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Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste management: Challenges and opportunities

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global emergency and has raised social and economic concerns which will also spill over to environmental issues. Amid this natural experiment, current study evaluates prevailing municipal solid waste (MSW) management ...
Bhargavi N. Kulkarni, V. Anantharama
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Biogas production and electrical power potential, challenges and barriers from municipal solid waste (MSW) for developing countries: A review study in Iran

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
Currently, finding a renewable source for energy production and also the problems caused by the production and disposal of municipal solid waste have led researchers to think of ways to generate energy from waste.
Aram Heidari-Maleni, Amin Taheri-Garavand, Mehdi Rezaei, Ahmad Jahanbakhshi   +3 more
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Transitioning towards circular economy through municipal solid waste analysis and characterisation using SowaCLINK software

Frontiers in Sustainability
Municipal solid waste constitutes environmental challenges globally, especially in developing countries, due to increasing waste generation, population growth, inadequate infrastructure, lack of data and poor planning.
Ishmael Onungwe, Ishmael Onungwe, Dexter V. L. Hunt, Ian Jefferson   +3 more
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Direct air capture of CO2 by amine-impregnated resin: The effect of resin pore structure and humid conditions

Carbon Capture Science & Technology
Direct air capture (DAC) by solid amine adsorbents is a promising technology to curb the increasing atmospheric CO2 level. Despite extensive efforts, there are still limited improvements for this type of materials in their CO2 uptake and adsorption ...
Jiali Hua, Xuehua Shen, Xianfeng Jiao, Han Lin, Guanghuan Li, Xin Sun, Feng Yan, Hao Wu, Zuotai Zhang   +8 more
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Physical, chemical and geotechnical characterization of fly ash, bottom ash and municipal solid waste from Telangana State in India

International Journal of Geo-Engineering, 2018
Utilization of fly ash, bottom ash and municipal solid waste in the field of geotechnical engineering necessitates determination of its physical, chemical, morphological and engineering properties.
Chamala Surendra Reddy, Supriya Mohanty, Rehana Shaik   +2 more
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The world’s growing municipal solid waste: trends and impacts

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Global municipal waste production causes multiple environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, ocean plastic accumulation, and nitrogen pollution. However, estimates of both past and future development of waste and pollution are scarce.
David Meng-Chuen Chen, B. Bodirsky, T. Krueger, Abhijeet Mishra, A. Popp   +4 more
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Electronic‐Structure‐Guided Screening of Piperazine Derivatives: Achieving Efficient CO2 Capture with High Cyclic Capacity and Low Energy Consumption

Advanced Science
Piperazine (PZ) is a promising alternative to monoethanolamine (MEA) for CO2 capture, yet its low desorption efficiency restricts practical implementation.
Feng Xie, Xuehua Shen, Han Lin, Junyang Lu, Feng Yan, Zuotai Zhang   +5 more
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Percentage generation and estimated energy content of municipal solid waste at commercial area of Janipur, Jammu

Environment Conservation Journal, 2008
The  present   study  involves  the  analysis  of  percentage  generation and energy  content  (kj/kg)  of  municipal solid waste.  A regression equation  was  used  for  estimating  the  energy  content  of  municipal  solid  waste  and to  correlate ...
Subhash C. Gupta, P. Manhas
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Municipal Solid Waste Regulation: An Ineffective Solution to a National Problem [PDF]

, 1982
The volume of solid waste, particularly in urban areas, is increasing, and both public heath and the environment are in jeopardy because disposal methods have not kept pace.
Lanza, Donna R.
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Fuel oil generated from the cogon grass-derived Al–Si (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv) catalysed pyrolysis of waste plastics

Heliyon, 2019
This research investigated pyrolysis as a potential method to manage plastic waste in Sichang Island, Thailand. Pyrolysis was chosen to convert waste plastic into fuel oil using Al–Si catalysts derived from cogon grass.
Tapanee Sangpatch, Nuta Supakata, Vorapot Kanokkantapong, Bunjerd Jongsomjit   +3 more
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