Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

M Farghali, IMA Mohamed, AI Osman… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review

GA Hyndes, EL Berdan, C Duarte, JE Dugan… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sandy beaches are iconic interfaces that functionally link the ocean with the land via the flow
of organic matter from the sea. These cross‐ecosystem fluxes often comprise uprooted …

Effect of recycled seashells on concrete properties: A comprehensive review of the recent studies

HM Hamada, F Abed, B Tayeh, MS Al Jawahery… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Population increase and building construction negatively affect the environment by
generating high carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations. Meanwhile, the depletion of normal …

Valorization of marine waste: use of industrial by-products and beach wrack towards the production of high added-value products

V Rudovica, A Rotter, SP Gaudêncio… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biomass is defined as organic matter from living organisms represented in all kingdoms. It is
recognized to be an excellent source of proteins, polysaccharides and lipids and, as such …

An overview of beach-cast seaweeds: Potential and opportunities for the valorization of underused waste biomass

TB Harb, F Chow - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an extensive demand for new sources of natural products with biofunctional
properties, in which macroalgae can be relevant components to encounter this need …

Unravelling macroplastic pollution in seagrass beds of Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines

SMM Gaboy, JQ Guihawan, VE Leopardas… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite being a leading pollutant in the ocean, there are limited studies about plastic litter in
seagrasses, and none has been documented in the Philippines. This study determined the …

An overview and assessment of the existing technological options for management and resource recovery from beach wrack and dredged sediments: An …

D Pal, W Hogland - Journal of environmental management, 2022 - Elsevier
The present work discusses the problems and management options of beach wrack and
dredged sediments. Beach wrack and dredged sediments near the shores have affected the …

[HTML][HTML] Beach pollution from marine litter: analysis with the DPSIR framework (driver, pressure, state, impact, response) in Tuscany, Italy

I Federigi, E Balestri, A Castelli, D De Battisti… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Beaches are affected by the accumulation of natural and anthropogenic material; however,
this environmental issue has not yet been explored from a One Health perspective. In this …

An impact assessment of beach wrack and litter on beach ecosystem services to support coastal management at the Baltic Sea

E Robbe, J Woelfel, A Balčiūnas… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
As accumulation zones, sandy beaches are temporal sinks for beach wrack and litter, both
often seen as nuisances to tourists. Consequently, there is a need for beach management …

[HTML][HTML] Different pretreatments of beach-cast seaweed for biogas production

A Lymperatou, TK Engelsen, IV Skiadas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of seaweed accumulated in the coasts calls for a proper disposal or
treatment in order to reduce secondary pollution effects. Anaerobic digestion of seaweed is …