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Transformation of Hotel Food Waste into Animal Feed: Two Operational Periods of the Food for Feed Pilot Unit [PDF]

Proceedings, 2020
Food waste represents 25−35% of the European Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) [1], thus its diversion into innovative utilization streams is critical for sustainable waste management and the achievement of circularity. [...]
Paraskevi Panteli, Maria Georgiou, Nikolaos Stylianidis, Eleni Tsiplakou, Nadine Paßlack, Katia Lasaridi, Evaggelos Terzis, Chrysoula Bouki, Fani Galliou, Thrassyvoulos Manios   +9 more
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Strategies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from the Solid Waste Management Sector: A Case Study of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka [PDF]

Scientifica
The waste sector is a substantial source of GHG emissions worldwide. Open dumping and internal combustion (IC) waste collection vehicles are significant sources of GHG emissions in Vavuniya.
Sobana Kayanan, B. F. A. Basnayake, R. T. K. Ariyawansha   +2 more
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Abstract—"Prevention is better than cure" – a principle that holds especially true for waste management. This project aims to develop a digital platform to promote the reduction of waste at the household level by aggregating secondary resources such as used clothes, e-waste, and leftover food.
VEERAMREDDY NITHIN,, PATHAN BABA FAKRUDDIN, GODINA SRI MANJUNATH   +2 more
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Increasing access to piped water for poor households: an analysis of water connection subsidy projects implemented by the GRET

H2Open Journal, 2022
By 2030, Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to ensure universal access to safe drinking water. The Royal Government of Cambodia has, thus, made a significant progress in improving the access to safe water supply in rural areas.
Terra Michaels, Chanmeakara Suong, Chanrith Chi, Lyheang Morm, Phanit Mab, Justine Denis   +5 more
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Solid Waste Management

, 2023
Abstract: It’s a basic municipal service provided by municipal authorities in the country to keep cities clean. In India due to industrialization and rural to urban migration population rate is increased. Rapidly growing urbanization problem of solid waste management is occurred in the city.
Nazish Huma Khan, Nida Naz, Mohammad Nafees, Nida Gul, Tooba Saeed   +4 more
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Stakeholder Assessment on Closing Nutrient Cycles through Co-Recycling of Biodegradable Household Kitchen Waste and Black Water between Rural and Urban Areas in South India

Recycling, 2022
Agricultural land degradation, urban migration, increasing food demand and waste, and inadequate sanitation systems all affect farmers, local society, and the environment in South India.
Veronika Fendel, Martin Kranert, Claudia Maurer, Gabriela Garcés-Sánchez, Jingjing Huang, Girija Ramakrishna   +5 more
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Environmental contamination characteristics of heavy metals from abandoned lead–zinc mine tailings in China

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
China holds large-scale lead–zinc mineral resources; however, mining activities often cause severe contamination by heavy metals. This study systemically assessed contamination by eight heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cr, Hg, Ni, and As) in mine tailings ...
Wei Han, Ruifeng Zhao, Wanrong Liu, Yujing Wang, Shuai Zhang, Kang Zhao, Jinglei Nie   +6 more
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Emission Determination by Three Remote Sensing Methods in Two Release Trials

Atmosphere, 2021
Concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous dioxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) in the atmosphere are rising continuously. The first step to reduce emissions from landfills is to gain better knowledge about the quantities emitted.
Imke Elpelt-Wessel, Martin Reiser, Daniel Morrison, Martin Kranert   +3 more
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Effect of coupling primary sedimentation tank (PST) and microscreen (MS) to remove particulate organic carbon (POC): a study to mitigate energy demand in municipal wastewater treatment plants

Sustainable Environment Research, 2023
Particulate Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal is one of the first and foremost steps in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). It is a highly essential step that supports subsequent biological steps to achieve discharge limits.
Behnam Askari Lasaki, Peter Maurer, Harald Schönberger   +2 more
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Triclosan biodegradation performance of adapted mixed cultures in batch and continuous operating systems at high-concentration levels

Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021
Pollutants like triclosan (TCS) of medium to high logKow value tend to be mainly adsorbed and poorly biodegraded during waste water treatment, complicating removal after release.
Yen Lin Leong, Dominik Krivak, Martina Kiel, Eleni Laski, Armando González-Sánchez, Daniel Dobslaw   +5 more
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