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Applied Sciences, 2021 Waste management is becoming one of the most challenging tasks for developing countries in order to ensure good human health, as well as a healthy environment. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is one of the 12 city corporations in Bangladesh.
Md. Ahasan Habib +4 more
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini +2 more
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Proving Environmental Inequity in Siting Locally Unwanted Land Uses [PDF]
, 1993 This paper advances a process for determining whether, e.g., waste-to-energy facilities are disproportionately located in minority and poor communities, and the author asks others to join in searching for a scientifically sound and fair process of ...
Greenberg, Michael
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Feasibility analysis on diverting regional waste to local business for waste to energy project [PDF]
, 2010 A commercial greenhouse fueled by community waste is a business model that could mitigate growing economic pressures on northern communities facing rising costs.
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Results in EngineeringThe global surge in population and economic growth has intensified energy consumption reliant on fossil resources, leading to environmental degradation. Biogas, while offering a renewable alternative, requires CO2 purification.
Bambang Trisakti +16 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
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Challenges in establishing waste-to-energy projects in developing countries with a case study from India [PDF]
, 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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Innovating thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW): Socio-technical change linking expectations and representations [PDF]
, 2017 This paper combines two theoretical perspectives: future technological expectations mobilising resources; and social representations assimilating new ideas through anchoring onto familiar frames of reference.
Berti, Les Levidow, Levidow, Paul Upham
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc +8 more
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Camargo Waste to Energy Power Plant [PDF]
, 2013 poster abstractThe Camargo Waste to Energy Power plant project is being proposed to dispose of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) produced in Mexico. Currently, most urban Municipal Solid Wastes in Mexico are discarded in landfills. The Camargo Waste to Energy (
Iseley, Tom +3 more
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