Mapping healthcare waste management research: Past evolution, current challenges, and future perspectives towards a circular economy transition

M Ranjbari, ZS Esfandabadi, T Shevchenko… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improper healthcare waste (HCW) management poses significant risks to the environment,
human health, and socio-economic sustainability due to the infectious and hazardous nature …

Barcoding drug information to recycle unwanted household pharmaceuticals: a review

J Han - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2022 - Springer
Huge quantities of unwanted pharmaceuticals are left in households, notably as a
consequence of the rising drug demand caused by improved healthcare and the aging …

Advances brought by hydrophilic ionic liquids in fields involving pharmaceuticals

TBV Dinis, FA e Silva, F Sousa, MG Freire - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The negligible volatility and high tunable nature of ionic liquids (ILs) have been the main
drivers of their investigation in a wide diversity of fields, among which is their application in …

Extraction of antibiotics identified in the EU Watch List 2020 from hospital wastewater using hydrophobic eutectic solvents and terpenoids

P Gutiérrez-Sánchez, D Rodríguez-Llorente… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing consumption of pharmaceuticals, along with the ineffectiveness of
conventional wastewater treatment, has resulted in an increased presence of these …

Sustainable recovery of cobalt and lithium from lithium-ion battery cathode material by combining sulfate leachates and aqueous biphasic systems based on …

J Mušović, D Tekić, S Marić, A Jocić, D Stanković… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The consistent expansion of the lithium-ion battery (LIB) market, coupled with their relatively
brief lifespan, necessitates the development of efficient and sustainable LIB recycling …

Pyrolysis of pharmaceuticals as a novel means of disposal and material recovery from waste for a circular economy

M Mgharbel, L Halawy, A Milane, J Zeaiter… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, pyrolysis is suggested as an environmentally and economically sustainable
treatment for pharmaceutical waste within the context of circular economy. Low temperature …

Green and sustainable extraction of phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis by temperature-sensitive polymer-based aqueous two-phase system and mechanism study

D Hu, R Xu, Y Jin, S Sun, J Ye, J Wu, Z Dai… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a sustainable and environmentally friendly method was developed for the
enrichment and purification of phycocyanin from Spirulina platensis. This was achieved by …

Ultra-High Adsorption Capacity of Core–Shell-Derived Magnetic Zeolite Imidazolate Framework-67 as Adsorbent for Selective Extraction of Theophylline

LX Chen, SJ Yin, TQ Chai, JL Wang, GY Chen, X Zhou… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
A core–shell-derived structural magnetic zeolite imidazolate framework-67 (Fe3O4-COOH@
ZIF-67) nanocomposite was fabricated through a single-step coating of zeolite imidazolate …

[HTML][HTML] Triblock copolymers as versatile constituents of double stimuli-responsive ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems

AFCS Rufino, SC Ribeiro, JAP Coutinho… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes the use of triblock copolymers as structurally versatile constituents to
develop double stimuli-responsive aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) comprising ionic liquids …

Aqueous two-phase systems–versatile and advanced (bio) process engineering tools

AMS Jorge, JFB Pereira - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS), also known as Aqueous Biphasic Systems (ABS),
have been extensively studied as platforms for the separation and purification of …