The development of novel strategies for recycling and reusing fiber composites is driven by
various environmental and economic factors. Recycling materials mean that materials are …

This review on current US municipal solid waste-to-energy trends highlighted regional
contrasts on technology adoption, unique challenges of each technology, commonly used …

Electricity and heat generation are key contributors to global emissions of greenhouse
gases (GHG). In this paper, specific attention is paid to renewable energy technologies …

The main materials of wind turbine blades include glass fiber and carbon fiber reinforced
thermoset plastic composites (ie, FRP and CFRP), which are made of thermosetting resin …

The generation of waste in urban regions over time is seen to impact the balance of
anthropogenic and natural resources. Various national and international initiatives to …

The use of municipal solid waste (MSW) to generate electricity through landfill-gas-to-energy
(LFGTE) and waste-to-energy (WTE) projects represents roughly 14% of US nonhydro …

Goal of the work is to present a simplified methodology to optimize an integrated solid waste
management system. The methodology performs two optimizations, namely:(i) minimization …

The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) launched the Resource Conservation
Challenge (RCC) in 2002 to help reduce waste and move towards more sustainable …

The environmental impacts of waste incineration with auxiliary coal were investigated using
the life-cycle-based software, EASEWASTE, based on the municipal solid waste (MSW) …

This paper describes the development and application of the Stochastic Integrated Waste
Management Simulator (SIWMS) model. SIWMS provides a detailed view of the …