Removing Heavy Metals from the Soil with Phytoremediation by Mustafa Aybar, Ayla Bilgin, Bülent Sağlam

“…Improvement in living standards, the rapid increase of urban populations, and widespread industrial production, all result in the generation of huge amounts of environment-polluting waste. Various methods are used to remove the pollutants generated by industrial activity but most of these methods require advanced technologies, involving a large financial investment and qualified personnel. …”
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A novel CFD-MILP-ANN approach for optimizing sensor placement, number, and source localization in large-scale gas dispersion from unknown locations by Yiming Lang, Michelle Xin Yi Ng, Kai Xiang Yu, Binghui Chen, Peng Chee Tan, Khang Wei Tan, Weng Hoong Lam, Parthiban Siwayanan, Kek Seong Kim, Thomas Shean Yaw Choong, Joon Yoon Ten, Zhen Hong Ban

“…Illegal practices like open electronic waste incineration release hazardous pollutants, endangering the environment and human health. …”
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Sustainable collection development towards greener future: Earthsavers by Tayfun Güven, Bahar Akarsu, Eray Sudaşdemir, Elçin Emekdar, Hatice Acikgöz-Tufan, Umut Kivanc Sahin, Senem Kursun Bahadir

“…Sources of the Earth have been decreasing day by day due to many natural and human-induced reasons such as global warming, waste disposal, urbanization, deforestation, etc. …”
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Environmental justice in South Africa: the dilemma of informal settlement residents by Ruhiiga, T. M., Kekana, H. N., Ndou ·, N. N.

“…This paper deals with envi- ronmental justice in the informal settlements of Kos- mos, in the Madibeng Local Municipality, Bojanala Region in the North-West Province of South Africa.The paper highlights some of the environmental chal- lenges faced by the informal settlement residents such as pollution, waste management (landfill sites, waste collection) sanitation and water provision. …”
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Evaluation of selected agricultural by-products as potential feeds for rearing edible grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) by Amos Acur, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Philip Nyeko

“…Results Only three test diets (soybean hull meal, dry maize cob, and the local brew waste) supported survival till the adult stage. Nymphal survival negatively correlated with diets’ crude fibre content (r = − 0.96, p = 0.042). …”
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Particle-bound PAHs and Chemical Composition, Sources and Health Risk of PM2.5 in a Highly Industrialized Area by Elizabeth Vega, Diego López-Veneroni, Omar Ramírez, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson

“…The derived factors were associated with sources based on marker species resulting in heavy-oil combustion (22% of variance), vehicle engine exhaust (13–19% of variance), fugitive dust (18% of variance), biomass burning (9–13% of variance), secondary aerosols (14% of variance), and industrial emissions (6–10% of variance). Combustion of solid waste (e.g., tires and industrial waste) of the recycling cement kilns and incinerators resulted in elevated toxic species such as, Cd, and Sb in the range of 0.02–0.3 µg m−3. …”
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Technological issues of manufacturing critical castings for the nuclear industry from ferritic cast iron with spherical graphite by A. N. Poddubny

“…The article describes technological solutions for casting blanks for containers for transportation of nuclear waste. As examples, calculations of external refrigerators are proposed to solve the issues of directional crystallization of the casting. …”
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An Overview: PAH and Nitro-PAH Emission from the Stationary Sources and their Transformations in the Atmosphere by Yen-Yi Lee, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien, Shiwei Huang

“…Abstract The scientific society is progressively aware of the adverse health effects caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated PAHs (nitro-PAHs) from stationary sources, especially waste incinerators. They are mutagenic, persistent in the environment, and cause diseases and mortality worldwide. …”
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Surgery impairs glymphatic activity and cognitive function in aged mice by Kai Chen, Xingyu Du, Melissa A. Chao, Zhongcong Xie, Guang Yang

“…These findings suggest that surgery exacerbates glymphatic impairment in aging brains, potentially hindering brain waste clearance and contributing to postoperative delirium.…”
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Process Parameters and Tool Design in Friction Stir Extrusion: A Sustainable Recycling Technique by Mostafa Akbari, Parviz Asadi, Reza Abdi Behnagh, Fevzi Bedir, Naghdali Choupani, Tomasz Sadowski

“…This method involves a rotating mandrel and a fixed matrix within a mold, where compressed waste metal chips or primary bulk materials are introduced. …”
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Transmutation Strategy Using Thorium-Reprocessed Fuel ADS for Future Reactors in Vietnam by Thanh Mai Vu, Takanori Kitada

“…A conceptual design of ADS utilizing thorium fuel as a based fuel and reprocessed fuel as a seed for nuclear waste transmutation and energy production is proposed as one of the clean, safe, and economical solutions for the problem. …”
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Biosorptive Removal of Cadmium(II) and Copper(II) Using Microwave-Assisted Thiourea-Modified Sorghum bicolor Agrowaste by Muhammad Salman, Rabia Rehman, Umar Farooq, Anum Tahir, Liviu Mitu

“…So, TSB can be used on a larger scale for toxic metal ion removal by Sorghum bicolor waste in a cleaner way.…”
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Air-Cured Fiber-Cement Composite Mixtures with Different Types of Cellulose Fibers by Ali Murat Soydan, Abdul Kadir Sari, Burcu Duymaz, Recep Akdeniz, Bahadır Tunaboylu

“…The slurries used in the experiments contain approximately 8% wt. of cellulose. The influence of the waste marble powder addition to the cement mixture was also studied. …”
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Optimal Location of Biogas Plants in Supply Chains under Carbon Effects: Insight from a Case Study on Animal Manure in North Dakota by Yong Shin Park, Joseph Szmerekovsky, Alan Dybing

“…There are many studies which model the biomass supply chain and its environmental impact. However, animal waste sourced biogas supply chain has not received much attention in the literature. …”
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Analysis of the Hybrid Power System for High-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft by Kangwen Sun, Ming Zhu, Lifeng Wang, Hu Liu

“…The application of single solar array on high-altitude unmanned aircraft will waste energy because of its low conversion efficiency. …”
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Effects of Posttreatments on the Storage Stability of Reclaimed Rubber by Na Lu, Mei Shen, Juan Liu, K. Prakashan, Zhenxiang Xin

“…Reclaimed rubber should be considered a source of new material with an economic impact, so the recycling of waste rubber is especially important. In this paper, sulfur-cured waste tire rubber powder is successfully devulcanized in a normal-pressure continuous regeneration system under the application of an activator and aromatic oil. …”
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Sustainable pet diapers created from nonwoven polylactic acid and recycled pulp derived from used beverage cartons by Nanjaporn Roungpaisan, Nareerut Jariyapunya, Ponlapath Tipboonsri, Watthanaphon Cheewawuttipong, Zhiyuan Zhang, Anin Memon

“…The growing issue of beverage carton waste highlights the importance of recycling these materials. …”
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Properties of Sago Particleboards Resinated with UF and PF Resin by Chen Chiang Tay, Sinin Hamdan, Mohd Shahril B. Osman

“…The sago processing industry in Mukah, Sarawak, had generated huge amount of sago waste after the milling process and scientists have employed the waste into composite material. …”
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Recovery of Strategic High-Value Fission Products from Spent Nuclear Fuel During Reprocessing by Holdsworth Alistair F., Eccles Harry, George Kathryn, Sharrad Clint A.

“…Nuclear fission has been identified as a key technology for the Net Zero transition, but high costs and concerns of radioactive wastes hinder wider uptake, and fuel cycle inefficiencies hamper the technology’s long-term sustainability. …”
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Raw Materials Synthesis from Heavy Metal Industry Effluents with Bioremediation and Phytomining: A Biomimetic Resource Management Approach by Salmah B. Karman, S. Zaleha M. Diah, Ille C. Gebeshuber

“…Bioremediation provides a sustainable waste management technique that uses organisms to remove heavy metals from contaminated water through a variety of different processes. …”
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