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Evaluation of physical, chemical, and microbiological characteristics of waste stabilization ponds, Giza, Egypt

Environmental Sciences Europe
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) contain a diverse array of microbes, underscoring the need for regular monitoring to ensure treatment efficacy and protect health. However, detailed studies on waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) are scarce.
Mohamed N. F. Shaheen, Elmahdy Mohamed Elmahdy, Neveen M. Rizk, Sayeda M. Abdo, Nahla A. Hussein, Asmaa Elshershaby, Yasser E. Shahein, Mariam E. Fawzy, Mohamed Azab El-Liethy, Mohamed A. Marouf, Fagr Kh. Abdel-Gawad, Anyi Hu, Mahmoud Gad   +12 more
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Locked in Transition: Examining the Role of Paradoxical Tensions in the Transition From Industrial Cluster to Eco‐Clusters

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz, Leona A. Henry, Simon M. Smith   +2 more
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Platform Thinking as a Catalyst for Circular Innovation in Low‐ and Medium‐Tech Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing pressures to replace linear with circular models challenge organisations to innovate continuously and to absorb new knowledge. While platform thinking has been examined as an enabler of innovation in high‐tech industries, its relevance in low‐ and medium‐tech industries, like construction, remains underexplored.
Julia Köhler, Sönnich Dahl Sönnichsen, Philip Beske‐Janssen, Christian Thuesen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Removal of Chromium and Cadmium from Wastewater in Waste Stabilization Ponds, Yazd-Iran

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2016
Background: Heavy metals have destructive and irreversible effects on the human, plants and animals. Some industries in Yazd enter industrial wastewater to municipal wastewater collection system. This can lead to high levels of heavy metals in wastewater
Mohammad Reza Samaei, Mohammad hasan Ehrampoush, Hoshang Maleknia, Zahra Elhamiyan, Ebrahim Shahsavani, Asghar Ebrahimi   +5 more
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Sustainability, Health and Social Wellbeing and Agility in Industry 4.0 to Society 5.0 Transition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industry 4.0 is pushing the triple bottom line toward a necessary evolution: Society 5.0. Achieving this agile future depends on environmental sustainability, health and social wellbeing (H&SW). Therefore, this study,examines how environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies operationalise the psychological, social and physical ...
Arjun Chaudhuri, Mahak Sharma, Devrim Murat Yazan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agentic AI and Circular Procurement Performance: An Empirical Study

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizations that practice circular procurement in this rapidly changing world face many uncertainties. However, emerging digital technologies, such as agentic AI, can help manage resources and improve responsiveness to better serve both internal and external customers.
Surajit Bag, Susmi Routray, Andrea Chiarini, Rasem Qudaih   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential of Adding Constructed Wetland/Fishpond to Waste Stabilization Ponds to Improve Helminths Removal in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2020
A study was conducted to establish the potential of constructed wetlands in Morogoro Urban District, Tanzania, to remove helminths from wastewater. The standard wastewater treatment regime was failing to effect reliable removal of helminth eggs and ...
A.H. Outwater, A. Zachariah, A. Nyomora, F. Francis, J.H.Y. Katima   +4 more
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Occurrence and ecotoxicological risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in water resources of Obuasi metropolis, Ghana

Discover Environment
Pharmaceutical pollution in water is a global-scale environmental and public health concern owing to its persistent, biologically active, and poorly regulated status.
David Azanu, Charles Ato Arthur, David Adu-Poku, Abenaa Owusuwaa Adu, Agnes Oppong, Timothy Abane Alemya   +5 more
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Environmental Performance and Corporate Innovation: Evidence From Korea's Rapid ESG Institutionalization

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental performance has become strategically critical as regulators mandate disclosure, investors screen for ESG commitments, and consumers reward sustainable practices. Yet whether environmental performance enhances or constrains corporate innovation capacity remains contested.
Jiyeon Kim, Wooyoung Yang
wiley   +1 more source