cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p>The new bio-composite materials are used for different products such as canal bank protection elements and as façade building elements. The framework is based on European environmental risk assessment guidelines, and it includes four key steps: (i) hazard identification, (ii) dose–response modelling, (iii) exposure assessment and (iv) risk characterisation (i.e. assessment). As part of the first step, laboratory leaching tests were carried out to evaluate the potential release of specific chemical substances such as heavy metals and resin compounds into the aquatic environment. Laboratory test results were then used as input data to evaluate the risk of potential leaching into surface water. A deterministic model was used first to identify the chemicals exceeding the guideline threshold. Subsequently, a stochastic model was applied to evaluate the uncertainties of the input data. Concerning canal bank protection element, the risk analyses were conducted for four alternative bio-composite materials made of different ingredients, two different flow conditions (stagnant water and advective flow) in two types of canals (wide ditch and primary watercourse) and for two different water levels based on season conditions (summer and winter conditions) for canal bank protection elements. A stochastic model was applied to evaluate the environmental risks across a range of leachate concentrations and water velocities in the canal, thereby simulating a broader spectrum of possible situations.</p>"
authors:
  - family-names: Nativio
    given-names: Arianna
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8359-3096"
  - family-names: Jovanovic
    given-names: Oriana
  - family-names: Kapelan
    given-names: Zoran 
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0934-4470"
  - family-names: van der Hoek
    given-names: Jan Peter
title: "Data underlying the publication: Environmental risk assessment related to using resource recovery-based bio-composite materials in the aquatic environment with new laboratory leaching test data"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/1c021b61-e1c0-4b41-b78e-a7310d78c71e.v1
license: CC BY-NC 4.0
date-released: 2024-08-16