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Sustainability, Volume 16, Issue 9

May-1 2024 - 375 articles

Cover Story: PVC is the mass plastic to which the most diverse and quantitatively largest number of additives are added. This makes PVC difficult to recycle. In the 1980s, the PVC industry announced its commitment to improve the sustainability of the material through material recycling. But after three decades, the recycling result is rather meagre. The majority of PVC waste in Europe is still going to waste-to-energy plants. The many attempts to end the chlorine cycle via waste incineration and to expand chemical recycling in parallel have not been successful. The main reasons are the quantity and variety of additives, legacy chemicals (legacy additives), and economic interests. View this paper
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Articles (375)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,576 Views
14 Pages

Energy Gain and Carbon Footprint in the Production of Bioelectricity and Wood Pellets in Croatia

  • Zdravko Pandur,
  • Marin Bačić,
  • Marijan Šušnjar,
  • Matija Landekić,
  • Mario Šporčić and
  • Iva Ištok

The paper presents the process of electricity and thermal energy production in a cogeneration plant and the process of wood pellet production. The aim of this study was to analyze the energy gain—EROI for energy products that are created as a p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,956 Views
17 Pages

To support the bankability of PV projects, PV manufacturers have been offering one of the longest warranties in the world, typically in the range of 25–30 years. During the warranty period, PV manufacturers guarantee that the degradation of PV...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
15,910 Views
20 Pages

This study explores consumer preferences for brands that emphasize sustainability and inclusivity, and for brands perceived as exclusive and trendy. Consumer data obtained via a large-scale survey involving 24,798 participants across 20 countries and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,534 Views
28 Pages

The InnoRec Process: A Comparative Study of Three Mainstream Routes for Spent Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Based on the Same Feedstock

  • Hao Qiu,
  • Daniel Goldmann,
  • Christin Stallmeister,
  • Bernd Friedrich,
  • Maximilian Tobaben,
  • Arno Kwade,
  • Christoph Peschel,
  • Martin Winter,
  • Sascha Nowak and
  • Tony Lyon
  • + 1 author

Among the technologies used for spent lithium-ion battery recycling, the common approaches include mechanical treatment, pyrometallurgical processing and hydrometallurgical processing. These technologies do not stand alone in a complete recycling pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,717 Views
21 Pages

Developing a Measurement Framework for Ethiopian Dry Port Sustainability: An Empirical Study

  • Zellalem Tadesse Beyene,
  • Simon Peter Nadeem and
  • Matiwos Ensermu Jaleta

In the context of a dry port, sustainable operations involve developing and implementing policies and procedures that reduce adverse effects on the environment, advance economic viability, and strengthen social responsibility. Several factors contrib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,717 Views
20 Pages

The increasingly adverse impacts of climate change (e.g., rainfall patterns, droughts, and floods), coupled with the ever-increasing water demands, are often translated into a contingent liability for water users’ communities. Additional comple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,868 Views
22 Pages

This research investigates the sustainable marketing effectiveness of Poland’s fruit and vegetable industry using a seminal approach to analyze the interconnected dynamics among all factors and highlight pivotal elements through a structural mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,827 Views
23 Pages

In the context of global climate change, there is a projected increase in land surface temperature (LST) worldwide, amplifying its impacts. This poses a particular concern for countries with hot climates, including the Kingdom of Bahrain as an exampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,707 Views
18 Pages

New energy vehicles (NEVs) offer a sustainable private transportation alternative. Charging points are the source of power for NEVs; thus, their construction can significantly lower the costs associated with their use, thereby encouraging their adopt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,257 Views
21 Pages

Consumers’ Risk Perception of Triploid Food: Empirical Research Based on Variance Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

  • Qi Qi,
  • Taoyang Cai,
  • Keyu Zhou,
  • Zhitao Hu,
  • Fanjie Hao,
  • Yutong Wei,
  • Shangjie Ge-Zhang and
  • Jingang Cui

With the advancement of new food processing technology, triploid technology has emerged as a viable option to enhance plant yield and improve crop stress resistance. However, like many emerging technologies, food produced using triploid technology ha...

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