Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), also called electronic waste or e-waste, the core of “urban mining”, is attracting more and more attention to its pollution control and circular recycling. Hence, we defined WEEE, preliminarily discus...
CO2 reutilization processes contribute to the mitigation of CO2 as a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) through reusing and converting it into economically valuable chemical products including methanol, dimethyl ether, and methane. Solar thermochemical conv...
The reutilization non-metallic components from a waste-printed circuit board (WPCB) has become one of the most significant bottlenecks in the comprehensive reuse of electronic wastes due to its low value and complex compositions, and it has received...
The paper considers the possibility of reusing previously used railway rails. The analysis is conducted using the standards and operating conditions of the rails of one of the Central Asian states, Kazakhstan, as an example. The operation of these ra...
Water is an essential resource for both rural and agricultural areas; it can be wisely distributed and used in the field to protect daily life, production, the natural environment, and the safety and stability of regional drainage and flood control s...
Stormwater and greywater are increasingly recognized as freshwater resources, and the effective separation and reutilization of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from these streams is vital for water quality improvement and urbanization sustainability....
Autoclaving of food wastes (FW) for the resource recovery and reutilization was studied using the pilot plant scale. Experiments were conducted at various temperatures of 408, 428, and 438 K and times of 15 and 60 min. The in-filled steam to the auto...
The continuous expansion of the market demand and scale of commercial amidoxime chelating resins has caused large amounts of resin to be discarded around the world. In this study, the waste amidoxime chelating resin was reutilized as an adsorbent for...
The rapid development of the photovoltaic industry has also brought some economic losses and environmental problems due to the waste generated during silicon ingot cutting. This study introduces an effective and facile method to reutilize silicon-cut...
For the purpose of reducing pollution and the reutilization of salted egg whites, which are byproducts of the manufacturing process of salted egg yolks and normally treated as waste, an aqueous two-phase flotation (ATPF) composed of polyethylene glyc...
With rapid urban development, natural aggregate resources have become scarce and a large number of ageing buildings are being demolished, which has resulted in a significant reduction in natural resources and a large increase in construction waste. T...
The accumulation of plastic waste resulting from the increasing demand for non-degradable plastics has led to a global environmental crisis. The severe environmental and economic drawbacks of inefficient, expensive, and impractical traditional waste...
Land is an integral part of people’s culture, economy, and livelihoods. Social and temporal mobility of people affect land acquisition, distribution, and utilization, which consequently impacts on food security and human wellbeing. Using the data col...
In parallel to the rapid growth in economic and social activities, there has been an undesirable increase in environmental degradation due to the massively produced and disposed waste. The need to manage waste in a more innovative manner has become a...
The concept of radiological sustainability has been reviewed using the possibility of the reutilization of NORMs regarding the 2050 sustainable development concepts. This study is reviewing the capability of re-production of NORM residues based on th...
Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has emerged as a powerful paradigm for addressing complex real-world challenges, including autonomous robot control, strategic decision-making, and decentralized coordination in unmanned swarm sys...
Approaches to reutilization of diamond clay tailings in northern environments are considered in the example of the Subarctic region of Russia. The monitoring studies are conducted at storage facilities of Severalmaz PJSC where ca. 14 million cubic me...
Ca leaching from steel-making slag (SS) has been widely used to obtain Ca-rich solutions for CO2 mineralization and calcium carbonate production, but the reutilization of the resulting solid residues remains insufficiently addressed. In this study, t...
Several agri-food byproducts represent valuable sources of compounds to be reutilized for nutritional, nutraceutical, and cosmetic purposes. Examples especially comprise byproducts from the processing of fruits such as pomace, because of their richne...
The yellowing of leaves due to iron deficiency is a prevalent issue in peach production. Although the capacity of exogenous melatonin (MT) to promote iron uptake in peach plants has been demonstrated, its underlying mechanism remains ambiguous. This...
Weed interference and crop residue are major constraints on sustainable soybean production, particularly in intensive tropical agriculture. Flame weeding provides a non-chemical approach for weed management, but the agronomic value of carbonized resi...
The efficient photodegradation of textile dyes is still a challenge, especially considering resistant azo dyes. In this work, zinc/calcium mixed ferrite nanoparticles prepared by the sol–gel method were coupled with silver by a photodeposition method...
This study was conducted to determine the reutilization, distribution, and import status of invasive alien turtles in South Korea. The results showed that a total of nine invasive alien turtle species including Trachemys scripta, which is designated...
Heavy metals accumulate in high water table coal mining subsidence ponds, resulting in heavy metal enrichment and destruction of the ecological environment. In this study, subsidence ponds with different resource reutilization methods were used as st...
Waste nanomaterials pose environmental and human health concerns and they need to be urgently and efficiently managed. In this study, a fungal biotemplate was used to accumulate and recover nano-Fe2O3 materials from an aqueous solution. Then, recover...
Realizing the utilization of reclaimed asphalt binder (RAB) and rice husk (RH) to reduce environmental pollution and expand the reutilization technique of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), co-pyrolysis of RAB with RH has great potential. In this stud...
An innovative enzymatic polycondensation of dicarboxylic acids and dialcohols in aqueous polymerization media using free and immobilized lipases was developed. Various parameters (type of lipases, temperature, pH, stirring type and rate, and monomer...
Clean fracturing fluid has the characteristics of being environmentally friendly and causing little damage to reservoirs. Meanwhile, its backflow gel-breaking fluids (GBFs) can be reutilized as an oil displacement agent. This paper systematically eva...
This paper focuses on the characterization of the physico-chemical properties, surface modification, residual copper content and in situ hybrid inorganic particle modification of polypropylene (PP) composites reinforced by waste printed circuit board...
Phosphorus scarcity and inefficient fertilizer utilization highlight the need for sustainable phosphorus recovery and reuse strategies. In this study, a Zn/Fe-layered double hydroxide (Zn/Fe-LDH)-kelp-derived biochar (KBC) composite (Zn/Fe-LDH@0.5KBC...
Large amounts of agro-industrial waste are being generated each year, leading to pollution and economic loss. At the same time, these side streams are rich source of active compounds including antioxidants. Recovered compounds can be re-utilized as f...
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Almost two years have passed since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, it still holds a tight grasp on the entire human population. Several variants of concern, one after another, have spread through...
Resource reutilization of industrial waste mud has encountered challenges due to its high water content, enhanced fluidity, and inherent difficulty in segregating mud and water phases. The author first screened out efficient flocculants through flocc...
Growing concerns regarding environmental preservation and the fact that the construction industry is one of the sectors with the highest rates of resource consumption and waste generation, have encouraged the adoption of deconstruction as an alternat...
Sintering is a process of agglomeration of fine particles into porous sinters for blast furnaces. During the sintering process, high volumes of sinter plant gas containing high loads of dust, SO2 and NOX and toxic pollutants, such as heavy metals (e....
The exploration of cost-effective and highly efficient photocatalysts is still a great challenge. In this work, a cost-effective and highly active Bi2WO6/calcined mussel shell (CMS/BWO) composite photocatalyst was prepared by a facile solvothermal ro...
Borehole sealing materials have drawn significant research attention for their applications in mine disaster prevention, efficient utilization of coalbed methane resources and green mine construction. However, it is still an enormous challenge to sim...
Reducing carbon emissions is crucial for humanity. Recently, the International Maritime Organization has set carbon emission quotas to limit the extensive carbon emissions from the marine industry. This paper examines how shipbuilders can adopt the r...
Solid waste management is the most important environmental challenge of mining operations worldwide [...]
This study presents the first comprehensive characterization of Brazilian propolis residue, revealing its rich content of bioactive compounds, essential nutrients, and volatile substances, showcasing its potential for sustainable utilization. The ter...
Reusing construction and demolition waste (CDW) as recycled aggregate reduces environmental impact and enhances resource efficiency. While previous research has mainly focused on the use of recycled aggregates (RAs) in concrete, this study evaluates...
Resource utilization of urban green waste compost for soil improvement in afforested land is an important way of digesting urban green waste. In this study, artificial Sophora japonica Linn. Woodland in the Beijing plain, where the million mu (66,700...
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Greenhouse agriculture typically generates large amounts of waste with plant residue (agricultural biomass) being the most abundant. This residue is generated on a seasonal basis, which complicates the external management of the material. Recently, t...
The extensive use of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) in aerospace, civil engineering, and other fields has resulted in a significant amount of waste, leading to serious environmental issues. Finding appropriate methods for recycling CFRP wast...
Elevated phosphorus levels in wastewater created significant environmental concerns, including the degradation of surrounding soil structure, inhibition of plant growth, and potential threats to human health. To address this issue, a self-standing na...
As a mining country, China faces enormous challenges in the context of the global commitment to achieve carbon neutrality. In order to achieve this goal, the Chinese government is actively promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the ener...
High-latitude regions of the Earth are rich in natural snow resources; however, owing to their negative impact on daily life, they have not been effectively utilized for a long time and are instead viewed as obstacles that require substantial resourc...
Conventional synchronous grouting materials often exhibit low early strength, delayed setting, and insufficient utilization of excavated soil, hindering the green and efficient advancement of metro shield tunneling technology. To overcome these chall...
Heterojunction creation is demonstrated as an effective strategy to enhance the transfer and separation of charge carriers, which is beneficial for subsequent photocatalytic reactions. In this study, “sea urchin-like” W18O49 was in situ-g...
The quantity of the solid fraction of digestate (SFD) from anaerobic digestion is expected to reach 177 million tons of dry material in the EU by 2050, and therefore requires sustainable management aligned with circular economy principles. Thermochem...
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