Recycling, Volume 10, Issue 4

This study, conducted in Mexico, evaluates the agricultural potential of three compost formulations BFS1, BFS2, and BFS3 produced from mining tailings and thermophilic microbial mats and collected from geothermal environments. The physicochemical cha...

Effective management and handling of construction and demolition waste (CDW) can yield significant technical and environmental benefits for road pavement construction. This article aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date chronological review o...

The sugarcane industry plays a crucial economic role worldwide, with sucrose and ethanol as its main products. However, its processing generates large volumes of by-products—such as bagasse, molasses, vinasse, and straw—that contain valua...

This study investigates the feasibility of using volcanic lapillus as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) in mortar production to improve the sustainability of the cement industry. Cement production is one of the main sources of CO2 emissions...

Rising volumes of textile waste necessitate the development of more efficient recycling systems, with a primary focus on the optimization of sorting technologies. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a state-of-the-art method for fiber identification;...

This study uses life cycle analysis (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of co-firing bituminous coal with agricultural biomass waste, such as coconut and rice husks, emphasising circular economy principles. Seven experimental scenarios with d...

An ultrasonic-enhanced hydrogen peroxide water-washing process was developed to recover lead from raw flue dust (RFD) under neutral conditions. At optimal parameters (40 °C, 30 min, 4 mL H2O2, liquid-to-solid ratio 2:1, 240 W ultrasound), the Pb...

The objective of this work is to evaluate how spent catalyst from fluid catalytic cracking (SCFCC) affects the physical, mechanical and durability properties of fly ash (FA) and blast furnace slag (BFS)-based alkali-activated materials (AAMs). Recycl...

Plastics make up a significant proportion of the stream of the European Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), yet the use of recycled plastic materials is very low in new manufactured products. A description of the WEEE waste stream in E...

The increasing demand for sustainable construction materials has driven research into low-carbon geopolymers that mitigate both cement-related emissions and plastic and glass waste accumulation. This study explores the development of geopolymer concr...