The construction industry is one of the biggest and most active sectors of the European Union (EU), consuming more raw materials and energy than any other economic activity. Furthermore, construction waste is the commonest waste produced in the EU. Current EU legislation sets out to implement construction and demolition waste (CDW) prevention and recycling measures. However it lacks tools to ac...

CONTEXT Medical waste (MW) is all waste materials generated at health care facilities. MW naturally is hazardous for environment and subsequently for human. Waste minimization (WM) is the latest alternative for risk reduction. All hospital staff generally and nurses specially can play an active role through education and the implementation of measures to reduce medical wastage and their environ...

The characterization of polutant-degrading microorganisms from contaminated soils, waste water treatment plants or biofilters for the cleaning of waste gases usually starts with enrichment cultures and ends with the taxonomical and functional characterization of the isolated strains. However, the use of cultivation independent techniques, like cloning and sequencing of marker genes, indicate th...

Pilot-scale experiments simulating bio-active landfilling conditions were conducted to evaluate the effects of operating conditions on the kinetics and overall quantities of methane production from anaerobic digestion of real municipal solid waste. Several modalities of leachate injection and pretreatment operations of the waste were studied using six Landfill Simulation Reactors, which were in...

A potentially-economic three-fold strategy, to use solid olive wastes in water purification, is presented. Firstly, oil remaining in solid waste (higher than 5% of waste) was recovered by the Soxhlet extraction technique, which can be useful for the soap industry. Secondly, the remaining solid was processed to yield relatively high-surface area active carbon (AC). Thirdly, the resulting carbon ...

The aim of this work was to study possibilities of using microbiological broadspectrum inhibitor test (Delvotest T) for express estimation of antibiotic residues in bovine milk. For quantitative estimation the waste-milk samples were stepwise diluted (dilution array) by antibiotic-free milk until negative test result was achieved. Another objective was to evaluate heat treatment efficiency of w...

Oxidation of sulfide-containing ores is the main cause of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), which is an environmental problem associated with both the abandoned and active mines. Iron-bearing sulfide minerals can be oxidized and form mine waters with high sulfate content, low pH, high electrical conductivity, high redox potential, and high concentrations of iron, aluminum, and other heavy metals. In th...

E-waste or electronic waste is a major waste stream resulting from the boom in consumer electronics in the past decades. With the rapid pace of technology innovation and obsolescence that leads to shortened product lifespans, the growing demand for electronics and its resulting waste poses a significant challenge in every stage of its life-cycle from the utilization of raw materials, production...

BACKGROUND Waste produced in dental clinics has been the topic of investigations for many years. These waste materials have important health impacts and are hazardous to humans and the environment. OBJECTIVE To investigating solid waste production and its management in dental clinics in Gorgan, northern Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 45 of 143 public dental practices and 5 of ...

Waste generation and its control have taken an important role in our environment. With the doubling of population and changing lifestyle pattern of the inhabitants the quantity of municipal waste generated is increasing in an alarming rate. Most of this waste is subjected to dumping in a specified disposal yard. The greatest challenge to the environmentalists is the eco friendly management of t...