[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing the circular economy through new technologies: A new era of sustainable progress

E Sánchez-García, J Martínez-Falcó… - … Technology & Innovation, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays the pace of production and consumption is reaching environmentally
unsustainable levels. In this regard, the great technological advances developed in recent …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable energy generation from municipal solid waste: A brief overview of existing technologies

L Traven - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this mini review is to outline the currently existing methods of energy recovery
from municipal solid waste (MSW), including incineration, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrolysis of municipal solid waste: A kinetic study through multi-step reaction models

A Márquez, E Patlaka, S Sfakiotakis, I Ortiz… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study endeavors to establish a comprehensive kinetic analysis of Municipal
Solid Waste residue pyrolysis. As the sample exhibits four distinct degradation stages, it has …

Resource utilization potential of municipal solid waste affects the sustainable development goals progress in China

W Cui, H Su, X Liu, N Ji, Y Wei - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024 - Elsevier
In the past decades, municipal solid waste (MSW) has generally been recognized as a
substance that poses risks to human health and the ecosystem. With the emergence of the …

Household Food Waste Behavior in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and Its Potential in the Circular Economy

ZZ Ariffin, SN Anuar, NF Mangadi, AY Yaakop… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Food waste is a problem that has resulted in a variety of situations in which it is one of the
primary causes of food insecurity. Changes in household behaviors, such as overbuying …

Techno-economic and environmental analysis of organic municipal solid waste for energy production

S Alam, M Rokonuzzaman, KS Rahman, A Haque… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Addressing the critical conundrum of escalating municipal solid waste (MSW) and shrinking
landfill spaces in urban areas, this research pioneers a sustainable approach for …

Waste-to-energy for circular low-carbon society in Taiwan: a case study

WT Tsai, CH Tsai, YH Shen - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste …, 2023 - Springer
Taiwan is a developed nation with a high dependence (97.4%) on imported energy in 2021.
Thus, the Taiwan government established the energy policy and regulatory incentives for …

Mercury abatement in the environment: Insights from industrial emissions and fates in the environment

HC Kung, CH Wu, BW Huang, GP Chang-Chien… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Mercury's neurotoxic effects have prompted the development of advanced control and
remediation methods to meet stringent measures for industries with high-mercury …

Transitioning towards circular economy through municipal solid waste analysis and characterisation using SowaCLINK software

I Onungwe, DVL Hunt, I Jefferson - Frontiers in Sustainability, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Municipal solid waste constitutes environmental challenges globally, especially in
developing countries, due to increasing waste generation, population growth, inadequate …

MSW characterization and preprocessing for biofuels and bioproducts

Y Lin, L Ding, PH Burli, RM Brown, MAH Diaz - Advances in Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
The organic fraction of MSW (OFMSW) has a high carbohydrate and lipid content, indicating
its good potential as a feedstock for bioethanol and biodiesel production. However …