2026 February - 25 articles
The sustainable conversion of agricultural waste biomass, particularly crop residues such as corn stover, into high-value products is vital for reducing their open-field burning and mitigating environmental hazards. The hydrothermal carbonization (HT...
Arabinoxylans (AX) and their oligosaccharides (AXOS) have potential as functional ingredients. The emergence of biorefineries, leading to more Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) entering the animal feed market, encourages commercial product...
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions have accelerated climate change, prompting the need for effective capture technologies. Adsorption using clay-based sorbents offers an eco-friendly alternative, although performance often requires enhancement. This study e...
The widespread use of petroleum derivatives in industrial settings poses a challenge due to their toxicity and the difficulty of removing them from tanks, pipes, and equipment. Conventional degreasers are generally expensive, toxic, and harmful to wo...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are persistent and mobile contaminants of global concern, and, while granular activated carbon (GAC) is widely used for their removal, it is limited by the high regeneration and disposal costs. This study i...
Meat-processing wastewater (MPWW) is rich in nutrients and organic matter. This study assessed its potential as feedstock for microalgal biomass production while enabling wastewater treatment. In batch assays, the microalgae-based consortium grew in...
The efficient storage of strategic gases—CH4, CO2, and H2—remains a critical challenge due to the need for high pressures or cryogenic temperatures to achieve sufficient storage densities, often resulting in energy- and cost-intensive pro...
Biobased composites from fast growing hemp have drawn significant attention because they are inexpensive, biodegradable, sustainable, promote the circular economy, and have good mechanical properties. This proof-of concept study focused on utilizing...
Municipal solid waste challenges (MSW) and concerns about fossil fuel dependence motivate efforts to recover energy from waste, including refuse-derived fuel (RDF). Techno-economic assessment (TEA) evaluates the feasibility of systems by quantifying...
Copper is a strategic raw material and an important component in electric motors, widely used across industries because of its excellent conductivity and recyclability. It plays an important role in the transformation from fossil fuel-based systems t...
This study evaluated low-cost food waste anaerobic digestion (FWAD) designed for African urban informal settlements, where electricity and process control are limited. Eight small-scale reactors were operated under varying mixing, pH control, and tem...
The increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) poses a critical threat to global climate stability, highlighting the need for efficient carbon capture technologies. While amine-based solvents such as monoethanolamine (MEA) are widel...
A treatment process was developed for effluents from direct physical lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling with a focus on the removal of organic contaminants. The high chemical oxygen demand to biological oxygen demand ratio (COD/BOD5) of 3.9–4.6 indi...
Electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement is a form of marine carbon dioxide removal, a rapidly growing industry that is powered by efficient onshore or offshore energy sources. As more and larger deployments are being planned, it is important to...
Façades account for approximately 15–20% of a building’s embodied carbon, making them a key target for material decarbonization. While bio-composites are increasingly explored for façade insulation, cladding systems remain d...
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The textile industry is one of the largest consumers of water worldwide and generates highly complex and pollutant-rich textile wastewater (TWW). Due to its high load of recalcitrant organic compounds, dyes, salts, and heavy metals, TWW represents a...
The increasing environmental impact of synthetic antifouling paints has stimulated the search for natural, eco-friendly alternatives. In this study, alcoholic and aqueous extracts of the macroalgae Ulva ohnoi and Asparagopsis taxiformis were evaluate...
Currently, the general focus of engine-produced pollution reduction lies in exhaust gas aftertreatment methods. This paper attempts a paradigm shift in the field by applying the pre-combustion treatment technologies by fumigation method, which consis...
The European Union’s enhanced greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets for 2030 make the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies essential to achieve deep decarbonization goals. Within this context, this study aims...
The global shift toward renewable energy and circular economy models requires industrial systems that minimize waste and recover value across entire life cycles. This review synthesizes recent advances in by-product recovery technologies supporting r...
Fisheries and aquaculture residues pose escalating environmental challenges due to their high moisture content, nutrient loads, and pollutant potential when improperly managed. Conventional valorization routes, such as fishmeal, fish oil, and silage,...
Dilute methane (CH4) emissions from dairy barns (<500 ppm) are a challenging agricultural greenhouse-gas source to abate via biofiltration because its poor solubility makes gas–liquid mass transfer a primary limitation in biotrickling filter...
The objective of this study was to valorise eggshell waste (ESW) by investigating its biosorption properties and evaluating its efficiency as a sustainable biosorbent for the removal of the synthetic dye Congo Red (CR) from model CR solutions and syn...
A system dynamics approach is described to explore the path of Carbon Capture diffusion. The proposed model, in principle, follows the Bass diffusion of innovation theory and includes all major influencing factors. The primary contribution of this pa...
