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Solid waste issue: Sources, composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization Open
Disposal of solid wastes is a stinging and widespread problem in both urban and rural areas in many developed and developing countries. Municipal solid waste (MSW) collection and disposal is one of the major problems of urban environment i…
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Toxic Pollutants from Plastic Waste- A Review Open
Incineration of plastic waste in an open field is a major source of air pollution. Most of the times, the Municipal Solid Waste containing about 12% of plastics is burnt, releasing toxic gases like Dioxins, Furans, Mercury and Polychlorina…
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Environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling – A review Open
This paper reviews studies of the environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling, to provide a summary of the current knowledge and point out areas for further research. Forty-one studies were reviewed, whereof 85% deal with recycling…
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Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe Open
This paper proposes an overarching review of national municipal waste management systems and waste-\n\t\t\t\t to-energy as an important part of it in the context of circular economy in the selected countries in\n\t\t\t\t Europe. The growth…
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Public and Environmental Health Effects of Plastic Wastes Disposal: A Review Open
Since 1950 to 2018, about 6.3 billion tonnes of plastics have been produced worldwide, 9% and 12% of which have been recycled and incinerated, respectively. Human population increase and consistent demand for plastics and plastic products …
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Dynamic Probabilistic Modeling of Environmental Emissions of Engineered Nanomaterials Open
The need for an environmental risk assessment for engineered nanomaterials (ENM) necessitates the knowledge about their environmental concentrations. Despite significant advances in analytical methods, it is still not possible to measure t…
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Recycling of Polymer-Based Multilayer Packaging: A Review Open
Polymer-based multilayer packaging materials are commonly used in order to combine the respective performance of different polymers. By this approach, the tailored functionality of packaging concepts is created to sufficiently protect sens…
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Life Cycle Assessment of an innovative recycling process for crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels Open
Lifecycle impacts of photovoltaic (PV) plants have been largely explored in several studies. However, the end-of-life phase has been generally excluded or neglected from these analyses, mainly because of the low amount of panels that reach…
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Enzymes’ Power for Plastics Degradation Open
Plastics are everywhere in our modern way of living, and their production keeps increasing every year, causing major environmental concerns. Nowadays, the end-of-life management involves accumulation in landfills, incineration, and recycli…
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Landfill Impacts on the Environment—Review Open
Waste management (WM) is a demanding undertaking in all countries, with important implications for human health, environmental preservation, sustainability and circular economy. The method of sanitary landfilling for final disposal of wast…
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The plastic waste problem in Malaysia: management, recycling and disposal of local and global plastic waste Open
Plastic waste is one of the world’s most pressing human health and environmental concerns. Plastic constitutes the third highest waste source globally, with the total volume of plastic waste growing in-line with increases in the global pop…
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Structure and properties of mortar and concrete with rice husk ash as partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement – A review Open
In order to arrest the incidence of global warming brought about by the emission of greenhouse gases notably CO2 into the atmosphere, the use of materials that can substitute the material responsible for greenhouse gases is being promoted …
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Technologies for the management of MSW incineration ashes from gas cleaning: New perspectives on recovery of secondary raw materials and circular economy Open
Environmental policies in the European Union focus on the prevention of hazardous waste and aim to mitigate its impact on human health and ecosystems. However, progress is promoting a shift in perspective from environmental impacts to reso…
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Environmental and economic implications of recovering resources from food waste in a circular economy Open
Around a third of food is wasted globally, requiring significant resources for its treatment and disposal, in addition to wasting valuable resources. Following the circular economy principles, this waste should ideally be avoided, and if n…
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Comparing Life Cycle Energy and Global Warming Potential of Carbon Fiber Composite Recycling Technologies and Waste Management Options Open
Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) are used in increasing quantities as they have some of the best properties in terms of specific strength and stiffness of any widely available material. By 2020, annual global CFRP production is expe…
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The Use of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Ash in Various Building Materials: A Belgian Point of View Open
Huge amounts of waste are being generated, and even though the incineration process reduces the mass and volume of waste to a large extent, massive amounts of residues still remain. On average, out of 1.3 billion tons of municipal solid wa…
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Integrated Plastic Waste Management: Environmental and Improved Health Approaches Open
Plastics are integral part of society and have varied application. Plastics are composed of a network of molecular monomers bound together to form macromolecules. There are increasing concerns due to non degradability and generation of tox…
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Laying Waste to Mercury: Inexpensive Sorbents Made from Sulfur and Recycled Cooking Oils Open
Mercury pollution threatens the environment and human health across the globe. This neurotoxic substance is encountered in artisanal gold mining, coal combustion, oil and gas refining, waste incineration, chloralkali plant operation, metal…
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Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) – A review focusing on chemical methods Open
Recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is of crucial importance, since worldwide amounts of PETwaste increase rapidly due to its widespread applications. Hence, several methods have been developed, like energetic, material, thermo…
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A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy Open
The trending need for smarter electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is surging globally by the year and is giving rise to huge amounts of outdated EEE going into landfills. This has caused enormous threats to our environment and the he…
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Petroleum sludge treatment and disposal: A review Open
Petroleum industry produces one of the popular hazardous waste known as Petroleum Sludge. The treatment and disposal of petroleum sludge has created a major challenge in recent years. This review provides insights into various approaches i…
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Recycling Waste Tires into Ground Tire Rubber (GTR)/Rubber Compounds: A Review Open
Recycling and recovery of waste tires is a serious environmental problem since vulcanized rubbers require several years to degrade naturally and remain for long periods of time in the environment. This is associated to a complex three dime…
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Degradation of excavated polyethylene and polypropylene waste from landfill Open
In 2016, it was estimated that 7.4 million tonnes of plastic waste have been disposed in landfill in Europe. This waste represents an important opportunity for resource recovery through enhanced landfill mining consistent with recent Circu…
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Status and Opportunities for Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste in Europe Open
This paper provides an overview of waste generation and treatment operations in the European Union (EU) and other European countries and an analysis of the possibilities for the use of municipal solid waste (MSW) for energy production. A g…
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Different Kinds of Concrete Containing Waste for Sustainable Construction Open
Concrete production causes significant environmental damage during its entire life cycle due to the large consumption of natural aggregate. The aim of this research was to use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to conduct a compar…
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Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review Open
Africa is the second populous continent, and its population has the fastest growing rate. Some African countries are still plagued by poverty, poor sanitary conditions and limited resources, such as clean drinking water, food supply, elect…
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Waste-to-energy technology integrated with carbon capture – Challenges and opportunities Open
Carbon dioxide emission is a serious environmental issue that humankind must face soon. One of the promising technologies for reducing global CO2 emissions is oxy-fuel combustion (OFC) technology, which belongs to the carbon capture method…
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The Environmental Impacts of Recycling Portable Lithium-Ion Batteries Open
Waste from electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams, with its volume expected to increase by a third from 2013 to 2017. Lithium-ion batteries are the most common battery type used in portable e…
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Biomass waste-to-energy valorisation technologies: a review case for banana processing in Uganda Open
Uganda's banana industrialisation is rural based with limited technical knowledge and economic capability to setup modern solar technologies and thermo-conversions for drying banana fruit pulp. This review explored the advantages of variou…
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Municipal incinerated bottom ash (MIBA) characteristics and potential for use in road pavements Open
The characteristics of municipal incinerated bottom ash (MIBA) and its performance in road pavement applications is assessed through systematic analysis and evaluation of the global experimental data. MIBA has been used in unbound, hydraul…