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The Design of a Portable Municipal Waste Incinerator with Fuzzy Logic Based Support for Emission Estimation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A fuzzy logic interface system to estimate oxygen requirement for complete combustion as well as the level of pollution from incinerator gas flue in order to manage solid waste from domestic, institutional, medical and industrial sources was designed ...
Abdulmalik, I. O. (Ibrahim)   +2 more
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How Consumer Behavior in Daily Food Provisioning Affects Food Waste at Household Level in The Netherlands

open access: yesFoods, 2019
Food production and consumption have remarkable negative environmental effects, in particular food waste. Food waste occurs throughout the entire food system, but households make the largest contribution.
Kim Janssens   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food waste volume and composition in households in Greece [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal NEST Journal, 2019
<p>The purpose of this paper is the presentation of the results compiled from self weighing of household food waste and self filling of waste collection diaries that took place in Greece. A diary was compiled and given to 101 urban households in various areas of the country.
openaire   +1 more source

THE GENERATION RATE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN SLUMS OF LAWANG KIDUL VILLAGE AT PALEMBANG CITY [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Engineering Science (Chişinău), 2019
The problem of municipal solid waste (MSW) is closely related to slums, where houses in slums are stilt house and near the river, and making area under the house as the place of the garbage disposal place which is relatively difficult to clean.
Pratiwi, Diah Octaviani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Waste Treatments and the Impact of Composting on Carbon Footprint in Canada

open access: yesFermentation, 2022
Forty percent of the food generated in Canada is wasted, making it the most significant component of municipal solid waste. Food waste characteristics, such as high moisture and oil content, and variable composition, make it difficult to manage with ...
Pradeep Thapa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing methane production from food waste fermentate using biochar. The added value of electrochemical testing in pre-selecting the most effective type of biochar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Recent studies have suggested that addition of electrically conductive biochar particles is an effective strategy to improve the methanogenic conversion of waste organic substrates, by promoting syntrophic associations between acetogenic and ...
Cruz Viggi, Carolina   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Energy from waste and the food processing industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The provision of a secure, continuous energy supply is becoming an issue for all sectors of society and the foodprocessingindustry as a major energy user must address these issues.
Benoit   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of High-Protein and High-Dietary-Fibre Vegetable Processing Waste from Bell Pepper and Tomato for Pasta Fortification

open access: yesFoods, 2023
There is worldwide wastage of 1.3 billion tons of food annually. It is recommended that food waste should be reduced at every phase of production. By-products from food processing have high nutritional value so their use in new products is advisable. The
Dorota Teterycz, Aldona Sobota
doaj   +1 more source

Solid Wastes Generation in Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria: Characterisation and Implication for Sustainable Waste Management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Adequate waste characterisation is a requirement for effective waste management and environmental benign waste disposal system. The objectives of this paper were to estimate the percentage of various components in characterised solid waste materials ...
Anwan, E. U., Okeniyi, J. O.
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