Sustainable management of biological solids in small treatment plants: overview of strategies and reuse options for a solar drying facility in Poland

J Boguniewicz-Zablocka, I Klosok-Bazan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The issue of sustainable management of biosolids (excess sludge) from wastewater
treatment is an important issue in the entire developed world. Residual sludge disposal …

Comprehensive evaluation of sewage sludge and sewage sludge char soil amendment impact on the industrial hemp growth performance and heavy metal …

M Praspaliauskas, J Žaltauskaitė, N Pedišius… - Industrial crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has emerged as a potential multipiurpose crop: fibre
crop, energy crop, and phytoextractor of pollutants from the soil. However, the multipurpise …

Improved valorization of sewage sludge in the circular economy by anaerobic digestion: Impact of an innovative pretreatment technology

N Dutta, AT Giduthuri, MU Khan, R Garrison… - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge shows low carbon conversion efficiency (CCE)
due to the poor biodegradability of sewage sludge. The lack of digestibility is specifically …

Co-management of sewage sludge and other organic wastes: A scandinavian case study

C Fernando-Foncillas, MM Estevez, H Uellendahl… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wastewater and sewage sludge contain organic matter that can be valorized through
conversion into energy and/or green chemicals. Moreover, resource recovery from these …

Carbon footprint analysis of sewage sludge thermochemical conversion technologies

L Li, G Du, B Yan, Y Wang, Y Zhao, J Su, H Li, Y Du… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermochemical conversion technology for sewage sludge (SS) management has obvious
advantages compared to traditional technologies, such as considerable volume reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Residual pyrolysis biochar as additive to enhance wood pellets quality

R García, MV Gil, A Fanjul, A González, J Majada… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Woody biomass pellets' demand for primary energy production is increasing. To guarantee
sustainable and cost-efficient pellet production the diversification of biomass feedstock is …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies for the wastewater circular economy–a review

A Soo, J Kim, HK Shon - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2024 - Elsevier
Throughout the years, experiments with membrane, electrochemical, biological and thermal
technologies have been explored to recover resources from a range of wastewaters such as …

Nutrient leaching loss of pre-treated struvite and its application in Sudan grass cultivation as an eco-friendly and sustainable fertilizer source

A Reza, S Shim, S Kim, N Ahmed, S Won, C Ra - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Struvite recovered from waste streams is considered as a sustainable alternative to
commercial phosphate (P) fertilizers manufactured from P rock. In this study, struvite was …

Activated carbon biochar from municipal waste as a sorptive agent for the removal of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenols and petroleum based compounds in …

GL Sullivan, RM Prigmore, P Knight… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater (WW) sludge cake is problematic to dispose of with treatment unable to remove
organic pollutants. Typical disposal options include landfill or deposition on agricultural …

Sewage sludge biochar alters root colonization of mycorrhizal fungi in a soil cultivated with corn

CC de Figueiredo, WM Farias, TR Coser… - European Journal of Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge biochar (SSB) has demonstrated a large potential to improve soil quality,
availability of nutrients, particularly phosphorus (P), and increase crop productivity. There is …