The exponential growth in electronic waste (e-waste) comprising end-of-life electrical and
electronic equipment has emerged as a major environmental concern. E-waste recycling …

This study reviews the articles in a special volume of Journal of Cleaner Production on
urban mining and landfill mining, identifying what is seen as relevant for exploring the …

The application of microbial systems for metal and metalloid bioprocessing and biorecovery
has received increasing attention in recent years, with renewable energy supplies and …

Urban mining is a management approach that can transform wastes into a secondary
material resource based on the circular economy. It helps to provide secondary raw …

The presence of mortar attached to the surface of recycled aggregates strongly affect their
quality, especially in order to reuse them for making new concrete. In this perspective, an …

In the context of huge imbalance between increasing demand for metals and the finiteness
of metal resources in nature, recycling metal from second-hand resources, especially e …

Informal recycling has emerged as livelihood strategy and poverty alleviation in the absence
of an official recycling system. Millions of informal recyclers (or waste pickers) are not …

This open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored
towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms …

The mechanically sorted dry fraction (MSDF) and Fines (< 20 mm) arising from the
mechanical biological treatment of residual municipal solid waste (RMSW) contains …

Multiple landfill mining investigations of municipal solid waste landfills have been carried out
worldwide in the past decades. Some of these studies have led to the conclusion that landfill …