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Potential of Waste to Energy Processing for Sustainable Tourism in Nusa Penida Island, Bali
Solid waste management on Nusa Penida Island is one of the problems in tourism in Bali Province. To deal with this issue, the government has implemented various policies, where the policy that becomes an essential issue is the processing of energy waste.
Mega Mutiara Sari +7 more
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Technical and energy evaluation of municipal solid waste in Sogamoso–Boyacá-Colombia.
Los residuos sólidos municipales (MSW) por sus siglas en inglés, son aquellos residuos generados por la población en las ciudades, producto de las actividades residenciales, institucionales y comerciales en cada municipio, los cuales se consideran ...
JAVIER CHAPARRO BARAJAS +1 more
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The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: The case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town
Waste pickers are widely acknowledged as an integral part of the formal and informal economy, diverting waste into the secondary resource economy through urban mining. Urban mining in itself is considered to be a source of livelihoods.
Takunda Y. Chitaka +3 more
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This chapter shows that municipal and other waste forms make a significant contribution to GHG emissions and have an adverse impact on other environmental factors (e.g., health, water quality, air, etc.) in those regions where waste management systems are rudimentary or non-existent. Waste-to-energy provides a very limited amount of electricity or heat
Ricardo Guerrero-Lemus, Les E. Shephard
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Examining waste-to-energy technology potential through the pilot project of Bantargebang Waste-to-Energy Power Plant [PDF]
Municipal waste management in Indonesia, particularly Jakarta, poses a significant environmental challenge. Jakarta has been relying on the Bantargebang landfill to address its waste disposal needs for many years.
Agatha Natasya Putri +2 more
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Butanol Production by Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIMB 13357 Utilizing Yeast Industry Wastewater as a Fermentation Medium [PDF]
Increasing fuel costs and global environmental concerns have aggravated the search for renewable energy. Significant progress for biofuels production by microorganisms using many types of industrial and agricultural wastes has been achieved.
Illayan Massadeh Muhannad +5 more
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The role of advanced waste-To-energy technologies in landfill mining [PDF]
Publicado en: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Volume 224, Issue 1, 20 September 2017, Pages 403-409Recently, the European Parliament has decided to include a specific reference to "Enhanced Landfill Mining" (ELFM) in the Landfill ...
Aracil, Cristina +2 more
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Issues of rising waste generation are calling for proper management and the sustainable control of waste. This study examines waste- and energy-relevant policies and strategies in Ghana and the stakeholders’ perceptions on such policies and strategies ...
Portia Adade Williams +7 more
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Utilization of Kitchen Waste-to-Energy: A Conceptual Note [PDF]
India’s rapid economic growth and change in lifestyle have increased the level of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in the country. Metropolitan cities in India are contributing a major portion (in lakhs metric tons per day) of MSW.
Ravinder Kumar, Anand Bewoor, R. Alayi
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Waste-to-Energy Conversion in Havana: Technical and Economic Analysis
Havana has the highest population and consequently generation of municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Cuba. In Havana, the final deposition method for MSW is mainly landfills. However, in most cases, they exceed their lifetime of operation becoming in reality
Junior Lorenzo Llanes +1 more
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