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Integrated biorefinery for cellulosic ethanol and spherical nanolignin production from coconut waste

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Green coconut waste was subjected to different fractionation methods to obtain integrated lignin nanoparticles and cellulosic ethanol. Pretreatment with gradual addition of dilute sulfuric acid provided a higher structural hemicellulose precursor yield (68.2%).
Ricardo Marchezan Farias de Mesquita, Júlia Caroline Dal Prá, Roselei Claudete Fontana, Sheila Montipó, Henrique Macedo Baudel, Eduardo Dieldold, Willian Daniel Hahn Schneider, Marli Camassola   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The hidden role of rhizospheric viruses in promoting nitrogen fixation in soils

Nature Communications
Biological nitrogen fixation is a cornerstone of terrestrial nitrogen cycling, traditionally attributed to bacterial nitrogenase activity. However, the potential contribution of rhizospheric viruses remains largely unexplored.
Dong Zhu, Wen Zhang, Jose Luis Balcazar, Danrui Wang, Mingming Sun, Feng Hu, Josep Penuelas, Yong-Guan Zhu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micro‐ and nanoplastics in gastrointestinal disorders: Mapping the translational gap between exposure, biomonitoring, and pathogenic mechanisms

BMEMat, EarlyView.
This review highlights critical “translational gaps” in understanding micro‐ and nanoplastics impacts on gastrointestinal diseases, bridging exposure, detecting, and mechanistic toxicology. Abstract Micro‐ and nanoplastics (MNPs) have become pervasive environmental contaminants with increasing evidence linking them to adverse health outcomes.
Zhenli Diao, Yujie Luo, Chuanda Zhu, Yanwei Hu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organizational Sensemaking Theory Perspective of Developing AI‐Driven Strategies for Sustainability Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being touted to assist organizations, AI integration for sustainability efforts has been limited AND sporadic and tends to follow an ad hoc strategy. The existing literature therein focuses on the technological capabilities of AI, overlooking how organizations make sense of and ...
Amanda Balasooriya, Darshana Sedera
wiley   +1 more source

The dynamics and assembly patterns of airborne pathogen communities in the municipal food waste treatment system and its risk implications

Environment International
While municipal solid waste (MSW) provides an ideal habitat for pathogen propagation, the dynamics and assembly of airborne pathogen communities in these environments remain largely unknown. Here, we combined amplicon and metagenomics with spatiotemporal
Liangmao Zhang, Binghan Wang, Kaiyi Li, Yinglong Su, Dong Wu, Min Zhan, Bing Xie   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solid Wastes Provide Breeding Sites, Burrows, and Food for Biological Disease Vectors, and Urban Zoonotic Reservoirs: A Call to Action for Solutions-Based Research

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; however, no rigorous reviews of the risks to human health have been ...
Amy Krystosik, Gathenji Njoroge, Lorriane Odhiambo, Jenna E. Forsyth, Francis Mutuku, A. Desiree LaBeaud   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Research on households’ willingness to pay for the options of price calculation of household solid waste management services in Hanoi

Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering
This study used the contingent valuation method (CVM) to investigate and analyse the current status of household solid waste management and evaluate people’s consensus and willingness to pay (WTP) for household solid waste collection, transportation ...
Hue Hoang Thi, Hanh Nguyen Thi Hong, Trang Bui Thi Thu, Thuong Nguyen Thi Hoai   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources