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Systematic assessment of critical factors for the economic performance of landfill mining in Europe: What drives the economy of landfill mining?
(Elsevier, 2019-07-09)
Landfill mining (LFM) is a strategy to mitigate environmental impacts associated with landfills, while simultaneously recovering dormant materials, energy carriers, and land resources. Although several case study assessments ...
How environmentally sustainable are fibre reinforced alkali-activated concretes?
(Elsevier, 2019-07-11)
Alkali-activated concretes have been receiving increasingly attention as they are identified to be key components towards achieving sustainable construction in future. A detailed comparative environmental assessment study ...
Construction and demolition waste as a raw material for wood polymer composites – Assessment of environmental impacts
(Elsevier, 2019-04-04)
The European Commission's ambitious construction and demolition waste (CDW) material recovery target has placed pressure on Finland to increase its CDW material recovery rate. It has been identified that using CDW fractions, ...
Updating and testing of a Finnish method for mixed municipal solid waste composition studies
(Elsevier, 2016)
Abstract More efficient recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW) is an essential precondition for turning Europe into a circular economy. Thus, the recycling of \{MSW\} must increase significantly in several member states, ...
Steps towards more environmentally sustainable municipal solid waste management – A life cycle assessment study of São Paulo
(Elsevier, 2018)
Landfill disposal has thus far been the predominant treatment method for municipal solid waste (MSW) throughout Brazil, including São Paulo city. Environmentally sustainable development of MSW management in São Paulo ...
Applicability of a field portable X‐ray fluorescence for analyzing elemental concentration of waste samples
(Elsevier, 2019-01)
Determining the chemical properties of waste is crucial to ensure the most effective utilization of waste. The standard laboratory measurements can produce accurate results, but analysis is labor- and time-consuming. The ...
Carbon footprint evaluation of biofertilizers
(WIT Press, 2018)
The prevailing large-scale use of chemical fertilizers has been affecting environmental degradation. a broken nutrient cycle has caused problems worldwide, which are related to the question of how to feed 9 billion people ...
Wooden and Plastic Pallets: A Review of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Studies
(MDPI, 2019-10-17)
Pallets are the tiny cogs in the machine that drive transportation in the global economy. The profusion of pallets in today’s supply chain warrants the investigation and discussion of their respective environmental impacts. ...
Environmental Assessment of Alkali-Activated Mortars Using Different Activators
(CISA Publisher, 2019-10)
This study sheds light on the environmental performance of three alkali-activated mortars (AAMs) using sodium hydroxide, sodium silicate powder and 2-part aqueous alkali solutions respectively, as activators. A comparative ...
Influence of different factors in the life cycle assessment of mixed municipal solid waste management systems – A comparison of case studies in Finland and China
(Elsevier, 2017)
The life cycle assessment (LCA) of municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems is typically rather arduous due to extensive data acquisition needed to calculate the direct and avoided emissions of the systems. A possibility ...