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Life cycle assessment of completely recyclable concrete [PDF]

Materials, 2014
Since the construction sector uses 50% of the Earth. s raw materials and produces 50% of its waste, the development of more durable and sustainable building materials is crucial.
De Belie, Nele, De Schepper, Mieke, Van den Heede, Philip, Van Driessche, Isabel   +3 more
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Integrated approach of waste analysis and life cycle assessment for the management of non-recyclable plastics in recycling shops

Cleaner Environmental Systems
The unbound usage of plastic products in modern society has brought convenience and poses significant environmental challenges. Recycling Shops (RS) are vital in mitigating plastic waste problems in urban waste management.
Jobaer Ahmed Saju, Quazi Hamidul Bari, Philipp Lorber, Islam M. Rafizul, Eckhard Kraft   +4 more
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Fabrication of recyclable magnetic carbon material adsorbent from waste ion exchange resin

Waste Management Bulletin
Recently, the circular economy aiming at recycle of waste as the raw material of new valuable products has attracted great interest. In this study the carbon material (CM) was obtained by carbonization of waste ion exchange resin (WIER) and the magnetic ...
Chane-Yuan Yang, Sheng-Fa Hu, Chao-Lang Kao   +2 more
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China’s ban of imported recyclable waste and its impact on the waste plastic recycling industry in China and Taiwan

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2021
In 2017 the Chinese government announced to a ban on the importation of several kinds of recyclable waste that could be replaced by domestic recyclable waste.
A. Yoshida
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recycling and Processing of Waste Materials

Materials, 2023
Just a few days ago, the world population, as expected, surpassed 8 billion [...]
Paulina Wiśniewska, Aleksander Hejna, Mohammad Reza Saeb   +2 more
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Recyclable material collectors and COVID-19 in Brazil: actions and reflections

South Sustainability, 2021
Dear Editor,   Brazil ranks second in the number of people infected by COVID-19, reaching 21,381,790 cases and 595,446 deaths (WHO, 2021). COVID-19, besides being a significant threat to global health, can be considered an agent that causes ...
Rafael Silva
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The recyclable waste recycling potential towards zero waste cities - A comparison of three cities in China

, 2021
Recycling is an essential practice for the successful operation of zero waste cities. It is essential to understand the recyclable waste recycling potential (RWRP). This study quantifies the RWRP of different cities in China. Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Suqian
Binxian Gu, Xin Tang, Lingxuan Liu, Yuanyuan Li, T. Fujiwara, Haohui Sun, Aijun Gu, Yanbing Yao, Ruiyang Duan, Jie-hua Song, Renfu Jia   +10 more
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Policy implications for gaps in traditional plastic waste material flow analysis: Palmerston North, New Zealand

Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023
The Basel Plastic Waste Amendments reflect growing global concern about the illegal plastic waste trade as waste colonialism. Comprehensive analyses of plastic waste material sources, pathways, and fates are needed for effective plastic waste trade ...
Trisia Farrelly, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PRELIMINARY STUDIES FOR HEMP CONCRETE [PDF]

Journal of Applied Life Sciences and Environment, 2023
Waste is a major worldwide problem and its recycling has become mandatory in the current context of the decrease in natural resources. The management of recyclable waste improves the efficiency of any economic activities and the impact on the environment
Laurentiu ADAM, Dorina-Nicolina ISOPESCU, Loredana JUDELE, Roxana Dana BUCUR, Daniel LEPADATU   +4 more
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Reduction of Management Costs and Avoidance of Air Release of Carcinogens Through a Waste Segregation Program in a Brazilian Medical Institution

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Hospital waste management is a current sustainability challenge. Although not always performed, the most applied approach in current protocols is the proper segregation of waste.
Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Fabiane Kellem Oliveira Cesario, Renata Pereira Fontoura, Renata Pereira Fontoura, Amarildo Henrique da Conceição Junior, Amarildo Henrique da Conceição Junior, Amanda Gentil Cruz, Nidah Fawzi Said Nimer, Poliana Brito Morais, Brenda Monteiro Omena, Edivaldo Bazilio dos Santos, Anderson Arantes Silvestrini, Rosângela Vieira Andrade   +13 more
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