Showing papers in "Journal of Environmental Management in 2020"

TL;DR: There is a need to strengthen innovation and transportation infrastructure to achieve environmental sustainability targets and the findings from a wavelet power spectrum reveal that there is a significant vulnerability in innovation, financial development, transportation infrastructure, and CO2 emissions at different time frames and frequencies.

TL;DR: The present review thoroughly summarized the classification, synthesis route of Fe 2O3 with different morphologies, and several modifications of Fe2O3 for improved photocatalytic performance, including the incorporation with supporting materials, formation of heterojunction with other semiconductors, as well as the fabrication of Z-scheme.

TL;DR: In 2007-2018, the green economy efficiency level of China's eastern, central and western regions is on the rise, accompanied by more obvious spatial differences, and there are significant differences in variables at the national and regional levels.

TL;DR: The current alternatives for the recycling of Lithium-ion batteries are analyzed, specifically focusing on available procedures for batteries securing and discharging, mechanical pre-treatments and materials recovery processes (i.e. pyro- and hydrometallurgical), and the pros and cons of treatments in terms of energy consumption, recovery efficiency and safety issues.

TL;DR: The study empirically suggests that the work of controlling consumption of oil and environmentally friendly process including manufacture-trading in these economies will limit the amount of pollution.

TL;DR: The empirical findings show that economic globalization, financial development, and natural resources increase carbon emissions, in contrast, agriculture value-added decreases carbon emissions.

TL;DR: The present review provides clear information about the molecular mechanisms excreted by PGPR strains in plant growth promotion and phytoremediation of heavy metals.

TL;DR: A positive relationship between carbon emissions and financial development as well as a gross domestic product is revealed and the promotion of technological innovation and the use of renewable energy consumption will help in achieving the goals set by COP21.

TL;DR: This study thoroughly scrutinizes recent applications of titanium dioxide and its modified forms as photocatalytic materials in the removal and control of several classes of water pollutants as reported in literature.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that FVW management can be carried out following different processing routes, though nowadays the best solution is to find an adequate balance between conventional waste management methods and some emerging valorization technologies.

TL;DR: The empirical results reveal that there is a long-term association among these variables; and electricity consumption and economic growth positively and significantly affect theCO2 emissions in these countries; and globalisation has significant negative impact on the CO2 emissions implying the improvement of environmental quality.

TL;DR: The results show that the CD waste generation and its management are influenced by several factors including population, urbanization, gross domestic product (GDP), and CDWM regulatory measures, and the USA has more developed CDWM system.

TL;DR: Two types of chitosan-based composites were synthesized under microwave irradiation and characterized as advanced catalysts of enhanced photocatalytic activity under the visible light and showed enhancement in the photocatalyst removal of M.G by 54% and 87%, respectively, as compared to the pure ZnO.

TL;DR: Structural and electrochemical analyses demonstrated that CuFeNLDH-CNTs nanocomposite was successfully incorporated on the surface of graphite cathode, indicating the major role of •OH in the destruction of target molecules in the degradation of cefazolin.

TL;DR: The results indicate that renewable energy consumption improved to environmental quality and policies to promote renewables can provide for economic growth and environmental sustainability and ensure crucial sustainable development goals.

TL;DR: The results show that the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis is invalid and, in the long-term, innovations did not have a statistically significant effect on the energy sector, transport sector, and other sectors.

TL;DR: The spatial spillover effects offset the improvement effects of local environmental regulations on the air quality and joint regulation should be strengthened to address air pollution issues in urban aggregations.

TL;DR: A research framework capable of capturing the imbricated and complex relations among stakeholder pressure, barriers to and motivators of the CE, circular business models, and firms' sustainable performance is tested.

TL;DR: This review, for the first time, analyzes and discusses the potential risks and implications of caffeine, nicotine and amoxicillin as emerging environmental pollutants, a field that remains underrepresented to date.

TL;DR: The results showed that the pollution loads of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) increased by 91.0%, 196.2% and 244.1%, respectively, and their variation underwent a free development stage, reform promotion stage, market regulation stage and policy incentive stage.

TL;DR: This paper critically reviews the characteristics of adsorbents, the performance, kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics, mechanisms of adsorption, regeneration of Adsorbents and future perspectives in the adsorptive of surfactants.

TL;DR: Key empirical results indicate that economic factors including economic growth, trade openness and foreign direct investment cause environmental degradation in the under-analysis economies and that the renewable energies help the European environment by reducing the level of carbon dioxide emissions whereas the higher energy intensity is an ecological threat.

TL;DR: The results show that income, human capital, energy productivity, energy prices, and eco-innovation are important factors in explaining renewable energy consumption.

TL;DR: A comprehensive evaluation of existing and emerging technologies for remediating PFAS contaminated soils with guidance on which approach to use in different contexts is provided, and their suitability, limitations, and the scale applied from laboratory to the field are presented.

TL;DR: This article examined the connection between non-renewable and renewable energy consumption and economic growth, considering the moderating impact of economic complexity, trade openness, FDI and institutional quality.

TL;DR: The TOC and COD analysis validated that the treatment by as-prepared catalyst is more proficient for effluent-treatment than the industrial physico-chemical treatments.

TL;DR: RETI is conducive to reducing per capita CO2 emissions (PCE), however, with an increase in income inequality, the abatement effect of RETI on per capitaCO2 emissions will be hindered, and RETI will even positively contribute to PCE, according to the panel threshold model.

TL;DR: The Langmuir isotherm model has been found to be the best fitted model among the all isotherms models indicating the involvement of monolayer uptake of tetracycline on the surface of zirconia nanoparticles, and it is quite reasonable to accept that zirConia nanoparticle may be used as an alternative adsorbent to mitigate the tetrACYcline contamination in wastewater.

TL;DR: The optimized doped sample achieved 98% degradation of methyl orange within 100 min of light irradiation and the superior PEC water oxidation and photocatalytic activity of optimal doped samples under visible light are credited to suitable doping content, crystalline size, greater surface area, suitable bandgap, lower charge carrying resistance, surface properties and the ability for decreasing the charge carrier's recombination rate.

TL;DR: An almost complete MB removal could be attained within 4 h, higher than that of the TiO2 alone (30%) under the same conditions, and subsequent biological treatments are unnecessary for completing biodegradation of remaining oxidation by-products in the wastewater effluents.