Removal of anionic dyes from wastewater using fly ash based adsorbent by Shici Zhang, Liping Yu, Ying Zhang, Qi Liu, Jiajia Xia, Jingting Tian, Hui Zhang, Xujie Lu

“…Facing the great challenge of increasing solid waste and huge amount of wastewater, “treating the wastes with wastes” seems to be a proper and sustainable development method. …”
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Pharmaceutical evaluation of plantain peel pectin as a disintegrant in conventional tablets by Desmond A.B. Otu, Frederick W.A. Owusu, Mariam E. Boakye-Gyasi, Raphael Johnson, Marcel T. Bayor, Prince G. Acquah Jnr, Yayra Edzor-Agbo, Mary-Ann Archer

“… Plantain peels are a potential source of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry. …”
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A Study on the Carbon Footprint of a Philippine Higher Education Institution using Streamlined Life Cycle Assessment by Jesuniño Aquino, Samantha Claire Bedia, Maria Caryll Ruiz, Alessandra Mikaela Zornosa

“…Results show that the carbon footprint of MMCL in 2022 was 614,553 kg CO2-eq, with Scope 2 (electricity consumption) contributing the most emissions at 98.49 %, followed by Scope 1 (fuel consumption) at 1.16 %, and Scope 3 (solid waste) at 0.34 %.…”
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Scots Pine Bark Extracts as Co-Hardeners of Epoxy Resins by Tomasz Szmechtyk

“…Extracts from natural waste like bark or leaves are great sources of phytochemicals, which contain functional groups (hydroxyl, carboxylic, vinyl, allyl) attractive in terms of polymer synthesis. …”
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Antimony Recovery from Industrial Residues—Emphasis on Leaching: A Review by Marinela Panayotova, Serhii Pysmennyi, Vladko Panayotov

“…This paper presents the availability of Sb in nonferrous metals extraction waste and the applicability of the hydrometallurgical route for Sb recovery from such sources. …”
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Saccharification and co-fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass by a cockroach-gut bacterial symbiont and yeast cocktail for bioethanol production by Cecilia Echa, Maurice Ekpenyong, Uwamere Edeghor, David Ubi, Philomena Edet, Daniel Itam, Richard Antigha, Atim Asitok, Sylvester Antai

“…Biological and/or enzymatic pretreatment of lignocellulosic waste substrates offers eco-friendly and sustainable second-generation bioethanol production opportunities that may also contribute to waste management without affecting food security. …”
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Biogas Production Using Flexible Biodigester to Foster Sustainable Livelihood Improvement in Rural Households by Charles David, Venkata Krishna Kishore Kolli, Karpagaraj Anbalagan

“…The results demonstrate significant improvements in cooking practices, health outcomes, economic stability, and solid waste management among beneficiaries. The integration of statistical analysis and ANN modeling validated the biodigester system’s effectiveness and scalability. …”
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Research progress on characteristics of secondary aluminum dross and its detoxification and utilization by Kun LIN, Yuanbo ZHANG, Zijian SU, Jiamei XU, Tao JIANG

“…Secondary aluminum dross is a typical hazardous solid waste unavoidably generated during aluminum production and processing. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Microplastics in Nakivubo Catchment: Implications for the Pollution of Lake Victoria by Simon Ocakacon, Philip Mayanja Nyenje, Herbert Mpagi Kalibbala, Robinah Nakawunde Kulabako, Christine Betty Nagawa, Timothy Omara, Christine Kyarimpa, Solomon Omwoma Lugasi, Patrick Ssebugere

“…Spatially, the highest mean concentrations of MPs (5466.67 ± 6441.70 particles/m³) were in samples from site S3, which is characterized by poor solid waste and wastewater management practices. …”
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Hydro-chemical characteristics and evaluation of water quality for irrigation purposes in the Madukismo Sugar Factory Area, Kasihan, Bantul by Hayuning Endraswari Artiwiputri, Nur Ainun Harlin Jennie Pulungan, Rahmat Gunadi

“…The rice fields in Mrisi Hamlet, Tirtonirmolo, Bantul are irrigated by water sourced from the vicinity of the Madukismo sugar factory. …”
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Biofloc Technology (BFT) in Aquaculture: What Goes Right, What Goes Wrong? A Scientific-Based Snapshot by Mohammad Hossein Khanjani, Moslem Sharifinia, Maurício Gustavo Coelho Emerenciano

“…Despite its numerous advantages, BFT presents several challenges, such as high energy demand, high initial/running costs, waste (effluent, suspended solids, and sludge) management, opportunistic pathogens (vibrio) spread, and a lack of understanding of operational/aquatic/microbial dynamics. …”
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18-membered macrocycle appended on resin for selective rare earth element extraction and separation by Yangyang Gao, Kate Ivanovich, Sean Medin, Brooke Pian, Samantha N. MacMillan, Alexa M. Schmitz, Justin J. Wilson

“…However, obtaining them selectively and efficiently from natural sources and recycled materials is challenging and often requires harsh or wasteful conditions. …”
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Preparation of biochars from coconut fiber and coconut shell and their adsorption for Pb²⁺ in solution by LAN Tian, CHU Yingchao, ZHANG Lingling, ZHAO Wen, PAN Yunzhou, ZHANG Jiawei, ZHU Zhiqiang, WU Weidong

“…The water movement on the biochar pores is affected by metal adsorption, which is a novel and promising technique to identify the nature of biochar-metal bonds at the solid-liquid interface.However, few researches were reported using common tropical biomass waste such as coconut shell and coconut fiber to prepare biochars. …”
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Estimation of the moisture content, volatile matter, ash content, fixed carbon and calorific values of saw dust briquettes by Francis Inegbedion

“…“Biomass briquette is one of the proven ways of generating energy from waste”. “Fossil fuels, wood fuels and natural gas are the major sources for energy in Nigeria today”. …”
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Emergy perspective on the environmental and economic viability of a biomass-driven polygeneration system by Parviz Heydari Nasab, Ata Chitsaz, Hiva Rashidzadeh, Alireza Rostamzadeh Khosroshahi

“…This study investigates a multiple system driven primarily by biomass gasification (using municipal solid waste) to generate power, heating, cooling, and freshwater. …”
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Water quality index modelling and its application on artificial intelligence (AI) in conjunction with machine learning (ML) methodologies for mapping surface water potential zones... by Abhijeet Das

“…Illegally disposed of municipal solid waste and agricultural runoff were the main contributors.As per AW framework, the study analysis revealed that 50% (n = 8) and 31.25% (5 locations) of the tested sites fall under low-medium water quality while, 18.75% of examined places confer in poor water category. …”
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Heavy Metal Immobilization by Phosphate-Solubilizing Fungus and Phosphogypsum Under the Co-Existence of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by Xu Li, Zhenyu Chao, Haoxuan Li, Jiakai Ji, Xin Sun, Yingxi Chen, Zhengda Li, Zhen Li, Chuanhao Li, Jun Yao, Lan Xiang

“…This study, hence, shed light on the application of <i>A. niger</i> and solid waste PG to remediate the pollution of Pb and Cd.…”
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Manufacture of Partially Biodegradable Composite Materials Based on PLA-Tires Powder: Process and Characterization by Carlos Rolando Rios-Soberanis, Shuchi Wakayama, Takenobo Sakai, José de los Ángeles Rodriguez-Laviada, Emilio Pérez-Pacheco

“…This research work focuses on the processability and mechanical characterization of blends of polylactic acid (PLA) and tire (elastomeric part). Wasted tires used as filler in the PLA matrix were reduced by two different processes (thermal shock and pyrolysis) in order to acquire the solid residuals in powder to be characterized and compared. …”
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The Catalytic Hydrogenation of Phenanthrene: The Impact of Chrysotile and Coal Shale Catalysts by Murzabek Baikenov, Dariya Izbastenova, Yue Zhang, Xintai Su, Nazerke Balpanova, Almas Tusipkhan, Zeinep Akanova, Amirbek Moldabayev, Balzhan Tulebaeva, Gulzhan Taurbaeva

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Sustainable Development is the only path to achieve the green economy by Ahmed Abou Elseoud

“…The energy is the main driver of economic and social development with the necessity to development of primary energy resources and the proper management and use of the most important policies and development strategies Egypt depends in achieving economic development and technological several sources of energy available to a power and petroleum and natural gas, but that recently Egypt has seen a severe lack of energy due to the following reasons Increased energy consumption rate - Lower crude oil and gas production rates in the country - Some electricity production plants with low efficiency - increasing  proportion of commercial waste- Slow  expansion  of the  use  of  alternative  energy .In this sense the Ministry of Environment has searched for alternative sources of energy assessing its environmental impact and its economic and social impact at the same time and take measures and actions that would raise sustainable proportion of renewable energy in the Egyptian energy mix and working to reduce the pressures of climate change where can these measures can contribute to maximize the utilization of alternative energy resources and traditional such as the use of solid waste as well as alternative fuels and use them as a form of alternative energy.…”
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