Circular economy-driven ammonium recovery from municipal wastewater: State of the art, challenges and solutions forward

X Zhang, Y Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In current biological nitrogen removal (BNR) processes, most of ammonium in municipal
wastewater is biologically transformed to nitrogen gas, making ammonium recovery …

Waste management evolution in the last five decades in developing countries–A review

A Maalouf, P Agamuthu - Waste Management & Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This review provides the history and current paradigms of waste management (WM)
practices in developing nations during the last five decades. It explores the evolution of the …

Circular bioeconomy potential and challenges within an African context: From theory to practice

A Ncube, P Sadondo, R Makhanda, C Mabika… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
A circular bioeconomy has the potential to minimize the environmental impacts of biowaste
while simultaneously generating value-added bioproducts and bioenergy. Currently, most …

Urban and industrial symbiosis for circular economy: Total EcoSite Integration

Y Van Fan, PS Varbanov, JJ Klemeš… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper presents an extension of Pinch Analysis and namely, Total Site Process
Integration. It benefits from up to date developments and introduction of Total EcoSite …

Use of tangerine waste as fuel for the generation of electric current

S Rojas-Flores, L Cabanillas-Chirinos… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fruit waste has increased exponentially worldwide, within which tangerine is one of those
that generates a greater amount of organic waste, which is currently not fully used. On the …

Assessment of cow dung pellets as a renewable solid fuel in direct combustion technologies

A Szymajda, G Łaska, M Joka - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, biomass application as a renewable energy source is increasing worldwide.
However, its availability differs in dependence on the location and climate, therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Application of local wisdom in handling waste in coastal settlements as an effort to minimize waste production

I Asmal, MA Walenna, W Nas - Environmental and Sustainability …, 2023 - Elsevier
Garbage accumulation on beaches and open spaces causes environmental degradation.
The community has a habit and culture of handling waste in the settlement that follows …

[HTML][HTML] A review of wastewater sludge-to-energy generation focused on thermochemical technologies: An improved technological, economical and socio …

SG Nkuna, TO Olwal, SPD Chowdhury… - Cleaner Waste …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to increasing global waste generation due to population growth, urbanization,
and industrialization, wastewater treatment operations should shift from being solely energy …

Thermo-economic-environmental analysis of a new tri-generation seasonal system with gas turbine prime mover based on municipal solid waste gasification

R Kheiri, RK Saray, BO Kashani - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
To protect environment, proper use of municipal solid waste (MSW) is necessary and it
needs to introduce new seasonal tri-generation systems to produce power, cooling, and …

Energy and economic evaluation of MSW incineration and gasification in Brazil

LF Rodrigues, IFS dos Santos, TIS dos Santos… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Ever-increasing waste generation from the world population, along with the demand for
renewable energy sources, are two topics gaining prominence in global conversations …