Barriers and challenges to waste management hindering the circular economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

JK Debrah, GK Teye, MAP Dinis - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
More and more, waste generated in most parts of the Western world has been recycled and
transformed into new circularity products. However, managing waste within Sub-Saharan …

Exploring the potential of decentralized renewable energy conversion systems on water, energy, and food security in africa

P Mperejekumana, L Shen, S Zhong… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Access to energy, water, and food is essential to ensure sustainable development, but yet, a
large number of rural Africans, lack access electricity, and many live in extreme poverty …

Swine manure treatment technologies as drivers for circular economy in agribusiness: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment approach

CE Hollas, HC Rodrigues, AC Bolsan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion has been employed as a technology capable of adding value to waste
coupled with environmental impact mitigation. However, many issues need to be elucidated …

Assessing and prioritizing biogas barriers to alleviate energy poverty in Pakistan: an integrated AHP and G-TOPSIS model

K Batool, ZY Zhao, N Nureen, M Irfan - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Biogas is a promising renewable technology to alleviate energy poverty. Pakistan has a
capacity of 5 million bio digesters that can be installed in different farming areas. However …

Numerical analysis of water, energy, and environment nexus in the hybrid thermal and solar multigeneration power plants

R Zahedi, H Yousefi, A Aslani… - Energy Science & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The challenge of providing water, energy, and managing the environment is widely
recognized as a significant barrier to global advancement in light of the increasing …

Remarkable photocatalytic activity of MWCs supported on PVF in recycling, solar and photodegradation processes for commercial dyes and real industrial wastewater

HM Abumelha, R Pashameah, AAA Sari… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents an in-depth evaluation of polyvinylidene fluoride/multi-walled carbon
nanotubes/titanium dioxide (PVF-x% MWCs-x% TiO 2) nanocomposites, synthesized using …

Techno-economic analysis of electricity generation from household sewage sludge in different regions of Nigeria

CA Ogbu, TA Ivanova, TA Ewemoje, CO Okolie… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste management has been a chronic environmental challenge in Nigeria, coupled with
declining economic performance due to energy crises. This study was designed to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Interrelated Issues within the Water-Energy-Food Nexus with a Focus on Environmental Pollution for Sustainable Development: A Review

K Javan, M Darestani, I Ibrar, G Pignatta - Environmental Pollution, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Pollution within the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus has a profound impact on
environmental health, human well-being, and the sustainability of essential resource …

[HTML][HTML] A Sustainability Approach between the Water–Energy–Food Nexus and Clean Energy

G Herrera-Franco, L Bravo-Montero, J Caicedo-Potosí… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The excessive use of energy from fossil fuels, which corresponds to population,
industrialisation, and unsustainable economic growth, is the cause of carbon dioxide …

[PDF][PDF] Algal-bacterial Granular Sludge-based Wastewater Treatment System and Its Prospects in the Context of Circular Economy

S Philip - 2023 - tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp
Increasing waste generation and growing natural/processed resources demand from the
rapid human population growth in the past 100 years are the greatest threats to …