...-structured questionnaire, 122 respondents, including 120 household respondents and two waste management officials, were selected. It reveals that the most common type of wastewater produced in Accra and Kumasi is the black wastewater from both residential and industrial buildings. It shows that wastewater...

...Rasheeda Khanam; Umesh Maskare; Dundigalla Janaki Laxmi Improper disposal of agri-food processing wastes, including vegetable peels and dairy residues, poses environmental pollution challenges. This study evaluates the potential of onion peels, garlic peels, and molten butter (ghee) residue...

...Asma Kazemi; Shiva Faghih; Reza Raeisi; Shirin Seyedhamzeh; Mohammad Hosein Rahmani Naimabadi; Siavash Babajafari This cross-sectional study examined fruit and vegetable waste ( FVW ) in retail stores of Shiraz from August 2022 to September 2023. The quantity of FVW was estimated...

...Anil Soharu; Naveen BP; Kriti Vaid This study investigates the feasibility of utilising shredded waste plastics as a controlled alternative for coarse aggregate in structural concrete. In most previous studies, the use of waste plastics was limited to non-load-bearing or lean concrete due...

...Rebecca Payling; Anna Davies; Sarah Zimmermann; Claire Downey Food waste is a systemic issue augmented by the retail and eatery sectors of the food supply chain. Surplus food redistribution can alleviate the volume of food sent to landfill or compost, and simultaneously offset greenhouse gas ( GHG...

... environmental issues from plastic waste. Corresponding author Song Toan Pham Phu (ppstoan@ute.udn.vn) 12 09 2024 19 05 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Questionnaire was developed through literature review...

...Ali Asghar Zartoshti Ilbeygi; Reza Roshni; Mohammad Mehdi Khabiri, PhD; Nafiseh Rezaei Waste materials can be effectively utilised in road pavement and recycled to minimise environmental damage while saving costs associated with producing raw materials and utilising natural resources. This paper...

...Daniele Pacifici; Alex Roskilly; Moraa Ongwae; Alice Burrows Over the past decade, research into chemical recycling (CR) of plastic waste has gained significant traction. Simultaneously, life cycle assessment (LCA) has become an increasingly crucial tool for evaluating the environmental impacts...

... for prolonging pavement life and reducing associated costs. This study explores the use of waste wollastonite, a neutral mineral composed of silica and lime, as a filler material in asphalt mixtures. Comprehensive micro-scale performance tests, including Marshall Stability, resistance modulus, indirect tensile...

...Vitalii Ishchenko, PhD; Tetiana Sydoruk, PhD This paper estimates the weight of electrical and electronic equipment on the Ukrainian market (more than 800 thousand t/year). According to official statistics, weight of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Ukraine is ∼20 thousand t/year...

...Vigneshkumar Chellappa, PhD; Angelin Lincy Gunasekaran, PhD; Kalaimani Ramakrishnan, ME The factor influencing waste generation in the Indian construction industry has been examined in previous studies, along with the most significant factors generating waste. However, no study has answered...

...Chibuike C. Chidiobi, PhD; Colin A. Booth, PhD; Jessica E. Lamond, PhD Construction and demolition waste constitutes the largest municipal solid waste globally with environmental concerns. However, waste management is not considered a priority objective in construction compared to time and cost...