Vera Amicarelli

Biographic Data

ID6273636
NAMEVera Amicarelli
GIVEN NAMESVera
FAMILY NAMEAmicarelli
SIGNATUREAMICARELLI V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro
ORCID0000-0003-0115-1356
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS17
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Assessing the environmental sustainability of hospital diets using water footprint and food waste indicators

    Christian Bux, Mariarosaria Lombardi et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2026

    Purpose The objective of this research is to assess the environmental sustainability of a weekly hospital diet in terms of water consumption and food waste generation. This assessment is crucial for identifying more environmentally sustainable diets based on the development of the water-food waste index (WFWI). Design/methodology/approach This research evaluates the water footprint of hospital diets according to the Water Footprint Network (WFN) …

  • The role of geographical locations in the environmental impact of fibre-to-fibre textile recycling

    Open AccessMaria Pia Spinelli, Thomas Gries et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2025Cited by: 2References: 22

  • Sustainable and circular practices in the hotel industry in Southern Italy

    Open AccessGiovanni Lagioia, Vera Amicarelli et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2024

    Purpose The hotel industry is one of the leading producers of waste worldwide, and more than one-third of that waste is food. The purpose of this study is to investigate hotel managers' awareness of sustainable and circular practices, with a focus on their attitude toward and perception of food waste in Apulia, Southern Italy. The region has a tourist vocation, accounts for 3.3 million tourists per year and plays a key role in the Italian tourism…

  • Material flow analysis and carbon footprint of water-packaging waste management

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Roberto Leonardo Rana et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2024Cited by: 2References: 51

    Packaged drinking water represents one of the fastest growing commodities on a global scale, and several alternatives to plastic have been proposed, such as glass, cardboard or aluminum. The research has a twofold goal: (i) first, it calculates the amount of water-packaging waste generated in Italy in 2020, distinguishing among PET, glass, aluminum and cardboard materials, and it applies the material flow analysis through the STAN 2.7.101 softwar…

  • Material flow and economic cost analysis of the Italian artisan bread production before and during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Mariarosaria Lombardi et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2023Cited by: 2References: 36

  • Quantifying textile streams and recycling prospects in Europe by material flow analysis

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Christian BuxARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2022Cited by: 2References: 46

  • Food waste measurement toward a fair, healthy and environmental-friendly food system

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Christian BuxARTICLEBritish Food Journal2021

    Purpose Given the importance of food waste in the economic, social, health and environmental dimensions, the purpose of this work is to detect, through a systematic and configurative literature review on food-waste-measurement methodologies, the global approaches, characteristics, limitations, opportunities and results applied within the literature. The analysis of these papers provides useful information about how far we are from international a…

  • Hidden flows assessment in the agri-food sector

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Mariantonietta Fiore et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2021

    Purpose The study proposes Material Flow Analysis (MFA) methodology as a tool to measure and qualify food waste in the Italian beef supply chain in each stage of the food supply chain, from farm to fork. In particular, the authors attempt to: (1) measure resources consumption and waste generation toward companies' and policymakers' sustainable evaluations; (2) enhance consumers' education in the field of agri-food resilience and sustainability. D…

  • Global warming potential of food waste through the life cycle assessment

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Giovanni Lagioia et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Impact Assessment…2021Cited by: 9References: 2

  • How to measure food loss and waste? A material flow analysis application

    Open AccessVera Amicarelli, Christian Bux et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2020

    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure food loss and waste by material flow analysis (MFA) tool. Applying this methodology, the authors estimate wastage-related losses and discuss opportunities for more circular and sustainable practices in the Italian potato industry. Design/methodology/approach MFA is applied to two specific typologies as follows: ready-to-eat (chips) and dried potato products produced in Italy. The analysis refers to …