Blockchain technology applications in waste management: Overview, challenges and opportunities

P Jiang, L Zhang, S You, Y Van Fan, RR Tan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and urbanisation have accelerated waste generation, and effective
waste management has become a major challenge worldwide. With advances in technology …

Data-driven review of blockchain applications in supply chain management: key research themes and future directions

T Van Nguyen, H Cong Pham… - … Journal of Production …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Blockchain (BC) applications in supply chain management (SCM) have recently received
extensive attention. It is important to synthesise the extant literature on the field to identify …

Resilient socio-technical systems for adaptive consumer e-waste management

BC Yang, CH Lee, IWK Suryawan - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025 - Elsevier
In the era where Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Emerging
Technologies (ET) have profoundly impacted democratic governance and citizen …

Implementation challenges of blockchain technology in closed-loop supply chain: A Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management perspective in …

S Joshi, M Sharma, A Barve - Supply Chain Forum: An International …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) activities ensure flawless Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) management by the usage of IoT and Blockchain technology (BCT) is …

A customer-centric IoT-based novel closed-loop supply chain model for WEEE management

R Guo, Z Zhong - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been one of the widest and soaring
solid wastes worldwide. Circular economy, as a sustainable paradigm, promotes closing the …

Multi-criteria group decision-making method based on einstein power operators, distance measure, additive ratio assessment, and interval-valued q-rung orthopair …

R Pathak, B Soni, NB Muppalaneni, AR Mishra - Granular Computing, 2024 - Springer
As an extension of q-rung orthopair fuzzy set, interval-valued q-rung orthopair fuzzy set (IVq-
ROFS) provides a more wider decision interval to express the fuzziness information. This …

Blockchain-enabled architecture for lead acid battery circularity

D Choudhary, KS Sangwan, A Singh - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Widespread use of lead acid batteries (LABs) is resulting in the generation of million tons of
battery waste, globally. LAB waste contains critical and hazardous materials, which have …

Performance optimization of hydroelectric power-plants using computational intelligence techniques

A Kumar, VS Maan, M Saini - International Journal of Information …, 2024 - Springer
Due to the increasing complexity of industrial systems, transportation systems etc. traditional
optimization techniques fail to provide a global solution of performance related issues. Most …

The impact of cutting-edge technologies on smart city supply chain: A systematic literature review of the evidence and implications

B Najafi, A Najafi, F Madanchi… - IEEE Engineering …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As cities have become more populated and urbanized, governments have faced several
challenges in effectively managing cities. To overcome these challenges, transitioning to …

Blockchain-Based Management of Recyclable Plastic Waste

K Bułkowska, M Zielińska, M Bułkowski - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Effective management of recyclable plastic waste is critical for environmental sustainability
and economic viability. Blockchain technology has transformative potential in addressing the …