Solid waste issue: Sources, composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization
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The most commonly used technologies for the treatment and valorization of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW) are composting and anaerobic digestion (AD) as discussed by the authors.About:
This article is published in Egyptian Journal of Petroleum.The article was published on 2018-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 752 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Waste disposal & Municipal solid waste.read more
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Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the proper management of wastes through composting, different composting methods, the factors affecting the long-duration of composting and the present trends in composting.
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A review on municipal solid waste as a renewable source for waste-to-energy project in India: Current practices, challenges, and future opportunities
Lal Chand Malav,Krishna Kumar Yadav,Neha Gupta,Sandeep Kumar,Gulshan Kumar Sharma,Santhana Krishnan,Shahabaldin Rezania,Hesam Kamyab,Quoc Bao Pham,Shalini Yadav,Suparna Bhattacharyya,Virendra Kumar Yadav,Quang-Vu Bach +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the challenges of municipal solid waste management, summarizing the health significance of MSW management, explaining the opportunities and requirements of energy recovery from MSW through waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies, explaining several WtE technologies in detail, and discussing the current status of WTE technology in India.
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Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy
Gajanan Ghodake,S.K. Shinde,Avinash A. Kadam,Rijuta Ganesh Saratale,Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,Manu Kumar,Ramasubba Reddy Palem,Hind A. AL-Shwaiman,Abdallah M. Elgorban,Asad Syed,Dae-Young Kim +10 more
TL;DR: The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (i.e., in the absence of oxygen) as discussed by the authors.
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Various Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Responsible for Water Quality Degradation: A Review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on certain essential pollutants' discharge from anthropogenic activities categorized based on land-use sectors such as industrial applications (solid/liquid wastes, chemical compounds, mining activities, spills, and leaks), urban development (municipal wastes, land use practices, and others), and agricultural practices (pesticides and fertilizers).
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Waste management challenges in transition to circular economy – Case of Croatia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present waste and circularity indicators for Croatia, analyses national policies, targets, achievements and EU recommendations, and proposes the measures which would accelerate Croatia's path towards circular economy, resource efficiency, reduction of marine litter in the Adriatic and bio economy.
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