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Sustainability of using composting and vermicomposting technologies for organic solid waste biotransformation: recent overview, greenhouse gases emissions and economic analysis
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In this article, the authors evaluate the feasibility of composting and vermicomposting as a means to recover nutrients from the organic waste and returning them to the environment and discuss the environmental impact and economic potential of these processes.About:
This article is published in Journal of Cleaner Production.The article was published on 2016-01-16. It has received 434 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mechanical biological treatment & Biodegradable waste.read more
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Preparation, modification and environmental application of biochar: A review
Jianlong Wang,Shizong Wang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the preparation, characterization, modification, and especially environmental application of biochar, based on more than 200 papers published in recent 10 year, to provide an overview of Biochar with a particular on its environmental application.
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Waste Mismanagement in Developing Countries: A Review of Global Issues.
TL;DR: The main impacts due to waste mismanagement in developing countries are reviewed, focusing on environmental contamination and social issues, and the activity of the informal sector in developing cities was also reviewed.
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Recent Advancement of Coagulation–Flocculation and Its Application in Wastewater Treatment
TL;DR: In this article, a critical review on recent studies of coagulation-flocculation treatment processes of various industrial wastewaters is presented, where the limitations and challenges for the coagulated-fluctuation process such as toxicity and health hazard posed by inorganic coagulants, production of large amount of toxic sludge, ineffectiveness in removing heavy metals and emerging contaminants, increase in effluent color, inefficient pollutant removal using natural coagULants, and complexity of scaling up procedure are presented.
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Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils.
TL;DR: It can be concluded that phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils is a reliable tool and necessary for making the land resource accessible for crop production.
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Composting technology in waste stabilization: On the methods, challenges and future prospects.
Chukwudi O. Onwosi,Victor C. Igbokwe,Joyce N. Odimba,Ifeanyichukwu E. Eke,Mary O. Nwankwoala,Ikemdinachi N. Iroh,Lewis I. Ezeogu +6 more
TL;DR: In this review, different types of composting methods reportedly applied in waste management were explored and the major factors such as temperature, pH, C/N ratio, moisture, particle size, and relevant strategies to improve and optimize process effectiveness were addressed.
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What a Waste : A Global Review of Solid Waste Management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate that the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated by urban populations is growing even faster than the rate of urbanization and that by 2025 this will likely increase to 4.3 billion urban residents.
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Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review
TL;DR: The basic concepts of the composting process and how manure characteristics can influence its performance are explained and a summary of those factors such as nitrogen losses, organic matter humification and compost maturity which affect the quality of composts produced by manure composting is presented.
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Systems approaches to integrated solid waste management in developing countries.
TL;DR: The importance of founding new SWM approaches for developing country contexts in post-normal science and complex, adaptive systems thinking is demonstrated.
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Sustainable solid waste management: An integrated approach for Asian countries
TL;DR: This paper conceptually evaluate issues surrounding the sustainability of SWM and proposes a multi-pronged integrated approach for improvement that achieves sustainable SWM in the context of national policy and legal frameworks, institutional arrangement, appropriate technology, operational and financial management, and public awareness and participation.
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Environment: Waste production must peak this century.
TL;DR: Without drastic action, population growth and urbanization will outpace waste reduction, warn Daniel Hoornweg, Perinaz Bhada-Tata and Chris Kennedy as mentioned in this paper.