Emerging technologies and sustainable strategies for municipal solid waste valorization: challenges of circular economy implementation

TG Ambaye, R Djellabi, M Vaccari, S Prasad… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to an upsurge in urbanization and industrialization, huge amounts of municipal solid
waste (MSW) are accumulating on our planet. Waste generation has several negative …

[HTML][HTML] Beneficial reuse of water treatment sludge in the context of circular economy

MD Nguyen, M Thomas, A Surapaneni… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Water treatment processes produce large volumes of drinking water that must meet
regulatory quality requirements. In the process of so doing, the treatment of water generates …

Evaluating carbon emissions of construction and demolition waste in building energy retrofit projects

JL Hao, W Ma - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Building energy retrofit (BER) is one of the priority tasks of China's '14th Five-Year Building
Energy Efficiency and Green Building Development Plan'. The number of BER projects has …

A comparative study of national variations of the European WEEE directive: manufacturer's view

T Andersen - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
We are facing the challenge of rapid growth in waste from electrical products (e-waste). In
Europe, handling e-waste is regulated by the European Waste Electrical and Electronic …

[HTML][HTML] How robust is the circular economy in Europe? An ascendency analysis with Eurostat data between 2010 and 2018

FK Zisopoulos, DFJ Schraven, M de Jong - Resources, Conservation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering its relatively low circularity rate (11.8% in 2019), the EU set several waste
management targets as part of its roadmap to a circular economy yet the decision about …

Environmental and economic assessment of alternative food waste management scenarios

D Mathioudakis, P Karageorgis, K Papadopoulou… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The scope of this paper was to examine the environmental and economic performance of
alternative household fermentable waste (HFW) management scenarios. In Greece, the …

[HTML][HTML] Can reusable packaging revolutionise e-commerce? Unveiling the environmental impact through a comparative carbon footprint analysis

IG Romero, HB Rai, ÁO Bas, JCP Prado - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
E-commerce is a rapidly growing, evolving sector. Its environmental impact has also
increased, with ship** packaging being a key contributor. The sector is, however …

[HTML][HTML] Current and emerging waste-to-energy technologies: A comparative study with multi-criteria decision analysis

SC Patil, C Schulze-Netzer, M Korpås - Smart Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the rise in waste crisis and the possibility of energy utilization from waste,
there has been increasing interest in waste-to-energy (WtE) conversion technologies, which …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchical Approach to the Management of Drinking Water Sludge Generated from Alum-Based Treatment Processes

QI Zwane, CS Tshangana, OT Mahlangu, LW Snyman… - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The management of drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) sludge is challenging for water
treatment facilities. Previous studies reported mainly on handling sludge through landfilling …

Impacts of regional socioeconomic statuses and global events on solid waste research reflected in six waste-focused journals

Z Zhang, J Wang, J Li, Y Wang, K Yin, X Fei - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The research pertaining to solid waste is undergoing extensive advancement, thereby
necessitating a consolidation and analysis of its research trajectories. The existing biblio …