Concrete Debris Recycling, Environmental and Economic Effects

A review of approaches to direct reverse osmosis membrane recycling: a technical, economic and environmental assessment

Background and Objective: Global market growth of reverse osmosis (RO) has led to an increase in annual disposal of membrane wastes. Therefore, evaluation of membrane waste management strategies is important to reduce their adverse environmental impacts. Due to the widespread domestic RO membrane market and their economic considerations, this study aims at investigation the direct recycling met...

Self-healing concrete and environmental health

Nanotechnology will serve as a suitable solution to achieve high performance in future construction and construction. Using this new technology, creativity and innovation can be achieved in the building industry. one of these new technologies of smart concrete is that in recent years, many researches and experiments have been done in scientific research centers around the world, so that the con...

Environmental benefits of recycling

Environmental, social, and economic implications of global reuse and recycling of personal computers.

Reverse supply chains for the reuse, recycling, and disposal of goods are globalizing. This article critically reviews the environmental, economic, and social issues associated with international reuse and recycling of personal computers. Computers and other e-waste are often exported for reuse and recycling abroad. On the environmental side, our analysis suggests that the risk of leaching of t...

The Economic Aspects of Recycling

Over the last years, environmental issues have gained remarkable significance as a result of the high level of environmental awareness in society and also due to the widening of the scope of the environmental legislation and regulation. One of the major concerns within this context is the high rate of packaging waste generation. Nowadays there is a variety of technologies to deal with waste tre...

Measuring the Life-cycle Environmental and Economic Performance of Concrete: the Bees Approach

Society is increasingly concerned about the implications of manufactured products for the environment, public health, and future costs. How does a product affect global warming, smog, fossil fuel depletion, and human toxicity? How about its costs over time? Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) addresses these questions by measuring the life-cycle environmental and econo...