Recycling municipal, agricultural and industrial waste into energy, fertilizers, food and construction materials, and economic feasibility: a review

X Peng, Y Jiang, Z Chen, AI Osman, M Farghali… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The global amount of solid waste has dramatically increased as a result of rapid population
growth, accelerated urbanization, agricultural demand, and industrial development. The …

[HTML][HTML] Green sorbents from agricultural wastes: A review of sustainable adsorption materials

S Kainth, P Sharma, OP Pandey - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid growth in socio-economic requirements and climatic change has put much pressure
on the quality of water resources. To prevent the future shortage of fresh water and to keep …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-waste valorisation: Agricultural wastes as biosorbents for removal of (in) organic pollutants in wastewater treatment

N Karić, AS Maia, A Teodorović, N Atanasova… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The conventional waste management practices dispose or incinerate agricultural and
forestry waste, contributing to the environmental pollution while misusing biomass, a …

Study of fired clay bricks with coconut shell waste as a renewable pore-forming agent: Technological, mechanical, and thermal properties

Z Moujoud, A Harrati, A Manni, A Naim… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, coconut shell powder (CSP) is explored as a pore-forming agent in the
manufacturing of fired clay bricks. The bricks were produced by varying the amount of CSP …

Life cycle assessment of supercapacitor electrodes based on activated carbon from coconut shells

E Glogic, AK Kamali, NM Keppetipola… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coconut shells can be used to produce high-performance activated carbon (AC) electrodes
for energy storage supercapacitors. An incentive to promote this manufacturing route is …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the potential of charred briquettes of sawdust, rice and coconut husks: Using water boiling and user acceptability tests

GA Akolgo, EA Awafo, EO Essandoh, PA Owusu, F Uba… - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
Charred briquettes production is a sustainable way of producing cooking fuel from waste.
Unsustainable harvesting of wood for fuel production has contributed immensely to the rapid …

A tough, biodegradable and water-resistant plastic alternative from coconut husk

Y Leow, V Sequerah, YC Tan, Y Yu… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioplastics from lignocellulosic biomass have gained great interests due to its renewable
nature and biodegradability. However, poor mechanical performance and water stability limit …

A life-cycle approach to investigate the potential of novel biobased construction materials toward a circular built environment

N Keena, M Raugei, M Lokko, M Aly Etman, V Achnani… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conventional construction materials which rely on a fossil-based, nonrenewable extractive
economy are typically associated with an entrenched linear economic approach to …

[PDF][PDF] An overview on the production of bio-briquettes from agricultural wastes: methods, processes, and quality

PDC Sanchez, MMT Aspe… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The use of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources is increasing all around the world.
Over the years, the growth in energy needs by constituents has been efficiently exploited …

Remediation of heavy metals using biomass-based adsorbents: adsorption kinetics and isotherm models

OAO Abiodun, O Oluwaseun, OK Oladayo… - Clean …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to comprehensively investigate the current advances in water treatment
technologies for the elimination of heavy metals using biomass-based adsorbents. The …