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Sustainability, Volume 16, Issue 11

June-1 2024 - 554 articles

Cover Story: The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) produced is projected to reach 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, with only 33% being managed sustainably. Composting, a key method for recycling the organic fraction of MSW, offers an economically viable solution to transform waste to compost. MSW often contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), leading to contamination. PFAS levels in compost range from 1.3 to 11.8 µg/kg, posing risks to human and ecosystem health. Effective PFAS remediation technologies are needed. We explore composting as a sustainable waste management practice, the systems used, and the challenges of PFAS contamination, showing the lack of understanding of PFASs’ fate in composting and emphasizes the need for innovative solutions to address this issue, achieve circular economy, and meet sustainable waste management goals.View this paper
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Articles (554)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,986 Views
22 Pages

6 June 2024

Implementing education for sustainable development (SD) into higher education requires curricular changes, embodying various constraints. Therefore, exploring students’ understanding of sustainable development goals (SDGs) is part of the initia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,898 Views
17 Pages

Comprehensive Analysis and Prioritization of Sustainable Energy Resources Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

  • Hameedullah Zaheb,
  • Obaidullah Obaidi,
  • Sarban Mukhtar,
  • Habiburahman Shirani,
  • Mikaeel Ahmadi and
  • Atsushi Yona

6 June 2024

The growing global concern for climate change and the need for sustainable energy solutions have driven nations to explore renewable energy alternatives. This research focuses on a developing country heavily reliant on imported electricity and evalua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,657 Views
18 Pages

6 June 2024

The possible threats that healthcare waste management (HWM) poses to the environment and public health are making it more and more crucial for medical facility administrators to be worried about it. This is in line with the global trend towards firms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,962 Views
13 Pages

6 June 2024

The anions and cations in agricultural additives have crucial impacts on the retention of toxic heavy metals (HMs) in soil. However, the influence of these ions on the adsorption and desorption of Cd, Cr, and Cu in soil has not been clarified in prev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,507 Views
17 Pages

6 June 2024

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the development of charging infrastructure is key to achieving sustainable transportation and reducing greenhouse emissions. This research paper presents a novel exploration of the public sentime...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,692 Views
21 Pages

6 June 2024

Coordinated regional development is an important issue for China in the new era, and the influence of innovation ability on regional economic development is increasing, but the current regional innovation is characterized by an increasingly obvious &...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,044 Views
24 Pages

6 June 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the integration of online learning into primary and secondary education. However, gaps persist in academic research, particularly in understanding its impact on educational equity within the third-type digital di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,662 Views
17 Pages

6 June 2024

Common bean production is constrained by a multitude of biotic constraints including bean flies and Fusarium wilt in tropical and subtropical farming systems globally. As these pests and diseases attack the crop beneath the soil, excessive applicatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,351 Views
17 Pages

6 June 2024

The development of mineral resources in the Arctic region presents a strategically significant yet challenging endeavor, necessitating a delicate balance between the growing need for resources and pressing climatic and geopolitical concerns. Mineral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,268 Views
26 Pages

6 June 2024

This study examines the impact of executives implicated in fraud on firms’ investment decisions using publicly disclosed Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases (AAERs) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to addres...

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