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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of wasted bioplastics in natural and industrial environments: A review

A Folino, A Karageorgiou, PS Calabrò, D Komilis - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The problems linked to plastic wastes have led to the development of biodegradable
plastics. More specifically, biodegradable bioplastics are the polymers that are mineralized …

[HTML][HTML] Compost to improve sustainable soil cultivation and crop productivity

TTK Ho, TH Le, CS Tran, PT Nguyen, VN Thai… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural waste is one of the biggest concerns related to agronomy. The most effective
approach dealing with agricultural waste is compositing. In particular, composting is a …

Chemical recycling of plastic waste via thermocatalytic routes

J Lee, EE Kwon, SS Lam, WH Chen, J Rinklebe… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of plastics is closely associated with modern life. However, plastics are very slowly
degraded in nature, and current recycling of used plastic materials is inefficient, which raises …

Heavy metals in leachate, impacted soils and natural soils of different landfills in Malaysia: An alarming threat

M Hussein, K Yoneda, Z Mohd-Zaki, A Amir… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Landfills are a potential threat to human health and the environment, especially from the
detrimental and toxic heavy metals. This study focuses on the assessment of heavy metals …

Food waste digestate composting: Feedstock optimization with sawdust and mature compost

B Song, MK Manu, D Li, C Wang, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct land application of food waste digestate (FWD) leads to 60–70% of nitrogen loss
through NH 3 volatilization due to its innate characteristics like high ammonium nitrogen (NH …

On the evolution of “Cleaner Production” as a concept and a practice

L Hens, C Block, JJ Cabello-Eras… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract “Cleaner Production “(CP) is about less and more efficient energy and materials
use and the substitution of more harmful products (for the environment and health) by less …

A review on current status of municipal solid waste management in India

N Gupta, KK Yadav, V Kumar - Journal of environmental sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste management is a major environmental issue in India. Due to rapid
increase in urbanization, industrialization and population, the generation rate of municipal …

Solid waste—sources, toxicity, and their consequences to human health

MH Dehghani, GA Omrani, RR Karri - Soft computing techniques in solid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solid waste not only causes disease, stench, and ugliness of landscapes but also can cause
great damage by contaminating soil, water, and air and endangering the health of humans …

Review on landfill leachate treatment by electrochemical oxidation: Drawbacks, challenges and future scope

P Mandal, BK Dubey, AK Gupta - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Various studies on landfill leachate treatment by electrochemical oxidation have indicated
that this process can effectively reduce two major pollutants present in landfill leachate; …