Environmental sustainability impacts of solid waste management practices in the global South

IR Abubakar, KM Maniruzzaman, UL Dano… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the key responsibilities of city administrators and
one of the effective proxies for good governance. Effective SWM mitigates adverse health …

Technologies for municipal solid waste management: Current status, challenges, and future perspectives

S Khan, R Anjum, ST Raza, NA Bazai, M Ihtisham - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a reflection of the culture that generates it and has a
negative impact on the health of the humans and the environment. In the global context …

A review of China's municipal solid waste (MSW) and comparison with international regions: Management and technologies in treatment and resource utilization

Y Ding, J Zhao, JW Liu, J Zhou, L Cheng, J Zhao… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although municipal solid waste (MSW) has a potential risk for human health and ecological
environment, it is gradually considered as one of the most renewable resources. To …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing food security and environmental sustainability: A critical review of food loss and waste management

Y Wang, Z Yuan, Y Tang - Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2021 - Elsevier
Food loss and waste (FLW) occurs at each and every stage of the food supply chain. The
current linear model of FLW management (incineration and landfill) creates a linear path of …

A review on technological options of waste to energy for effective management of municipal solid waste

A Kumar, SR Samadder - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Approximately one-fourth population across the world rely on traditional fuels (kerosene,
natural gas, biomass residue, firewood, coal, animal dung, etc.) for domestic use despite …

A review on municipal solid waste-to-energy trends in the USA

C Mukherjee, J Denney, EG Mbonimpa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review on current US municipal solid waste-to-energy trends highlighted regional
contrasts on technology adoption, unique challenges of each technology, commonly used …

Anaerobic co-digestion process for biogas production: Progress, challenges and perspectives

K Hagos, J Zong, D Li, C Liu, X Lu - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Globally, there is increasing awareness that renewable energy and energy efficiency are
vital for both creating new economic opportunities and controlling the environmental …

A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems

P Ghisellini, C Cialani, S Ulgiati - Journal of Cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last few years Circular Economy (CE) is receiving increasing attention worldwide as a
way to overcome the current production and consumption model based on continuous …

Global socioeconomic material stocks rise 23-fold over the 20th century and require half of annual resource use

F Krausmann, D Wiedenhofer, C Lauk… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Human-made material stocks accumulating in buildings, infrastructure, and machinery play
a crucial but underappreciated role in shaping the use of material and energy resources …

Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis of recycled solid waste materials in highway pavement: A review

J Li, F Xiao, L Zhang, SN Amirkhanian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Highway pavement construction with recycled solid waste materials had become a
sustainable topic of great concern recently, due to the potential environmental and economic …