.

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valentina.castellani1@unimib.it

www.griss.itGRISS – Research Unit on Sustainable Development

University of Milano BicoccaDepartment of Environmental Science

www.boscomobile.it

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