What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?

SJ Dancer, Y Li, A Hart, JW Tang, DL Jones - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Public toilets and bathrooms may act as a contact hub point where community transmission
of SARS-CoV-2 occurs between users. The mechanism of spread would arise through three …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers and barriers of circular economy business models: Where we are now, and where we are heading

M Hina, C Chauhan, P Kaur, S Kraus, A Dhir - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Literature on the circular economy business model (CEBM) has witnessed a sharp upsurge
in recent years. Although scholars have investigated CEBM from several perspectives …

Critical review on on-site sanitation technologies: Typologies, treatment and transition towards circular economy

A Patwa, A Kumar, R Vijay - Bioresource Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Around 4.2 billion people globally depend on on-site sanitation systems, with 43% relying
on basic or unsafe facilities with key challenges of containment, emptying, transport …

Circular economy: On the road to ISO 59000 family of standards

G Arana‐Landin, W Sigüenza… - Corporate Social …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The article aims to analyse the experience regarding the adoption of the voluntary French
standard XP X30‐901, used as the main reference point to design the ISO 59004 that will …

[HTML][HTML] Challenging perceptions of socio-cultural rejection of a taboo technology: Narratives of imagined transitions to domestic toilet-linked biogas in India

NB Williams, RS Quilliam, B Campbell, D Raha… - Energy Research & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Domestic toilet-linked anaerobic digesters (TLADs) recycle organic waste materials,
including human excreta (HE), into a clean gaseous fuel and fertiliser product. Socio-cultural …

Integrating environmental, social, and economic dimensions to monitor sustainability in the G20 countries

LC Terra dos Santos, A Frimaio, BF Giannetti… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Several regions have struggled to define and implement strategic priorities to ensure
resource supply security and environmental, economic, and social sustainability. The …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing transport to maximize nutrient recycling and green energy recovery

GS Metson, R Feiz, NH Quttineh, K Tonderski - Resources, Conservation & …, 2020 - Elsevier
A circular biobased economy must be able to sustainably manage multiple resources
simultaneously. Nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) recycling and renewable …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond technological flexibility: Unpacking citywide inclusive sanitation through the territorial political economy framework

A Heidler - Geoforum, 2024 - Elsevier
Decentralisation and the flexible combination of infrastructures and technologies are
advocated to expand access to safe sanitation amid rapid urbanization, worsening water …

Mitigating flash flooding in the city: Drain or harvest?

TV Siphambe, A Aliyu, K Souadji, SA Bayongwa… - Water …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is principally based on collecting, storing, and using rainfall
which would otherwise be lost as surface runoff. Runoff threatens in several ways …

[PDF][PDF] The Illusion of the Container Based Sanitation Solution: Lessons from Khayelitsha, South Africa

M Dube, F Anciano, A Mdee - Water Alternatives, 2023 - water-alternatives.org
Container Based Sanitation (CBS) is seen, by some, as a sustainable sanitation'solution'for
informal settlements. Presented as a cost-effective form of improved, safely managed …