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Evolution of enzyme activities during composting of tobacco waste
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2011 Main characteristics of tobacco waste generated during the processing of tobacco for cigarette manufacture are a high content of nicotine and total organic C. Composting is a way for decreasing the levels of nicotine and total organic C in tobacco waste and for disposal of this kind of agro-industrial waste.
Kayikcioglu, Huseyin Husnu, Okur, Nur
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Preparation of Spherical Nanocellulose from Waste Tobacco Stem
BioResourcesTobacco stems constitute a large amount of waste biomass generated during tobacco production, and their recycling is of great significance to the environment and the conservation of resources.
Fanghan Luo +6 more
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Disposal practices of cigarettes and electronic nicotine products among adults, findings from Wave 6 (2021) of the PATH Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundTobacco product waste is environmentally hazardous but preventable. Therefore, it is important to understand tobacco disposal behaviors among those using tobacco products.ObjectivesTo explore self-reported disposal practices of cigarette butts ...
Eva Sharma +19 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) are common heavy metal pollutants. When Cd and excessive Cu accumulate in plants, plant growth is reduced. Our previous study showed that Germin-like proteins (GLPs), which exist in tandem on chromosomes, are a class of ...
Xiangchao ShangGuan +8 more
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Tobacco Product Waste: An Environmental Approach to Reduce Tobacco Consumption [PDF]
Current Environmental Health Reports, 2014 Cigarette butts and other tobacco product wastes (TPW) are the most common items picked up in urban and beach cleanups worldwide. TPW contains all the toxins, nicotine, and carcinogens found in tobacco products, along with the plastic nonbiodegradable filter attached to almost all cigarettes sold in the United States and in most countries worldwide ...
Novotny, Thomas E., Slaughter, Elli
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Quantification of Tobacco Leaf Appearance Quality Index Based on Computer Vision
IEEE Access, 2022 The appearance quality index of tobacco leaves is widely used in the tobacco industry. But in national standards for flue-cured tobacco, the specified indicators only have qualitative descriptions, and a few have a range of quantitative values, lacking ...
Tiannan Wu +3 more
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Extraction of Nitrogen Compounds from Tobacco Waste via Thermal Treatment
Energies, 2020 Alkaloids, typical nitrogen compounds, were found to be abundant in tobacco waste. The recovery of alkaloids from tobacco waste for biological pesticides could reduce the use of traditional chemical pesticides and avoid the pollution of farmland by the ...
Min Wei +8 more
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Biodegradability determination of municipal waste: an evaluation of methods [PDF]
, 2004 The Environment Agency is required to monitor the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfill. Reliable methods are needed to measure the biodegradability of municipal waste, both as mixed municipal waste and as individually ...
Godley, Andrew R. +4 more
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Environmental accountability for tobacco product waste [PDF]
Tobacco Control, 2019 In this issue of Tobacco Control, Hoek et al report on a survey of a representative sample of New Zealand smokers and non-smokers on their knowledge, attitudes and suggestions for potential interventions regarding the problem of tobacco product waste (TPW), otherwise known as cigarette butts.1 TPW is increasingly recognised by the public as the most ...
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Soil fungi of tobacco waste and compost of the waste
Acta Mycologica, 2014 The effect of tobacco dust and composts containing those wastes on soil fungi was determined. It was found that crude tobacco dust, as opposed to composts, acted selectively making the species composition of soil fungal populations poor and changing the interrelations of potentially antagonistic and phytopathogenic fungi.
Korniłowicz-Kowalska, Teresa +2 more
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