Rethinking of the Solid Waste Management System of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research, 2021 Municipal solid waste management is an important component of urban services that is often handled by local governments. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia faces rapid urbanization leading to overcrowding and the development of shantytowns and ...
Dechasa Diriba, Xiang Meng
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of cancer risks in relation to environmental waste incinerator emissions: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2022 OBJECTIVES Various toxic substances can be generated from incinerators, exposing nearby residents, and epidemiological studies have shown wide variations in risk estimates for cancer risk in populations living close to incinerators. METHODS Following the
Kiook Baek +2 more
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Innovating thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW): Socio-technical change linking expectations and representations [PDF]
, 2017 This paper combines two theoretical perspectives: future technological expectations mobilising resources; and social representations assimilating new ideas through anchoring onto familiar frames of reference.
Berti, Les Levidow, Levidow, Paul Upham
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Legal situation and current practice of waste incineration bottom ash utilisation in Europe [PDF]
, 2020 Almost 500 municipal solid waste incineration plants in the EU, Norway, and Switzerland generate about 17.6 Mt/a of incinerator bottom ash (IBA). IBA contains minerals and metals.
Blanc-Biscarat, Denise +28 more
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Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting in Domestic Waste Treatment Sector [PDF]
中国工程科学The domestic waste treatment sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and mitigating GHG emissions from this sector is urgent for achieving sustainable development.
Xiaojing Li +3 more
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Distribution of minor metallic elements within waste incineration bottom ashes defined by WDX/EDX spectrometry [PDF]
, 2018 A number of metallic elements are inherited from waste during thermal treatment and concentrated in the incineration residues. Because the major part of the incineration residue mass are bottom ashes (BAs), their study is of great importance from the ...
Kasina, Monika +2 more
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Prediction of the energy content of the municipal solid waste
International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2012 Aims: In this study, the amount, composition, and energy content of waste in Isfahan, Iran, were examined. Materials and Methods: A time series model was used to predict the amount of waste generation in the future.
Asghar Ebrahimi +6 more
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Municipal Solid Waste Generation Trend and Bioenergy Recovery Potential: A Review
Energies, 2023 Finding sustainable solutions to the increasing waste generation in Ghana has received a lot of attention in recent years. Through several waste-to-energy processes, the energy potential of municipal solid waste has recently witnessed significant ...
James Darmey +4 more
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Risks, alternative knowledge strategies and democratic legitimacy: the conflict over co-incineration of hazardous industrial waste in Portugal. [PDF]
, 2011 The decision to incinerate hazardous industrial waste in cement plants (the socalled ‘co-incineration’ process) gave rise to one of the most heated environmental conflicts ever to take place in Portugal. The bitterest period was between 1997 and 2002,
Alam T. +41 more
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Waste Management: Valorisation Is the Way
Foods, 2021 Waste management is one of the great problems in the world today. This study aims to analyse how scientific research has evolved in recent years in the field of waste management and what will be the key issues in the coming years, mainly in terms of ...
German Gemar +2 more
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