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Resources, Volume 13, Issue 4

April 2024 - 11 articles

Cover Story: In the era of the circular economy, solutions aimed at increasing the circularity of materials and products are highly welcome. Eco-design and waste management strategies are crucial for ensuring circularity and resource-saving. Strategies should be driven by assessing life cycle-based environmental performance. Tools to measure this performance should take into account two recycling-oriented parameters: recycled content and recycling rate. This paper presents the results of a life cycle assessment case study for a secondary fence board (baseline scenario). The circular footprint formula has been used to allocate burdens and credits between the supplier and the user of recycled materials. The potential environmental impact and the most significant issues have been calculated, identified, and presented. View this paper
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Articles (11)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,636 Views
22 Pages

Environmental and Land-Use Changes as a Consequence of Land Reform in the Urej River Catchment (Western Tajikistan)

  • Oimahmad Rahmonov,
  • Bartłomiej Szypuła,
  • Michał Sobala and
  • Zebiniso B. Islamova

Mountain societies are strongly linked to natural resources and their rational management. The growing population has led to the management of mountain areas according to emerging human needs. The study was conducted in the Urej River catchment (The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,007 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of the Effect of a Spray Coating Applied on Open-Air-Stored Woodchips

  • Gianni Picchi,
  • Carla Nati,
  • Lorenzo Brilli and
  • Alessandro Cinotti

The present study aimed at testing the benefits of protecting woodchips with an acrylic crusting product developed for the coal energy industry. In the test carried out, four conical wood chips piles were built, two consisting of fresh biomass, the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,383 Views
16 Pages

The Role of Internet and Social Interactions in Advancing Waste Sorting Behaviors in Rural Communities

  • Liz Maribel Robladillo Bravo,
  • Ricardo Fernando Cosio Borda,
  • Luis Alberto Marcelo Quispe,
  • James Arístides Pajuelo Rodríguez,
  • Józef Ober and
  • Nisar Ahmed Khan

Addressing the global challenge of sustainable waste management, this research investigates the influence of social dynamics and digital connectivity on rural residents’ willingness to adopt waste classification practices, essential for sustainable e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,196 Views
24 Pages

Navigating Legal and Regulatory Frameworks to Achieve the Resilience and Sustainability of Indigenous Socioecological Systems

  • Stephen Chitengi Sakapaji,
  • Jorge García Molinos,
  • Varvara Parilova,
  • Tuyara Gavrilyeva and
  • Natalia Yakovleva

The sustainability of Indigenous Socioecological Systems (ISES) largely depends on well-crafted policy regulations. In particular, Indigenous traditional food systems (ITFS) are an essential component of ISES that provide a variety of culturally acce...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,687 Views
14 Pages

Production and Quality Characteristics of Royal Jelly in Relation to Available Natural Food Resources

  • Dimitrios Kanelis,
  • Vasilios Liolios,
  • Maria-Anna Rodopoulou,
  • Fotini Papadopoulou and
  • Chrysoula Tananaki

Royal jelly is a secretion produced from the hypopharyngeal glands of worker bees, which requires significant pollen reserves to stimulate gland secretion. The natural sources of food available to the hive during beekeeping season can greatly affect...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,693 Views
28 Pages

Combined Contaminant Levels from Local Harvested Food Items in the Norwegian–Finnish–Russian Border Region

  • Anna Nalbandyan-Schwarz,
  • Kristine Bondo Pedersen,
  • Anita Evenset,
  • Eldbjørg Heimstad,
  • Torkjel M. Sandanger,
  • Päivi Myllynen and
  • Arja Rautio

This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary study with the aim of assessing the potential combined risk from consuming locally harvested food products in the Euro-Arctic region of Norway, Finland, and Russia. The three important contaminan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,273 Views
18 Pages

Risks to Human Health from the Consumption of Water from Aquifers in Gold Mining Areas in the Coastal Region of Ecuador

  • Irene Passarelli,
  • Demmy Mora-Silva,
  • Carla Arguello Guadalupe,
  • Thalía Carrillo Arteaga,
  • Rogelio Ureta Valdez,
  • Luz María Orna Puente,
  • María Gabriela Tobar Ruiz,
  • Guicela Ati-Cutiupala,
  • Marcelo Sanchez-Salazar and
  • Salvatore Straface
  • + 1 author

Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) is a source of supply in many areas of the world, especially in developing countries. This is often carried out illegally using toxic substances such as mercury. Mercury, due to its chemical–physical...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,162 Views
19 Pages

Recycling strategies demonstrate different life cycle environmental performance. In order to assess this performance, a life cycle assessment may be used. In such studies, the recycling should be linked with multifunctionality and allocation. This re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,182 Views
11 Pages

Separation of Cellulose from Wastewater and Valorisation via Pyrolysis: A Case Study in the Czech Republic

  • Denisa Djordjevićová,
  • Marco Carnevale Miino,
  • Jakub Raček,
  • Tomáš Chorazy,
  • Petr Hlavínek and
  • Zuzana Vranayova

Currently, the recovery of resources from urban wastewater (WW) represents a priority. On this topic, the potential recovery of cellulose for its subsequent reuse in different sectors is gaining interest. In this work, a large-size conventional waste...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,580 Views
15 Pages

In the era of the circular economy, solutions aimed at increasing the circularity of materials and products are highly welcome. Eco-design and waste management strategies are crucial for ensuring circularity and resource-saving. Strategies should be...

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