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Towards a Circular Economy– a Zero Waste Programme for Europe Open
This paper presents key elements of the revised waste proposals.From the new waste proposals will benefits the economy, citizens and the environment.Clear rules, common standards and support for the use of more secondary raw materials will…
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Reuse and Recycling of By-Products in the Steel Sector: Recent Achievements Paving the Way to Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis in Europe Open
Over the last few decades, the European steel industry has focused its efforts on the improvement of by-product recovery and quality, based not only on existing technologies, but also on the development of innovative sustainable solutions.…
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Enhancing food security and environmental sustainability: A critical review of food loss and waste management Open
Food loss and waste (FLW) occurs at each and every stage of the food supply chain. The current linear model of FLW management (incineration and landfill) creates a linear path of nutrients utilization, which threatens food security and env…
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Improving zero-shot learning by mitigating the hubness problem Open
Data associated with the paper Improving zero-shot learning by mitigating the hubness problem, proceedings of ICLR 2015 (International Conference on Learning Representations), workshop track. Abstract: The zero-shot paradigm exploits vecto…
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Advancing zero defect manufacturing: A state-of-the-art perspective and future research directions Open
Zero Defect Manufacturing is a disruptive concept that has the potential to entirely reshape the manufacturing ideology. Building on the same quality management philosophy that underpins both lean production and Six Sigma, the Zero Defect …
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Circular Economy and Waste in the Fashion Industry Open
The fashion industry has to play an important role in the path towards sustainability and the circular economy. Indeed, the fashion industry is a sector with a high environmental impact; it involves a very long and complicated supply chain…
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Sustainable waste management for zero waste cities in China: potential, challenges and opportunities Open
Waste is a valuable secondary carbon resource. In the linear economy, it is predominantly landfilled or incinerated. These disposal routes not only lead to diverse climate, environmental and societal problems; they also represent a loss of…
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Evolution and Current Challenges of Sustainable Consumption and Production Open
This review paper examines the past, present, and future of sustainable consumption and production (SCP). The history of the Sustainable Development Goal No. 12 (i.e., to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns) is presented…
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Fruit Wastes as a Valuable Source of Value-Added Compounds: A Collaborative Perspective Open
The by-products/wastes from agro-food and in particular the fruit industry represents from one side an issue since they cannot be disposed as such for their impact on the environment but they need to be treated as a waste. However, on the …
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Economic, social and environmental world impacts of food waste on society and Zero waste as a global approach to their elimination Open
The aim of the article is an effort to introduce readers to the problem of food waste in a comprehensive concept. It focuses on defining concepts, defining losses in the different phases of the food chain together with their environmental,…
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Zero Waste Fashion Design Open
Zero Waste Fashion Design combines research and practice to introduce a crucial sustainable fashion design approach. Written by two industry leading pioneers, Timo Rissanen and Holly McQuillan, the book offers flexible strategies and easy-…
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Barrier analysis for carbon regulatory environmental policies implementation in manufacturing supply chains to achieve zero carbon Open
Many pressing challenges that perennially affect countries today are those related to environmental sustainability. As major entities, business organizations play a primal role in boosting the economy, stakeholders are increasingly under p…
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Acid-free microwave-assisted hydrothermal extraction of pectin and porous cellulose from mango peel waste – towards a zero waste mango biorefinery Open
Mango peel comprises roughly 35% of the total fruit weight and represents an important source of acid-free microwave-assisted extractable pectin and residual cellulosic fibres.
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Green waste characteristics and sustainable recycling options Open
Green waste is a diverse mixture of biomass mainly generated through site clearing and landscape maintenance in inhabited areas, which requires appropriate management to address sustainability concerns. However, the recycling potential and…
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Exploring the Phenomenon of Zero Waste and Future Cities Open
The evolving phenomenon of zero waste encompasses the theory, practice, and learning of individuals, families, businesses, communities, and government organisations, responding to perceptions of crisis and failure around conventional waste…
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Plastics: are they part of the zero-waste agenda or the toxic-waste agenda? Open
Background Plastics were considered as a magical material owing to their strong, non-degradable and versatile characteristics. After five decades of mass application, plastics’ property of non-biodegradability has become one of the key con…
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Reusing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies: The Case of the Tomato-Sauce Supply Chain Open
The importance of reducing food loss and waste (FLW) has recently been emphasized at a European level with the amendment to the European Waste Framework Directive, according to which the effective reduction of food waste can be carried out…
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Resource Recycling with the Aim of Achieving Zero-Waste Manufacturing Open
The management of the huge amounts of waste generated from domestic and industrial activities has continued to be a source of concern for humanity globally because of its impact on the ecosystem and human health. Millions of tons of such u…
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Chemical upcycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste: Moving to a circular model Open
The circular economy is a path that society, governments, and business must adopt to develop a viable and sustainable model for plastic production. Following the route guided by the United Nations and the new laws of the European Union, su…
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Comparison of enhancement of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge through adding nano-zero valent iron and zero valent iron Open
The feasibility of adding nano-zero valent iron to enhance anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge was studied by comparison with ZVI, and the mechanisms of NZVI enhancement of the hydrolysis and methanogenesis processes were elucida…
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Valorisation of vegetable food waste utilising three-dimensional food printing Open
Food waste utilisation and zero waste approach are among the many ways of building a sustainable economy. Food waste as authentic edible food being accepted by the consumers still has many barriers to overcome. One tool to help in the valo…
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From resources to sustainability: a practice-based view of net zero economy implementation in small and medium business-to-business firms Open
Purpose This study examines the effect of resources (e.g. tangible resources, human skills and intangible resources) that are utilized as a bundle of standard practices on sustainable net zero economy implementation and their further impac…
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Recent Progress and Future Perspectives for Zero Agriculture Waste Technologies: Pineapple Waste as a Case Study Open
Worldwide, a huge production of agro-industrial wastes is observed every year in the milling, brewing, agricultural, and food industries. Biochemical and bioactive substances can be produced from these agricultural wastes. Pineapple by-pro…
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The Concept of Zero Waste in the Context of Supporting Environmental Protection by Consumers Open
Zero waste according to the Zero Waste International Alliance is an ethical, economical, effective and forward-thinking concept whereby people can change their lifestyles and habits to one that mimics natural cycles, where all discarded ma…
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A concept to support the transformation from a linear to circular carbon economy: net zero emissions, resource efficiency and conservation through a coupling of the energy, chemical and waste management sectors Open
Coal and carbon-containing waste are valuable primary and secondary carbon carriers. In the current dominant linear economy, such carbon resources are generally combusted to produce electricity and heat and as a way to resolve a nation’s w…
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Towards Zero Solid Waste in the Sedimentary Phosphate Industry: Challenges and Opportunities Open
The phosphate industry produces huge volumes of waste (hundred million tons per year). These wastes are generally surface landfilled, leading to significant environmental impacts and a large footprint. The current practices of phosphate wa…
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Recent trends in nanocomposite packaging films utilising waste generated biopolymers: Industrial symbiosis and its implication in sustainability Open
Uncontrolled waste generation and management difficulties are causing chaos in the ecosystem. Although it is vital to ease environmental pressures, right now there is no such practical strategy available for the treatment or utilisation of…
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Slum Development Using Zero Waste Concepts: Construction Waste Case Study Open
The rapid urbanization of the last century caused more slum formations resulting in numerous adverse effects and is considered a major problem facing developing countries. This paper touches on the complexities of sustainable slum developm…
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A Strategic Framework for Working toward Zero Waste Societies Based on Perceptions Surveys Open
The visionary concept of zero waste advocates a systematic process of designing out waste and recovering resources from waste. A strategic zero waste framework (ZWF) is essential for developing and executing systematic waste management act…
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Implementation of zero waste concept in waste management of Banda Aceh City Open
This study aims to find out how far the implementation of the concept of Zero Waste in waste management in Banda Aceh City. The problem of increasingly complex garbage due to the increasing amount of waste along with population growth. Dur…