Stelzer, Victor Berezin da Silva, Amanda Araújo Penteado, Carmenlucia Santos Giordano Cristale, Joyce
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Organophosphate esters (OPEs) used as flame retardants and plasticizers are additives in building and construction materials, decorations, furniture, electronic equipment, among other applications. The presence of materials containing these substances in construction and demolition waste (CDW) from weak waste management practices can result in envi...
Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf Abidin, Nazim Hanis Zainal Omer, Mazen M Kineber, Ahmed Farouk Rahman, Abdul Rahimi Abdul
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
The purpose of this study is to review the relationship between the highly anticipated concept of circular economy (CE) and sustainable development goals (SDGs). These two sustainability principles have transformed organizations and countries in their quest to achieve sustainable development. Despite their importance to the business and corporate r...
Li, Haoyuan Lu, Ching-Cheng Yang, Chih-Yu Chung, Yao-Ching
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
All countries recognize the importance of enhancing circular resource utilization and promoting zero waste in order to achieve a circular economy. This study focuses on 22 counties (cities) in Taiwan and analyses the relationship between changes in resource recovery efficiency and productivity over an 8-year period (2011-2018) using the super effic...
Cao, Yingnan Ma, Yuping Han, Yunping Bian, Jing Yu, Xuezheng Wang, Zixuan Liu, Jianguo Feng, Weiying Deng, Yuxin Miao, Qingfeng
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Soil microplastic pollution is currently a worldwide concern. Microplastics are organic pollutants that are abundant in the natural environment, are persistent and difficult to degrade and may endanger human health while harming the environment. This article offers a bibliometric analysis of the environmental behaviour of microplastics in soils, as...
Lu, Chen Yi, Xiaodi Zou, Yurou
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Waste source separation is an essential section of successful municipal solid waste management, and the city governments in China are shifting from building massive waste treatment facilities to regulating residents' waste separation behaviour (WSB). In order to promote residents' WSB, Beijing, the capital of China, implemented the new version of m...
Yadav, Vinay Surendra Majumdar, Abhijit
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Waste management in the textile and clothing (TAC) industry is a challenging issue due to high resource consumption and pollution generation. Therefore, the adoption of industrial symbiosis (IS) is the need of the hour for the TAC industry. However, the adoption of IS in emerging economies like India, Brazil, Bangladesh, etc. is limited due to vari...
Abu-Qdais, Hani Al-Saleh, Marwan
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
To move from a traditional end of pipe approach into a more sustainable solid waste management system, the Jordanian Government has recently passed a set of new regulations The National Solid Waste Management Strategy has put a road map to encourage circular economy practices. One of the considered policy instruments is the adoption of the extended...
Bendaoudi, Amine Ahmed Boudouaia, Nacer Jellali, Salah Benhafsa, Fouad Mekhalef Bengharez, Zohra Papamichael, Iliana Jeguirim, Mejdi
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Hydrogels based on natural polysaccharides have received special attention in the last decade due to their interesting features, such as availability, biocompatibility, biodegradability and safety. Such characteristics may make them sustainable and eco-friendly materials for water and wastewater treatment, meeting the concept of circular economy. I...
Chia, Dane Yap, Chin Choo Wu, Shin Ling Berezina, Elizaveta Aroua, Mohamed Kheireddine Gew, Lai Ti
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Food waste is a global challenge that threatens the sustainable development of human societies. Although food waste is produced in all stages of the food supply chain, household food waste is the biggest contributor to the food waste fraction. In this research, we systematically reviewed 54 empirical studies to explore drivers and barriers to house...
Ferronato, Navarro Maalouf, Amani Mertenat, Adeline Saini, Ankur Khanal, Ashish Copertaro, Benedetta Yeo, Dotanhan Jalalipour, Haniyeh Raldúa Veuthey, Julio Ulloa-Murillo, Leidy Marcela
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Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
Plastic waste circularity is a priority at a global level. Sustainable development goals (SDGs) set the ways to go, and the circular economy principles underlined the 'green' strategies to be employed. However, in practice, there is still much to do, especially in developing countries, where open burning and open dumping still represent the common ...
