Plastics are inexpensive, lightweight and durable materials, which can readily be moulded into a variety of products that find use in a wide range of applications. As a consequence, the production of plastics has increased markedly over the last 60 years. However, current levels of their usage and disposal generate several environmental problems. Around 4 per cent of world oil and gas productio...

Rapid economic development has led to an overwhelming surge in waste generation, demanding urgent and comprehensive management solutions, particularly developing countries. Source separation is a critical indispensable step integrated featured as government-led pattern general. However, its implementation challenges persist many cities because of complex systems lack multi-stakeholder partnersh...

Beneficial use of waste relies on efficient systems for collection and separation. In Sweden, a bring system involving recycling centres for collection of bulky, electr(on)ic and hazardous waste has been introduced. A significant share of this waste is incorrectly sorted, causing downstream environmental implications. At present, however, there is a lack of affordable and accurate monitoring me...

Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and reclaiming the resources embedded in waste streams, involving organized recyclers, is a smart response to it. Informal and organized recyclers, mostly in the global south, already act as important urban miners in resource recovery. The paper describes the complex operations of recycling cooperatives and draws attention to their economic, envi...

background: economical category is an influential area which determines the activity potential in every business. studying the market is one of the effective methods in economical evaluations. recycling market is investigated in order to study and analysis current recycling market and to determine the rate of investment and business attractions in this field in isfahan province. methods: inform...

Incineration is a dirty word in the United States, at least where trash is involved. We’ve been burning municipal solid waste (MSW) since the 1880s. But the dawning of the environmental movement eight decades later cast new light on the nitrous oxides, dioxins, and other chemicals emitted from as many as 600 massburn incinerators nationwide, which meanwhile had also grown in size. 2 The ecologi...