Agro-industrial wastes as building insulation materials: A review and challenges for Euro-Mediterranean countries

E Cintura, L Nunes, B Esteves, P Faria - Industrial Crops and Products, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the possibility of using agro-industrial wastes for building products,
mainly focusing on their insulation properties. A classification of bio-wastes is provided …

Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co-benefits and trade-offs across mitigation strategies

K Mohd Hanafiah, AH Abd Mutalib, P Miard… - Sustainability …, 2022 - Springer
Palm oil (PO) is an important source of livelihood, but unsustainable practices and
widespread consumption may threaten human and planetary health. We reviewed 234 …

A bibliometric analysis on the tribological and physicochemical properties of vegetable oil–based bio-lubricants (2010–2021)

CT Lee, MB Lee, GR Mong, WWF Chong - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Vegetable oil–based bio-lubricants possess potential as an alternative to mineral oil–based
lubricants due to their biodegradability and renewability. However, a detailed examination of …

The need for global green marketing for the palm oil industry in Indonesia

H Limaho, Sugiarto, R Pramono, R Christiawan - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Continual scrutiny of and attacks on the palm oil industry in Indonesia have been ongoing
for decades. The constant arguments against the palm oil industry have always touched on …

Stepping into the Wildeverse: Evaluating the impact of augmented reality mobile gaming on pro‐conservation behaviours

ME Dunn, G Shah, D Veríssimo - People and Nature, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Promoting pro‐conservation behaviours has become a priority for conservation
organisations world‐wide. Yet, current engagement strategies still face a number of barriers …

[HTML][HTML] Using repeat airborne LiDAR to map the growth of individual oil palms in Malaysian Borneo during the 2015–16 El Niño

L Beese, M Dalponte, GP Asner, DA Coomes… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Making oil palm agriculture as efficient as possible is essential to ensuring that this
economically important crop can be grown sustainably. To determine how oil palm growth …

Valorization of palm biomass waste into carbon matrices for the immobilization of recombinant Fusarium heterosporum lipase towards palm biodiesel synthesis

E Quayson, J Amoah, N Rachmadona, K Morita… - Biomass and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Continuous expansion of agriculture for the production of biofuels may be considered a
potential source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to the ever-increasing amount of …

Enhancing boundary friction and wear reduction through adsorption control in protic ionic liquid and carbon mixtures

NAA Mohamed Ariffin, CT Lee, MB Lee, I Halid… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
This study addresses the challenge of enhancing lubrication performance by exploring the
potential of a protic ionic liquid (IL),[Oley][Oleic], in conjunction with carbon nanotube (CNT) …

Species richness and carbon footprints of vegetable oils: can high yields outweigh palm oil's environmental impact?

R Beyer, T Rademacher - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Palm oil has been widely criticised for its high environmental impacts, leading to calls to
replace it with alternative vegetable oils in food and cosmetic products. However …

Silicone incorporation into an esterquat based fabric softener in presence of guar polymers

EK Oikonomou, C Grandisson, K Golemanov… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fabric softeners are widely used to make clothes soft and impart nice smell. Household
conditioners are water-based formulations consisting of quaternary ammonium surfactants …