Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on municipal solid waste management: Challenges and opportunities

BN Kulkarni, V Anantharama - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global emergency and has raised social and
economic concerns which will also spill over to environmental issues. Amid this natural …

Valorization of agricultural waste for biogas based circular economy in India: A research outlook

R Kapoor, P Ghosh, M Kumar, S Sengupta… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental deterioration and the need for energy security are intrinsic problems linked
with the linear economy based on fossil fuels. Recently, a transformation to a sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: a meta-analysis

M Ranjani, S Veerasingam, R Venkatachalapathy… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abundance, chemical composition and ecological risk of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial
and marine environments have merited substantial attention from the research communities …

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 …

Sustainable biofuel and bioenergy production from biomass waste residues using microwave-assisted heating: A comprehensive review

AA Arpia, WH Chen, SS Lam, P Rousset… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
With drastic fossil fuel depletion and environmental deterioration concerns, a move towards
a more sustainable bioenergy-based economy is essential. Lately, the application of …

Plastics to fuel: a review

B Kunwar, HN Cheng, SR Chandrashekaran… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The thermal and catalytic processes of converting waste plactics into fuels are promising
techniques to eliminate the refuse which otherwise is harmful to the enivironment, and …

A review of technologies and performances of thermal treatment systems for energy recovery from waste

L Lombardi, E Carnevale, A Corti - Waste management, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to identify the current level of energy recovery through waste thermal
treatment. The state of the art in energy recovery from waste was investigated, highlighting …

Biowaste-to-bioenergy using biological methods–a mini-review

SK Bhatia, HS Joo, YH Yang - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
The continued production of waste is creating management problems. The use of traditional
waste management methods, such as incineration and landfill, releases gases that may …

Municipal solid waste generation, composition, and management: the global scenario

KD Sharma, S Jain - Social responsibility journal, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Due to the increasing population and prosperity, the generation rate of municipal
solid waste (MSW) has increased significantly, resulting in serious problems on public …