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Functionalizing Conductive Diamond: Recent Advance in Fabrication, Modifications, and Applications

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advancements in the synthesis, modification, and electrochemical applications of conductive diamond, particularly boron‐doped diamond (BDD). It emphasizes progress in fabrication methods, including CVD and HPHT, and explores modifications such as doping, surface terminations, and composite design, enabling significant ...
Ning Linghu, Xin Jiang, Jing Xu
wiley   +1 more source

Solid waste issue: Sources, composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Petroleum, 2018
Disposal of solid wastes is a stinging and widespread problem in both urban and rural areas in many developed and developing countries. Municipal solid waste (MSW) collection and disposal is one of the major problems of urban environment in most ...
Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

SOURCE SPECIFIC QUANTIFICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF SOLID WASTE ALONG A SANDY BEACH IN CAPE COAST, GHANA [PDF]

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Ghana is dealing with extensive urban periphery settlements due to the massive migration of rural inhabitants to the cities, especially to the political and economic capital, Accra and other regional capitals including Cape Coast.
Alex N.M. PAPPOE   +2 more
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Rethinking Climate Change on the Role of Human Power Generation, Alternative Perspectives, Potential Solutions, and a Plea for Action

open access: yesChemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.
All energy matters Let us broaden the discussion on solutions to climate change. Greenhouse gases have upset the delicate equilibrium of the Earth's energy balance. Consequently, all sources of heat affect the temperature of the Earth. Although the amount of additional heat generated by humans is a fraction of that produced by the sun, it is generated ...
Martin Bertau   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intermunicipal cooperation and privatization of solid waste services among small municipalities in Spain [PDF]

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of intermunicipal cooperation and privatization on the delivery costs of urban solid waste services. The results of our empirical analysis, which we conducted among a sample of very small municipalities ...
Germà Bel, Melania Mur
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Challenges in establishing waste-to-energy projects in developing countries with a case study from India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management and its scientific disposal is a major concern for the local municipal authorities of all major Indian cities. Under the "Clean India Mission", the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) of India is investing US $9
Asthana, Abhishek   +3 more
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Bridging Theory and Prediction: A Hybrid SEM and Machine Learning Approach to Optimize Lean Construction for Megaproject Sustainability in China

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Construction megaprojects, large‐scale, complex, and capital‐intensive, are particularly prone to inefficiencies, cost overruns, delays, and environmental degradation due to fragmented workflows, stakeholder misalignment, and resource intensity.
Abdelazim Ibrahim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF GUWAHATI CITY IN NORTH-EAST INDIA

open access: yesJournal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, 2012
In recent years municipal solid waste (MSW) management has been one of the most environmental concerns for all urban areas of India. Most of the urban centers have neither adequate land nor any facility for MSW disposal.
Prasanta Kumar Pradhan   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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