Modern Technologies for Waste Management: A Review

Czekała, Wojciech; Drozdowski, Jędrzej; Łabiak, Piotr

doi:10.3390/app13158847

Cited by 22 publications

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“…A sustainable supply chain process can develop multiple scenarios for waste disposal and recycling without affecting the environment using modern technologies. These technologies can digitally identify and isolate the materials (Czekała, Drozdowski and Łabiak, 2023). Waste recycling is one of the important strategies to reduce the negative impact on the environment (Zheng et al, 2022) for which the hypothesis is as follows:…”

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The impact of cleaner production strategy on Sustainable supply chain performance

Al-Humairi,

Ali,

Abbas

2024

Production Engineering Archives

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There is a paradigm shift occurring in organizations towards sustainable production through cleaner production strategies. This cleaner production concept has been proven to be cost-effective, result-oriented, environment-savvy and provides the organizations a cutting edge over their counterparts. However, there is a lack of awareness about cleaner production practices in Iraq while the current study analyzed one of the most important factories in Iraq for sugar production to understand the factors required for successful application of cleaner production strategy and the challenges to be expected. In this study, the researchers followed an exploratory research approach. For this study, a questionnaire was designed, validated and distributed randomly among 700 potential respondents working in various departments of the organization under study. Out of the total responses, 482 responses were considered and SEM-PLS analysis was conducted. The cleaner production strategies were applied through nine dimensions and the relationship between the performance of the factory and sustainable supply chain was found to be prominent. With a few limitations such as the choice of a single factory, weak relationship between the variables identified from hypothesis testing, the study is a first-of-its-kind in this domain, especially in dealing with sugar refineries. Based on the outcomes, policy recommendations were made to the decision makers and the government. It can be concluded that the application of modern technologies and effective resource management can help in achieving the goal of the study.

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The impact of cleaner production strategy on Sustainable supply chain performance

Al-Humairi,

Ali,

Abbas

2024

Production Engineering Archives

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“…Adopting smart farming technologies can be a practical solution to this challenge [12]. According to Czekała et al [41], the use of innovative digital technologies in waste management can help achieve sustainability goals. In recent years, there has been widespread interest in smart farming technology among policymakers, farmers, and researchers [10,20].…”

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“…Waste generation is directly linked to human behavior [41]. Therefore, any interventions aimed at reducing farming water waste that do not address farmers' behavior may not produce the desired results.…”

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Investigating Farmers’ Intentions to Reduce Water Waste through Water-Smart Farming Technologies

Erokhin,

Mouloudj,

Bouarar

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The scarcity of water resources, climate change, and water-wasting behavior have contributed to a worsening water crisis in many countries. This has raised concerns among farmers and increased pressure on governments. Digital technologies provide effective solutions to reduce resource waste; therefore, exploring farmers’ willingness to implement water-smart farming technologies to reduce waste, especially in developing countries, requires further analysis. To address this gap, this paper aims to investigate the factors that influence farmers’ intention to minimize water waste in Algeria. The theory of planned behavior was extended with the constructs of perceived usefulness of water-smart farming and knowledge of water waste reduction. Primary data were collected from 202 farmers to test the model. The empirical evidence suggests that attitudes, knowledge about water waste reduction, perceived usefulness, and perceived behavioral control significantly predict farmers’ intention to reduce waste. These factors explained 54.6% of the variation in intention. However, social influence was not found to be a significant antecedent of intentions. This paper’s findings can provide useful insights for various stakeholders on how to encourage farmers to reduce water waste and offer guidance on strategies for achieving sustainability in agriculture.

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“…Rapid urbanization and the depletion of resources have led to the traditional linear system of takeproduce-use-dispose evolving into a circular system of resource conservation and reuse. The circular economy is a sustainable development approach based on a waste management strategy of reducing, recycling and recovering waste [6][7][8][9][10]. It could increasingly solve several problems, such as resource scarcity and waste generation, generating sustainable economic benefits towards a resource-efficient and environmentally friendly society [11,12].…”

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Energy Recovery from Municipal Sewage Sludge: An Environmentally Friendly Source for the Production of Biochemicals

di Bitonto,

Angelini,

Pastore

2024

Applied Sciences

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In this work, a detailed analysis of the lipid component in primary sludge and sewage scum up-taken from several wastewater treatment plants located in southern Italy was carried out. Lipids in the primary sludge accounted for 200–250 mg/g of the total solids (TS), with calcium soaps as a main component (70–82%), while total lipids made up about 350–500 mg/gTS in the sewage scum and consisted mainly of FFAs (45–60%) and calcium soaps (27–35%). In addition, estolides and 10-hydroxystearic acid were also quantified. A specific valorization process was then developed and tested for either primary sludge or sewage scum. In detail, lipids were first recovered, chemically activated by the addition of acids (calcium soaps were converted to free fatty acids) and finally reacted with methanol to obtain methyl esters. The lipid recovery from primary sludge and sewage scum was particularly efficient (recoverability of 92–99%). The conversion of the starting acids into FAMEs (yield > 98%) was achieved under very mild conditions (70 °C, 2 h) with AlCl3·6H2O as a catalyst. Biodiesel (according to EN14214), methyl 10-hydroxystearate and methyl estolides were efficiently isolated by distillation under vacuum. Finally, a feasibility study of the proposed processes was carried out to evaluate their possible integration into a wastewater treatment plant, critically analyzing both the positive aspects and the relative limitations.

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Modern Technologies for Waste Management: A Review

Cited by 22 publications

References 60 publications

The impact of cleaner production strategy on Sustainable supply chain performance

The impact of cleaner production strategy on Sustainable supply chain performance

Investigating Farmers’ Intentions to Reduce Water Waste through Water-Smart Farming Technologies

Energy Recovery from Municipal Sewage Sludge: An Environmentally Friendly Source for the Production of Biochemicals

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