Biorefinery safety: The role of INAIL in Italy

The Italian Workers Compensation Authority (INAIL) research in the biotech field is focused on occupational safety in biotech plants and the promotion of industrial applications in the perspective of environmental remediation and sustainable development according to the framework of the European legislation. Existing lessons on safety public concern of biotech plants suggest that the development of effective, responsive and responsible safety standard can improve the trust of the public opinion and affected industries in biotech and in the new generation plants (biorefinery).

As part of the RES URBIS project, the role of INAIL is to study the occupational risk for the workers who are involved in the production process of PHA from bio-waste.