Pemanfaatan potensi sumber daya laut saat ini masih berpeluang besar, misalnya pemanfaatan air yang kaya akan bahan mineral mikro sangat berguna bagi kehidupan belum banyak dilakukan. Penggunaan untuk pertanian sudah mulai dikembangkan, baik secara skala riset maupun aplikatif. Disisi lain Indonesia juga memiliki permasalahan menjadi isu sama di negara yaitu pencemaran akibat sampah. Berdasarka...

Beauty salons generate hazardous waste from their services, being characterized as a potentially polluting activity, in which this does not receive its deserved attention the current environmental legislation. Cleaner Production (CP) stands out an efficient program capable of acting prevention pollution generated by processes, products, and/or services. In context, paper sought to analyze possi...

Since nanomaterials are a heterogeneous group of substances used in various applications, risk assessment needs to be done on a case-by-case basis. Here the authors assess the risk (hazard and exposure) of a glass cleaner with synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide (SAS) nanoparticles during production and consumer use (spray application). As the colloidal material used is similar to previously in...

This paper highlights some interesting facts on South African’s waste situation and management strategies, in particular the Integrated Waste Management. South Africa supports a waste hierarchy by promoting cleaner production, waste minimisation, reuse, recycling and waste treatment with disposal and remediation as the last preferred options in waste management. The drivers for waste management...