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Technical and energy evaluation of municipal solid waste in Sogamoso–Boyacá-Colombia.
Ingeniería Investigación y Desarrollo, 2023 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
South African Journal of Science, 2022 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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, 2017 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]
E3S Web of ConferencesMunicipal 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]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 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]
, 2017 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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Waste, 2023 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]
Renewable Energy Research and Applications, 2021 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
Social Sciences, 2019 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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Analysis on Waste to Energy Potential of Padang Municipal Solid Waste for Sustainable Future
Jurnal Presipitasi, 2022 Reduce, reuse, recycle (3R), and recovery are types of waste processing regulated in Law No. 18 of 2008. One form of recovery is Waste to Energy (WtE) which is one of the national development priorities. Currently, the implementation of 3R is less than 5%
Slamet Raharjo, Zagita Andriani Ariska
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