Crop-residue burning in mainland Southeast Asia wastes a bioresource and coincides with the region’s worst air quality. We asked how projected crop-calendar shifts change the overlap between residue burning and stagnant weather by mid-century (...
Achieving climate neutrality in Europe is a critical goal, yet there is no model-based assessment detailing the key factors and assumptions of each Member State’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). To fill that gap, the plans of 35 Europe...
Electrolytic manganese residue (EMR) is a major industrial byproduct, but its potential as a secondary resource lacks a quantitative assessment. This study provides a retrospective analysis of 239 articles published between 2009 and 2023, a period th...
Sandy soil conditions and climate risk frequently lead to agricultural production failures in these areas, justifying studies to identify management practices that make the soil more resilient to abiotic stresses. The objective of the study was to ev...
Manufacturing-derived non-metallic waste printed circuit boards (WPCB) represent an underutilized secondary resource whose sustainable valorization is constrained by limited recycling opportunities and the presence of residual hazardous constituents....
The global energy transition has increased demand for critical minerals like copper and cobalt, with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being a key producer. Despite rich ore deposits, severe electricity shortages challenge the energy-intensive m...
Geopolitical risk is an increasingly important source of environmental uncertainty in resource-rich economies, where energy transitions depend on economic activity, energy-system composition, and foreign investment. This study examines these interrel...
The surface layer of coal influences its physicochemical, mechanical, and gas-storage properties, but its characteristic thickness has not been systematically determined for coals of different rank within a single basin. This study quantifies the sur...
A case study of municipal tree leaf waste valorization is presented for Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The current disposal practice primarily relies on landfilling, resulting in resource loss and greenhouse gas emissions. This study evaluated...
The increasing outsourcing of critical activities in the mining industry has transformed contractor selection into a strategic decision that is closely associated with operational risk management and the integration of critical capabilities within hi...
Market-oriented Amazonian Chakra systems integrate cacao production with trees and complementary crops, yet determining how productive diversification shapes tree-carbon retention remains poorly understood. We assessed 36 cacao-based Chakra systems i...
Organic waste is society’s largest under-exploited secondary carbon and nutrient resource, and what limits access to it is not microbiology. Existing reviews are organized along a single axis, one feedstock, one organism, or one product, and so...
Although circular strategies in construction can substantially reduce environmental impacts (EI), their effectiveness depends on aligning technological capacities with socio-economic conditions, requiring a future-oriented assessment. This study quan...
The search for renewable raw materials for developing wood adhesives has driven the study of natural resins with intrinsic adhesive properties. This work evaluated Mopa Mopa resin (Elaeagia pastoensis Mora) as an adhesion promoter in formulations for...
As agriculture is the largest user of water resources in India, its efficient management is crucial for the food and water security of the country. However, prices of water and energy used in agriculture are distorted due to government interventions....
As global momentum builds toward decarbonisation, green hydrogen has emerged as a key pillar in Australia’s transition to a net-zero emissions future. However, the freshwater demands of large-scale electrolysis poses a significant social hurdle...
Crustacean shell waste, exceeding 6–8 million tons annually, represents a largely underexploited source of chitin and chitosan, biopolymers of recognized functional and economic value. Despite growing interest in sustainable production, eco-fri...
Coffee production and consumption generate heterogeneous biomass and effluent streams, including pulp, husk, mucilage, parchment, silverskin, spent coffee grounds (SCGs), and processing wastewater. However, the literature on their valorization remain...
Wet flue-gas purification in non-ferrous smelting facilities consumes large volumes of fresh water and generates wastewater rich in sulfate and nitrate. On-site recirculation of this wastewater is currently limited by progressive nitrate accumulation...
Wood waste and residues are increasingly viewed as feedstocks for the circular bioecon-omy, yet their market development remains uneven. This rapid review synthesized 125 studies published between 1967 and 2025 to examine research trends, feedstock c...
Natural farming (NF) has emerged as a promising agro-ecological tactic to enhance resource use and reduce dependence on synthetic agricultural inputs. However, comprehensive field-based evidence across diverse agro-climatic regions remains limited. T...
The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concerns has intensified the search for sustainable energy recovery from biomass residues. Wastewater sludge generated during ribbed smoked sheet (RSS) rubber production is an underutil...
Groundwater is the principal water resource supporting pasture-based livestock production in the arid Mangystau and Atyrau regions of western Kazakhstan, where permanent surface-water availability is limited. This study integrated field surveys of gr...
Regional geothermal screening often collapses prospectivity, territorial constraints, institutional support, and data maturity into a compensatory score, obscuring why an area ranks highly. We develop an evidence-aware, non-compensatory framework for...
This study evaluated recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs) as a filter medium and secondary mineral resource in bioretention cells treating synthetic urban runoff, with emphasis on pollutant retention, start-up, and stabilization dynamics. Four laborat...
This paper examines the relationship among gold production, terrorist attacks, FDI, trade openness, financial assistance, World Bank aid, and economic growth in Burkina Faso over the period of 1975–2024. To account for structural shifts and nonlinear...
The integration of aeromagnetic, gamma-ray spectrometric, and remote sensing approaches was used to delineate structural configurations and identify potential mineralization sites in the Wadi Queih area, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Focusing on weathered P...
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence has intensified the demand for high-performance data centers, leading to unprecedented pressures on energy, water, and material resources. This critical review examines the emerging challenges associated...
Long utility records support renewal screening when failures, durations and exposure use consistent definitions. An audit covered 4885 water-supply failures in a major city in south-eastern Poland (2004–2025); 4859 had a valid repair duration a...
Growing material pressure and dependence on external supplies require an assessment of the circular economy not only in terms of recycling but also in terms of the structural conditions supporting resource resilience. The aim of the study was to asse...
Convective fruit drying is energy-intensive and a major greenhouse gas (GHG) source in the agri-food sector. Existing carbon footprint (CF) studies are fragmented, separating emissions accounting from economic performance and quality verification, li...
Water scarcity remains a major constraint to agricultural sustainability in Saudi Arabia, creating an urgent need to improve agricultural water productivity. This study examines long-run and short-run associations among national information and commu...
Wood vinegar (WV), also known as pyroligneous acid, is the aqueous condensate produced during lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis, generated alongside biochar and non-condensable gases. In forest biorefineries, it represents a promising value-added cop...
The miombo woodlands of the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are increasingly exposed to mining expansion and associated land-use changes. However, the spatial association between mining infrastructure, rural settlements, and...
This study investigates the transformation of energy security in distributed energy systems under growing uncertainty, geopolitical shocks, and fuel market volatility. A risk-based multi-objective optimization framework is proposed that integrates ec...
This study evaluated the anaerobic valorization of real, non-detoxified sugarcane bagasse-derived pentose liquor. Direct fermentation without nutrients, co-substrate, or buffering was limited, reaching low-to-moderate (37–54%) carbohydrate conv...
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers and fuel cells could substantially increase demand for iridium (Ir) and platinum (Pt), two platinum-group metals (PGMs) with concentrated primary supply chains. This study evaluates secondary Ir and Pt sup...
Vineyards and wineries generate seasonal, wet and compositionally variable side-streams whose safe use is constrained by rapid spoilage, contaminants, fragmented regulation and scale. This EU-focused structured narrative review synthesised 90 scienti...
Recovery of critical materials from industrial byproducts is often presented as a near-term United States (U.S.) supply-security strategy, yet contained inventories, pilot output, announced capacity, and commercial production are not equivalent. This...
Sustainable Mining Districts (SMDs) have recently emerged as a territorial governance approach for promoting sustainable mining; however, no integrated conceptual framework currently exists to support their strategic planning. This study develops the...
This study explores the utilization of local biomass through slow pyrolysis in a multifunctional domestic reactor, with a view to producing renewable energy and improving soil quality in arid regions. Four underutilized biomass sources were studied:...
The construction sector relies heavily on virgin mineral resources and produces significant quantities of construction and demolition waste. This study examines crushed brick aggregate (CBA) as a volumetric substitute for natural river sand in micro-...
The agricultural and livestock sectors of Latin America produce a large number of residues that could be converted into energy through bioenergy production processes. However, the bioenergy sector still faces several limitations across the region, in...
Rapid population growth has led to increasing quantities of wastewater treatment sludge, creating environmental, economic, and public health challenges that require sustainable management strategies. This review critically examines recent advances in...
The world’s food industry faces significant obstacles today as it strives to meet the nutritional needs of its rapidly expanding global population while also managing an immense amount of food processing waste (FPW) generated throughout the entire fo...
This study investigates hydroclimatic variability and water balance dynamics in the Akmola region during 2003–2023 using observations from 16 meteorological stations. The study evaluates changes in air temperature, precipitation, reference evap...
Construction and demolition waste is one of the most voluminous yet poorly managed waste streams in developing cities, and Fez, Morocco, is no exception. With over 1.2 million inhabitants and an expanding construction sector, the city produces large...
The mining industry faces increasing challenges in enhancing productivity within complex operational environments characterized by the interaction of technical, organizational, human, and external factors. Nevertheless, existing studies frequently ex...
The accumulation of agricultural waste poses significant agronomic and environmental challenges in tropical smallholder farming systems where organic wastes remain underutilized. This study evaluated the effectiveness of vermicomposting with Eisenia ...
Platinum group metals (PGM) are essential for clean-energy technologies, including proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers for hydrogen production and PEM fuel cells for hydrogen use, as well as catalytic, electronic, and advanced industrial app...
