Circular Economy

 

Circular Economy

Understanding driving forces of food waste separation intention to enhance regional and local solid waste planning: application of PLS-SEM and multi-group analysis
05/08/2024 - This study extended the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and applied it to analyse influencing factors of food waste separation intention (FSI) among households in central Vietnam. Partial least...
Evaluation of Thermoplastic Starch Contamination in the Mechanical Recycling of High-Density Polyethylene
26/04/2024 - This research highlights the importance of addressing bioplastic contamination in recycling processes to ensure the quality of recycled material and move towards a more sustainable circular economy....
Use of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to Improve Plastic Waste Management
11/01/2024 - This paper aims to propose improvements to plastic waste management performance via Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using a survey’s structured...
Digestate Quality Originating from Kitchen Waste
15/09/2023 - This paper examines the influence of biomass directed to anaerobic digestion on the quality of digestate, specifically focusing on the presence of undesirable substances, such as plastics, including...
Circulating the E-Waste Recovery from the Construction and Demolition Industries: A Review
16/08/2023 - E-waste or electronic waste uses electrical power from a power cord/plug/battery. Construction and demolition (C&D) industries use various electronic components such as cables, switches,...
Investigating the Role of Goals and Motivation on Waste Separation Behavior Through the Lens of the Theory of Reasoned Goal Pursuit
- Nowadays the prediction and change of waste-related behaviors represent a key topic for scholars and policy makers. The theoretical mainstays applied to waste separation behavior, such as the...
Semi?Transparent, Chiral Organic Photodiodes with Incident Direction?Dependent Selectivity for Circularly Polarized Light
10/03/2023 - Semi?transparent organic photodiodes containing chiral non?fullerene acceptor and achiral polymer donor respond differently to left and right circularly polarized light. The preference switches when...
Analysis and Test of Internal Blowing Anti-Tangle Bag-Breaking Device for Domestic Waste
08/02/2023 - The mechanized resource utilization of domestic waste is the development trend in the field of waste treatment. The difficulty of bag breaking and the easy entanglement of domestic waste are the...
Effect of particle size composition on the separation of waste printed circuit boards by vibrated gas–solid fluidized bed
- The mechanism of fine particles on the separation of waste printed circuit boards by vibrated fluidized bed is not clear. In this paper, the influence of particle composition on fluidization...
Biological Treatment, Advanced Oxidation and Membrane Separation for Landfill Leachate Treatment: A Review
03/11/2022 - Landfill leachate, especially when produced in old municipal solid waste landfills, is a challenging type of wastewater which contains a variety of toxic substances. The existence of pollutants in...
Novel approach to recycling of steel swarf using hydrometallurgy
01/10/2022 - Steel swarf is a hazardous waste which is challenging to recycle due to its high content of heavy metals and cutting fluids and is today commonly landfilled. The swarf can contain up to 80% iron...
A selective hydrometallurgical method for scandium recovery from a real red mud leachate: A comparative study
- The aim of this study was to recover Sc as the main product and Fe as a by-product from Hungarian bauxite residue/red mud (RM) waste material by solvent extraction (SX). Moreover, a new technique was...
Quality and Fertility Assessments of Municipal Solid Waste Compost Produced from Cleaner Development Mechanism Compost Projects: A Case Study from Uganda
21/04/2022 - Despite the fact that compost projects under the Cleaner Development Mechanism (CDM) have been implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, there is a paucity of information on the quality of...
Strategies for recovery of copper and gold as single constituents or an alloy: Selective separation and adsorption-coupled incineration of the bulk metal-loaded adsorbents
01/06/2022 - To recover useful metals from waste PCBs, environmentally friendly bioleaching has recently attracted attention. Accordingly, distinct protocols are required to adequately recover the bioleached...
Design affordance of plastic food packaging for consumer sorting behavior
01/02/2022 - This research aims to understand why consumers miss-sort plastic food packaging and to what extent the design affordance of packaging can influence consumer sorting behavior. A photo-based...
Opinion leaders in eco-innovation diffusion: Analysis of information networks for waste separation in Shanghai
01/11/2021 - Waste separation at source is a critical method for waste management, yet understanding of its human dimension, especially the social embeddedness, has been underestimated. Grounded in the...
Coupling magnetic particles with flocculants to enhance demulsification and separation of waste cutting emulsion for engineering applications
01/07/2021 - Magnetic particles were coupled with a flocculant to enhance the demulsification and separation of waste cutting emulsions. The optimal magnetic particle size and critical magnetic field...
The effect of policy instruments on rural households’ solid waste separation behavior and the mediation of perceived value using SEM
25/03/2020 - Based on expectancy valence theory, people’s behavior is affected by their self-perception and the external environment. In rural China, policy instruments as robust external environment factors...