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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann +4 more
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A review on performance of waste materials in self compacting concrete (scc) [PDF]
, 2015 Self-compacting concrete (SCC) was first developed in late 80’s in Japan. SCC is well known for its self-consolidation and able to occupy spaces in the formwork without any vibration and become new interesting topic in Construction and Building Materials
Ismail, Isham +2 more
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Fine recycled concrete aggregate as a material replacement in concrete production [PDF]
, 2020 As a fast and rapid growing nation, Malaysia undergoes a lot of development especially in construction field. Most of the building nowadays are being made mainly using concrete as it provides many favorable features such as satisfactory compressive ...
Shahidan, Shahiron +2 more
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Physical-chemical and mineralogical characterization of fine aggregates from construction and demolition waste recycling plants [PDF]
, 2013 Construction and demolition waste (CDW) represents around 31% of all waste produced in the European Union. It is today acknowledged that the consumption of raw materials in the construction industry is a non-sustainable activity.
Carvalho, Maria Teresa +3 more
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue +2 more
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Influence of silica fume on mechanical and physical properties of recycled aggregate concrete
HBRC Journal, 2015 Several studies related to sustainable concrete construction have encouraged development of composite binders, involving Portland cement, industrial by-products, and concrete mixes with partial replacement of natural aggregate with recycled aggregate. In
Özgür Çakır, Ömer Özkan Sofyanlı
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Embedding Chemistry and Pharmacy Into Sustainability
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.Chemistry and pharmacy provide products and processes that are indispensable for our high living standard. To understand their relationship with sustainability is important to allow them to contribute to sustainability in a sustainable manner. An integrated overview of green, circular, and sustainable chemistry and pharmacy is given and how they have t
Klaus Kümmerer
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Properties of concrete containing recycled PET bottles as sand replacement [PDF]
, 2020 The modern lifestyle along with the new technologies have contributed the increasing of waste materials production. Plastic is one of the waste materials which is non-disposal and non-biodegradable material that can remain on earth without degradation ...
Abdul Awal, A.S.M +2 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
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Case Studies in Construction MaterialsPressing environmental and resource challenges in the construction industry have accelerated the use of recycled aggregates and fly ash (FA) to support the low-carbon transformation of construction materials.
Xiaoyan Han +11 more
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