A critical review on sustainable hazardous waste management strategies: a step towards a circular economy

A Kumar, AK Thakur, GK Gaurav, JJ Klemeš… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Globally, industrialisation and urbanisation have led to the generation of hazardous waste
(HW). Sustainable hazardous waste management (HWM) is the need of the hour for a safe …

Learning from the past to plan for the future: An historical review of the evolution of waste and resource management 1970–2020 and reflections on priorities 2020 …

DC Wilson - Waste Management & Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Improving waste and resource management (WaRM) around the world can halve the weight
of plastics entering the oceans, significantly mitigate global heating and contribute directly to …

Quantitative evaluation of the consistency level of municipal solid waste policies in China

X Fan, Z Chu, X Chu, S Wang, W Huang… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
The practice of municipal solid waste (MSW) in developing countries like China is changing
from mixed treatment to classified treatment, with the need of urban development. This …

Household hazardous waste: Handling, precaution and hazard reduction

M El-Khateeb - Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - ejchem.journals.ekb.eg
The house can be considered as a factory for the production of various products. Every unit
in this plant generates some wastes. Some of these wastes are dangerous called household …

Environmental impacts and decarbonization pathways of oily sludge pyrolysis based on life cycle assessment

L Ji, D Gu, B Cai, L Che, L Xiao, DCY Foo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oily sludge is a major hazardous waste generated in the petroleum and petrochemical
industry. The increasing accumulation of oily sludge necessitates safe and sustainable …

Factors influencing illegal dumping of hazardous waste in China

J Jiao, P He, J Zha - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, illegal dumping of hazardous waste (IDHW) in China has become a
recurring problem. Effective identification and exploration of the factors influencing illegal …

Assessing the policy benefits of constructing “Zero-waste Cities” in China: From the perspective of hazardous waste lifecycle management

Y Li, Z Fu, J Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on China's quasi-natural experiment of constructing “Zero-waste Cities”, this study
assessed its policy benefits on hazardous waste lifecycle management. Utilizing the theory …

The utilization of alkali-activated lead–zinc smelting slag for chromite ore processing residue solidification/stabilization

L Yu, L Fang, P Zhang, S Zhao, B Jiao, D Li - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lead–zinc smelting slag (LZSS) is regarded as a hazardous waste containing heavy metals
that poses a significant threat to the environment. LZSS is rich in aluminosilicate, which has …

Synthesis and characterization of fly ash-based geopolymers activated with spent caustic

R Zhang, Q Wan, Y Zhang, X Zhang - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spent caustic with strong alkali first replaced the alkali activator to prepare the
geopolymer. The influence of spent caustic to the geopolymer was characterized through …

Removal of organic pollutants via electrochemical oxidation near anodes during electrokinetic remediation: Proof of concept

G Li, S Xu, B Wu, F Li, S Guo - Environmental Engineering Science, 2023 - liebertpub.com
This study designed a practical approach of separating electrodes chambers to prove the
influence of electrochemical oxidation on pyrene removal during electrokinetic (EK) …