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Environments, Volume 7, Issue 5

May 2020 - 7 articles

Cover Story: Developments in heat recovery from municipal sewage and community-based wastewater treatment have enabled alternative options to conventional urban energy and water systems. The associated environmental impacts of capturing thermal energy and treating wastewater for immediate reuse at a community scale showed environmental savings from reduced energy consumption for community space and water heating. The reduction of conventional tap water production by treating community wastewater for various uses resulted in further environmental savings. These implications provide insights in supporting decision-making and design for sustainable urban water development. View this paper
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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,318 Views
14 Pages

Centralized and Decentralized Recycle Policy with Transboundary Pollution

  • Chien-Hui Lee,
  • Po-Sheng Ko,
  • Yu-Lin Wang,
  • Jen-Yao Lee and
  • Jiong-Hung Kwo

In this study, under the existence of unilateral cross-border environmental pollution in two regions, a complete information dynamic game theory is constructed to discuss the environmental policy (recycling fee and treatment subsidy) formulation of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
16,362 Views
18 Pages

Plastic pollution in soils pose a major threat to soil health and soil fertility that are directly linked to food security and human health. In contrast to marine plastic pollution, this ubiquitous problem is thus far scientifically poorly understood...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,297 Views
16 Pages

Control of Invasive Forest Species through the Creation of a Value Chain: Acacia dealbata Biomass Recovery

  • Leonel J.R. Nunes,
  • Mauro A.M. Raposo,
  • Catarina I.R. Meireles,
  • Carlos J. Pinto Gomes and
  • Nuno M.C. Almeida Ribeiro

In Portugal, some species are now considered invasive by law and have proliferated in recent years. Among these, Acacia dealbata stands out. This work investigated the behavior of this species, in order to characterize and evaluate its potential as r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,120 Views
13 Pages

Vehicular Emission: Estimate of Air Pollutants to Guide Local Political Choices. A Case Study

  • Sergio Mazza,
  • Donatella Aiello,
  • Anastasia Macario and
  • Pierantonio De Luca

The aim of this case study was to show how, with the use of software, is it possible to carry out a preventive screening of vehicular emissions. Moreover, thanks to this preliminary analysis, some areas that are potentially polluted can be identified...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,963 Views
15 Pages

Life Cycle Assessment of Community-Based Sewer Mining: Integrated Heat Recovery and Fit-For-Purpose Water Reuse

  • Ludwig Paul B. Cabling,
  • Yumi Kobayashi,
  • Evan G. R. Davies,
  • Nicholas J. Ashbolt and
  • Yang Liu

Municipal sewage contains significant embedded resources in the form of chemical and thermal energy. Recent developments in sustainable technology have pushed for the integration of resource recovery from household wastewater to achieve net zero ener...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,043 Views
16 Pages

Assessing Energy-Based CO2 Emission and Workers’ Health Risks at the Shipbreaking Industries in Bangladesh

  • Nandita Mitra,
  • Shihab Ahmad Shahriar,
  • Nurunnaher Lovely,
  • Md Shohel Khan,
  • Aweng Eh Rak,
  • S. P. Kar,
  • Md Abdul Khaleque,
  • Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin,
  • Imrul Kayes and
  • Mohammed Abdus Salam

The study represents the estimation of energy-based CO2 emission and the health risks of workers involved in the shipbreaking industries in Sitakunda, Bangladesh. To calculate the carbon emission (CE) from three shipbreaking activities, i.e., metal g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,349 Views
23 Pages

Long-Term Environmental Monitoring in an Arctic Lake Polluted by Metals under Climate Change

  • Elena M. Zubova,
  • Nikolay A. Kashulin,
  • Vladimir A. Dauvalter,
  • Dmitry B. Denisov,
  • Svetlana A. Valkova,
  • Oksana I. Vandysh,
  • Zakhar I. Slukovskii,
  • Peter M. Terentyev and
  • Alexander A. Cherepanov

Lake Kuetsjarvi (in the lower reaches of the Pasvik River, Murmansk Region, Russia) in the border area between Russia and Norway, is one of the most polluted water reservoirs in the European Arctic. The operation of the Pechenganikel Smelter located...

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Environments - ISSN 2076-3298