Recovery, regeneration and sustainable management of spent adsorbents from wastewater treatment streams: A review

AV Baskar, N Bolan, SA Hoang, P Sooriyakumar… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption is the most widely adopted, effective, and reliable treatment process for the
removal of inorganic and organic contaminants from wastewater. One of the major issues …

Circular economy strategies for combating climate change and other environmental issues

M Yang, L Chen, J Wang, G Msigwa, AI Osman… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Global industrialization and excessive dependence on nonrenewable energy sources have
led to an increase in solid waste and climate change, calling for strategies to implement a …

Wastewater treatment and reuse for sustainable water resources management: a systematic literature review

JA Silva - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wastewater treatment involves the extraction of pollutants, removal of coarse particles, and
elimination of toxicants. Moreover, wastewater treatment kills pathogens and produces bio …

Water scarcity and wastewater reuse in crop irrigation

N Ungureanu, V Vlăduț, G Voicu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to climate change, two-thirds of mankind will face water scarcity by 2025, while by 2050,
global food production must increase by at least 50% to feed 9 billion people. To overcome …

Circular economy in agriculture. An analysis of the state of research based on the life cycle

JF Velasco-Muñoz, JA Aznar-Sánchez… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a strategy able to fulfil the double purpose of
improving the economic performance of the agricultural activity while minimising the impact …

Wastewater fertigation in agriculture: Issues and opportunities for improved water management and circular economy

M Mainardis, D Cecconet, A Moretti, A Callegari… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water shortages are an issue of growing worldwide concern. Irrigated agriculture accounts
for about 70% of total freshwater withdrawals globally, therefore alternatives to use of …

[HTML][HTML] Treated wastewater irrigation—A review

MS Hashem, X Qi - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
As the most important resource for life, water has been a central issue on the international
agenda for several decades. Yet, the world's supply of clean freshwater is steadily …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater reuse for livestock feed irrigation as a sustainable practice: A socio-environmental-economic review

FZ Lahlou, HR Mackey, T Al-Ansari - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth will engender an intensification in agricultural activities which
currently utilise most of global freshwater withdrawals, pressurizing not only the water sector …

Challenges and solutions for global water scarcity

H Shemer, S Wald, R Semiat - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change, global population growth, and rising standards of living have put immense
strain on natural resources, resulting in the unsecured availability of water as an existential …

The energy-food-water nexus: Water footprint of Henan-Hubei-Hunan in China

S Lu, X Zhang, H Peng, M Skitmore, X Bai… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Energy security, food security, and water security have become the three most prominent
problems in human survival and sustainable development. The three are interrelated and …