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Spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst enhances pyrolysis of refinery waste activated sludge J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Qinghong Wang; Yi Li; Chelsea Benally; Yiming Li; Chunmao Chen; Zhexuan An; Mohamed Gamal El-Din
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An ecosystem elasticity perspective of paddy ecosystem sustainability evaluation: The case of China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Teng Yang; YanHua Sun; Xiaolin Li; Qiangyi Li
Comprehensive evaluation of the sustainability of paddy ecosystems is key to success in paddy ecosystem management. In this research, we propose a novel quantitative method for sustainability evaluation based on the net value of ecosystem services, which consists of a new elasticity-based sustainability evaluation framework for agricultural ecosystems. The sustainability of ecosystems, evaluated through
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Carbon emissions of coal supply chain: An innovative perspective from physical to economic J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Bing Wang; Liting He; Xiao-Chen Yuan; Zhen-Ming Sun; Pengshuai Liu
Carbon emissions reduction is not only physical, but also rooted in powerful economic actions. Coal-related emissions reduction strategies mainly focus on the physical quantity of carbon emissions, rather than the economic efficiency. So it’s necessary to strengthen the analysis of carbon emission reduction strategies from the perspective of economic value. Based on the theory of coal supply chain
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The assessment of environmental flow status in Southeast Asian Rivers: A review J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Mohammad Haroon Hairan; Nor Rohaizah Jamil; Ley Juen Looi; Mohammad Noor Amal Azmai
Southeast Asia (SEA) is a socio-economically and environmentally dynamic region of the world, with abundant renewable freshwater resources. At the same time, the population of the region is increasing and leading towards unsustainable water use and strict water management. The overall environmental flow status of Southeast Asian Rivers is assessed in this study, which is based on a critical review
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Spatial-temporal characteristics of industrial land use efficiency in provincial China based on a stochastic frontier production function approach J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Shu-chang Liu; Yao-ben Lin; Yan-mei Ye; Wu Xiao
Improving industrial land use efficiency is of great significance for sustainable industrial development. This paper measures the industrial land use efficiency (ILUE) in China, and explores its spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors by using a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method. A translog SFA model that characterizes the relationship between industrial land productivity and
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Empirical data-driven multi-layer perceptron and radial basis function techniques in predicting the performance of nanofluid-based modified tubular solar collectors J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Gholamabbas Sadeghi; Anna Laura Pisello; Saeed Nazari; Mohammad Jowzi; Farzin Shama
In the present study, the modified evacuated tube solar collector (METSC) with a bypass pipe utilizing copper oxide/distilled water (Cu2O/DW) nanofluid is experimented. Then, the performance of METSC was predicted through Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) techniques. The input variables were different volumes of the storage tank from 5 to 8 l, various diameters of the bypass pipe from 6 to 10 mm, and
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Synthesis of novel lignosulfonate-modified graphene hydrogel for ultrahigh adsorption capacity of Cr(VI) from wastewater J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Yongchang Sun; Xiaonan Liu; Xintian Lv; Tingting Wang; Bailiang Xue
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Evolution of the sludge mineral composition enhances operation performance of the aerobic granular sludge reactor coupled with iron electrolysis J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-18 Yuan Guo; Zhiqiang Zhang; Wenxin Shi; Bing Zhang; Weiguang Li; Fuyi Cui; Piet N.L. Lens
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Effect of Ambient Air Quality on Subjective Well-Being among Chinese Working Adults J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Wei Guo; Lijuan Chen; Youqing Fan; Miaomiao Liu; Fei Jiang
In the context of rapid urbanization and climate change in China, it is especially important to understand the effects of air quality on the subjective well-being of working adults because of their prolonged exposure to air pollutants. This study examines the relationship between ambient air pollutant emission levels and the subjective well-being of working adults using multilevel regression models
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Examining the attitude-behavior gap in residential energy use: Empirical evidence from a large-scale survey in Beijing, China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Yan Zhang; Xuemei Bai; Franklin P. Mills; John C.V. Pezzey
Occupant behavior in residential buildings has great energy-saving potential and offers an important opportunity for realizing the targets of energy conservation and carbon emission reduction. Traditionally, it is believed that occupant behavior aligns with people's energy-related attitude. However, an attitude-behavior gap has been observed in many recent studies, which rarely focused on specific
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Valorizing the waste bottom ash for improving anaerobic digestion performances towards a “Win-Win” strategy between biomass power generation and biomethane production J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Qin Xiao; Jinguang Hu; Mei Huang; Fei Shen; Dong Tian; Yongmei Zeng; Moon-Ki Jang
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‘What goes where’? Characterizing Edmonton’s municipal clothing waste stream and consumer clothing disposal J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Lauren Degenstein; Rachel H. McQueen; Naomi T. Krogman
Increasing clothing waste has prompted the need for alternative disposal methods to landfilling. While previous studies have examined consumer attitudes toward clothing consumption and use, research on clothing disposal options and behaviours in Canada is limited. A greater understanding of consumer clothing disposal practices and the context in which these practices take place is needed to better
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Differential carbon tax policy in aviation: One stone that kills two birds? J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Himanshu Rathore; Suresh Kumar Jakhar
In the aviation sector, environmental schemes such as carbon taxes have been proposed but not successfully implemented. Extant literature sufficiently examines various aviation networks for environmental-efficiency but is scarce with regard to ensuring their implementation. Based on this motivation, this study not only deliberates on “what” constitutes a sustainable aviation network but also addresses
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A full-scale process for produced water treatment on offshore oilfield: reduction of organic pollutants dominated by hydrocarbons J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Yiqian Liu; Yudong Li; Hao Lu; Zhicheng Pan; Pinyi Dai; Gainan Sun; Qiang Yang
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Risk management applied to the reverse logistics of solid waste J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Ualison Rébula de Oliveira; Lialian Aparecida Neto; Poliana Aparecida Ferreira de Abreu; Vicente Aprigliano Fernandes
Since few articles address risk issues related to solid waste management, although it is evident that waste management is not immune to risks, the present research aims to analyze the risk management process in programming and loading of solid waste from a company in the steel sector, based on the ISO 31000. Methodologically, the research was supported by a case study, that applied documentary research
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Distribution, speciation and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in Jinan Iron & Steel Group soils from China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Xiaowei Cui; Yong Geng; Ruirui Sun; Meng Xie; Xiuwei Feng; Xinxin Li; Zhaojie Cui
Heavy metal contamination in soil environment is of serious concern globally with the rapid industrial development. In order to investigate the environmental risks on soil, a comprehensive study on heavy metal pollution was conducted by using 16 topsoil samples (0—20 cm) and 12 layered soil samples (0—120 cm) from Jinan Iron & Steel Group. The results show that heavy metal with the highest concentration
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Mitigating damage on heritage structures by continuous conservation using thermal real-time monitoring. Case study of Ziri Wall, city of Granada, Spain J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 MaLourdes Gutiérrez-Carrillo; MCarmen Guerrero Delgado; José Sánchez Ramos; Julián Arco Díaz; Isabel Bestué Cardiel; Servando Álvarez Domínguez
Climate change and anthropogenic causes represent a multidisciplinary problem in urban environments, specifically in the destruction of historical elements of enormous value. Although conventional preservation methods are based on comprehensive conservation measures and periodic inspection, these urban elements sometimes lie in a state of neglect due to lack of means to carry out continuous monitoring
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Recovery of Chromium from Chromium-bearing Slags Produced in the Stainless-steel Smelting: A review J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Foquan Gu; Yuanbo Zhang; Zijian Su; Yikang Tu; Shuo Liu; Tao Jiang
Chromium-bearing slags produced during the stainless-steel smelting (SSS) are important recyclable secondary resources. Recovery of chromium from these slags is not only beneficial to increase the slag’s economic potential but also favorable to solve the environmental problems induced by the chromium (VI) in the slags. This study aims to review the technologies for recovering chromium from the chromium-containing
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Eco-friendly colorization of textile originating from polydopamine nanofilm structural color with high colorfastness J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Yinchun Fang; Xinhua Liu; Hongliang Zheng; Hailong Liu
Traditional textile dyeing industry usually use chemical pigments and dyes, which bring about a large amount of colored wastewater causing serious environmental pollution. Replacing the traditional high pollution dyeing methods to realize eco-friendly dyeing is very important to the textile dyeing industry, structural colorization maybe one of the most promising methods. In this study, a novel approach
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Airborne respirable dust in fully mechanised underground metalliferous mines – generation, health impacts and control measures for cleaner production J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 B. Paluchamy; Devi Prasad Mishra; Durga Charan Panigrahi
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Political Governance, Corruption Perceptions Index, and National Dynamic Energy Efficiency J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Wen-Min Lu; Qian Long Kweh; Mohammad Nourani; Cheng-Yi Lin
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Optimizing carbon tax rates and revenue recycling schemes: model development, and a case study for the Bohai Bay area, China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Yuanyuan SUN; Xianqiang MAO; Xinan YIN; Gengyuan LIU; Jun ZHANG; Yanwei ZHAO
Carbon taxation has long been proposed to mitigate carbon emissions. Carbon tax rate determination and tax revenue recycling are two key steps to achieve a double dividend under carbon taxation. However, few research has sought to optimize the allocation proportion of tax revenue to various categories of taxpayers (households, enterprises, sectors, etc.), or to optimize the two steps synchronously
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The economic–environmental trade-off of growing apple trees in the drylands of China: A conceptual framework for sustainable intensification J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Xiaodong Gao; Xining Zhao; Pute Wu; Min Yang; Miaotai Ye; Lei Tian; Yufeng Zou; Yong Wu; Fusuo Zhang; Kadambot H.M. Siddique
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Selective reduction of lead sulfate containing slag using the fluidized bed reactor J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Lin Chen; Peng Chen; Zhenhu Wang; Weifeng Liu; Duchao Zhang; Tianzu Yang
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Ecological preservation based multi-objective optimization of coastal seawall engineering structures J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Yan Xu; Yanpeng Cai; Tao Sun; Xin’An Yin; Qian Tan; Jun Sun; Jianfeng Peng
Intensive coastal reclamation activities can lead to ecological degeneration in coastal areas. Therefore, the engineering design concept of an ecosystem-based coastal reclamation has aroused great interest. However, the inconsistency of standards and the unclear understanding of ecological processes are the difficulties in this field. In this paper, we selected eco-seawall as object to determine and
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Lignin – derived antioxidants as value-added products obtained under cavitation treatments of the wheat straw processing for sugar production J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Liga Lauberte; Galina Telysheva; Giancarlo Cravotto; Anna Andersone; Sarmite Janceva; Tatiana Dizhbite; Alexandr Arshanitsa; Vilhelmine Jurkjane; Laima Vevere; Giorgio Grillo; Emanuela Calcio Gaudino; Silvia Tabasso
Most of biorefinery technologies are focused on the utilization of plant polysaccharides into chemicals, whereas lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer, is commonly used as a resource to generate power. This is the first report on flavones-bound lignin obtained by wheat straw (WS) pretreatment under low-frequency ultrasound (US) and hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) in sugar production processing
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Temporal trends of atmospheric PAHs: Implications for the influence of the Clean Air Action J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Fu-Jie Zhu; Wan-Li Ma; Peng-Tuan Hu; Zi-Feng Zhang; Yi-Fan Li
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Detection of rainwater harvesting ponds by matching terrain attributes with hydrologic response J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Juan D. Márquez; Luis E. Peña; Miguel Barrios; Julián Leal
Rainwater harvesting has proven to be a valuable strategy for mitigating the effects of global climate change. However, most of the techniques reported in the academic literature are based on capturing surface runoff generated by rainfall, and therefore, ponds are located close to surface currents, implying investments in infrastructure to conduct water to the place where it is utilized. The aims of
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Simulation-based life cycle assessment of ferrochrome smelting technologies to determine environmental impacts J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Joseph Hamuyuni; Hannu Johto; Ali Bunjaku; Saija Vatanen; Tiina Pajula; Pasi Mäkelä; Mari Lindgren
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Difference in performance and mechanism for methylene blue when TiO2 nanoparticles are converted to nanotubes J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Lin Niu; Xiaoli Zhao; Zhi Tang; Hongzhou Lv; Fengchang Wu; Xiaolei Wang; Tianhui Zhao; Junyu Wang; Aiming Wu; John.P.Giesy
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The impacts of multi-dimension urbanization on energy-environmental efficiency: Empirical evidence from Guangdong Province, China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Wencong Yue; Zhongqi Liu; Meirong Su; Zhihui Gu; Chao Xu
Understanding the complex ways in which urbanization influences energy-environmental efficiency (EEE) is essential for achieving energy savings and emission reductions. The multidimensional impacts of urbanization on EEE were evaluated using a hybrid approach that combined a super slack-based measure (SBM) model with a stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology (STIRPAT)
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Heavy metal uptake by plants from wastewater of different pulp concentrations and contaminated soils J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Saeed Shojaei; Amir Jafarpour; Siroos Shojaei; Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei; Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
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What does the China’s economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic mean for the economic growth and energy consumption of other countries? J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Qiang Wang; Fuyu Zhang
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Strategic planting for watershed restoration in coastal urban environment – Toward carbon sequestration by stormwater improvement J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Xiaojing Tang; Ka-Lai Chan; Shazia Farzana; Onyx W.H. Wai; Shao-Yuan Leu
Organic compounds and nutrients in urban runoff create negative impacts to global warming. Riparian planting (RP) of urban watershed can enhance the degradation of pollutants, while fixing the carbon and nitrogen in plant biomass. Although a few previous publications have demonstrated the potential benefits of stormwater treatment by RP, the critical plant-specific indexes and corresponding contributions
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Variations of GHG emission patterns from waste disposal processes in megacity Shanghai from 2005 to 2015 J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Yijun Liu; Siqin Chen; AJ Y. Chen; Ziyang Lou
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The impact of shopping motivation on sustainable consumption: A study in the context of green apparel J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Sushant Kumar; Rambalak Yadav
The study aims to investigate the impact of shopping motivation on consumers’ intention to buy green apparel. The study adopted the theory of shopping motivation (utilitarian and hedonic motivation) as a framework. Further, the moderating roles of gender and family income were also examined in all the studied relationships. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey and analyzed using structural
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Pricing and inventory planning for non-instantaneous deteriorating products with greening investment: A case study in beef industry J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Reza Maihami; Iman Ghalehkhondabi; Ehsan Ahmadi
This paper studies the problem of pricing and inventory planning for a vendor of non-instantaneous deteriorating items under partially backlogged shortages with greening investment. The demand of customers and inventory control variables are affected by greening programs. The primary objective of this paper is to determine the optimal sales price, replenishment schedule, and order quantity per inventory
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Environmental entrepreneurship – Bibliometric and content analysis of the subject literature based on H-Core J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej; Małgorzata Krzywonos; Izabela Kwil
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Measuring consumers’ product care tendency: Scale development and validation J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Laura Ackermann; Jan P.L. Schoormans; Ruth Mugge
Product care is defined as all activities initiated by consumers that encourage an extension of product lifetimes, such as repair, maintenance, and/or careful handling. A product care scale was developed and validated in a set of four related studies. In study 1, we asked experts to examine the face validity of a set of 35 items. In study 2, we reduced the initial set of items to 10 items using exploratory
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Development of the business feasibility evaluation model for a profitable P2P electricity trading by estimating the optimal trading price J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Jongbaek An; Taehoon Hong; Minhyun Lee
For the market participants (i.e., energy consumers and prosumers) in a microgrid to acquire profits via trading surplus electricity, it is essential to determine an appropriate trading price of electricity. Therefore, this study developed a business feasibility evaluation model to predict the optimal trading price of electricity that maximizes the profits of both the market participants participating
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Analyzing barriers to inland waterways as a sustainable transportation mode in India: A dematel-ISM based approach J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Ashish Trivedi; Suresh Kumar Jakhar; Daneshwar Sinha
Finding sustainable measures for maritime transport has long been a significant issue owing to a rising global population and the internationalization of supply chains. In Indian contexts, it has become imperative to shift from highly congested and polluting road and rail transport to a more sustainable Inland Waterway Transport (IWT). Inland waterway transportation has numerous limitations and challenges
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Effect of silica fume on the mechanical property and hydration characteristic of alkali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) fly ash J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Jun Ren; Lu Hu; Zhijun Dong; Luping Tang; Feng Xing; Jun Liu
The incorporation of silica fume provides the solution to solve the low silica content of municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash, which hinders its utilisation in manufacturing alkali-activated solid waste incinerator fly ash. This paper reported the effect of silica fume and sodium silicate nature on the hardened properties, including compressive strength, hydration product and microstructure of
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A new approach for optimal allocation of photovoltaic and wind clean energy resources in distribution networks with reconfiguration considering uncertainty based on info-gap decision theory with risk aversion strategy J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Rahim Fathi; Behrouz Tousi; Sadjad Galvani
In this paper, a new approach for the optimal and simultaneous allocation of clean and renewable energy resources as photovoltaic panels and wind turbines and reconfiguration in radial distribution networks is presented with the aim of minimizing the cost of power losses and increasing of reliability considering generation and load the uncertainty using a new approach named information gap decision
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Optimal fed-batch bioreactor operating strategies for the microbial production of lignocellulosic bioethanol and exploration of their economic implications: A step forward towards sustainability and commercialization J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Konstantinos Flevaris; Christos Chatzidoukas
The enduring adoption of greener technologies from the biofuel manufacturing industries requires the balanced integration of multiple inter-disciplinary concerns (i.e., engineering, business, sustainability, societal) to make production processes more attractive to the industrial sector. From an engineering perspective, the commercial establishment of lignocellulosic bioethanol plants is still hindered
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Plastic shed soil salinity in China: Current status and next steps J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Ziliang Zhang; Da Sun; Ying Tang; Rui Zhu; Xun Li; Nazim Gruda; Jinlong Dong; Zengqiang Duan
Plastic sheds are widely used for vegetable production in China, which accounts for ca. 80% cultivation area of plastic-shed vegetable globally. However, the current soil sustainability in plastic sheds in China is severely threatened by soil salinization. Here, we analysed in a meta-analytic study the soil salinity and fertility of 15,739 plastic sheds in China from 234 articles. When compared to
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The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the air quality in China: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Jian Zhang; Houjian Li; Muchen Lei; Lichen Zhang
The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in early 2020 posed a significant threat to people’s health and economic sustainability in China and worldwide. This study investigated whether the lockdown measures precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic affected air pollutants in the short term. Moreover, we investigated the impact of the heterogeneity of cities and regions. Using city-level daily panel data
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Framing a model for Green buying behavior of Indian Consumers: from the Lenses of the theory of planned behavior J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Gupta Amit Kumar
The world faces continuous environmental degradation because of extreme industrialization, construction, and overexploitation of natural resources. This degradation has started to create consciousness and attitude towards pro-environmental buying and consumption. Green consumer behavior has gained significant research attention world-wide attributed to its ability to reduce environmental damage. Thus
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An economic and environmental comparison between forest wood products – Uncoated woodfree paper, natural cork stoppers and particle boards J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Andreia Santos; Ana Carvalho; Ana Barbosa-Póvoa
The forest sector is vital in Europe, providing economic and social benefits to communities. However, this sector is also responsible for some environmental impacts, and it is crucial to ensure that these impacts do not outweigh the benefits described. For this reason, this paper proposes an environmental and economic assessment of three forest wood products – uncoated woodfree paper, natural cork
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Carbon pricing and income inequality:A case study of Guangdong Province, China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Jin Yan; Junai Yang
The Chinese government is increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change mitigation policies on social equity. Carbon pricing is an effective measure for reducing carbon emissions, but its distributional effects may exacerbate the inequity among different rural and urban households. As a leading carbon pricing pilot area in China, Guangdong Province is the subject area of this paper. By
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Critical factors for the realization of sustainable supply chain innovations - model development based on a systematic literature review J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Fredrik Nilsson; Malin Göransson
The challenges of sustainable development require whole supply chains and networks to drive change and innovation. However, most existing research on sustainable innovations is on a company level and the dominating company focus in practice drives “silo” approaches, short-term thinking, and profit maximization. Consequently, there is a need for research and new models that facilitate sustainable supply
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Sustainable options for paints through a life cycle assessment method J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Annarita Paiano; Teodoro Gallucci; Andrea Pontrandolfo; Giovanni Lagioia; Paolo Piccinno; Amedeo Lacalamita
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Clogging mechanisms of constructed wetlands: A critical review J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Hanxi Wang; Lianxi Sheng; Jianling Xu
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Spatial characteristics and its driving factors of low-carbon energy technology innovation in China: a gravity movement and exploratory spatial data analysis J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Xi Zhang; Yong Geng; Yen Wah Tong; Harn Wei Kua; Xu Tian; Rui Wu; Xingrong Zhao; Anthony S.F. Chiu
Low-carbon energy technology innovation is increasingly recognized as an essential driver for mitigating the global climate change. Using the patent data from 31 Chinese provinces for the period of 2000-2017, this study develops an integrated methodological framework combining gravity model, Shapley decomposition method, index decomposition method and exploratory spatial data analysis to identify the
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Estimation of arsenic leaching from Zn-Pb mine tailings under environmental conditions J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Ahmad Akhavan; Ahmad Golchin
This research aimed to study the leaching characteristics of arsenic from the Zn-Pb mine tailings under different conditions. The parameters and factors controlling the arsenic concentration of leachate were also determined. In order to estimate the concentrations of arsenic leached in different environmental conditions, four leaching protocols were used. These protocols included toxicity characteristic
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Exploring sustainability and decoupling effects of natural capital utilization in China: Evidence from a provincial three-dimensional ecological footprint J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Feifei Wu; Xiaohua Yang; Zhenyao Shen; Dehui Bian; Pius Babuna
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Utilization of sewage sludge derived magnetized geopolymeric adsorbent for geogenic arsenic removal: A sustainable groundwater in-situ treatment perspective J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Kaling Taki; Nirav P. Raval; Manish Kumar
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A user-based relocation model for one-way electric carsharing system based on micro demand prediction and multi-objective optimization J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Ning Wang; Shengling Jia; Qiaoqian Liu
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Production Mode and Pricing Coordination Strategy of Sustainable Products Considering Consumers’ Preference J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Cheng-Tang Zhang; Zheng Wang
In order to study the pricing and coordination of sustainable supply chain (SSC), this paper investigates the equilibrium results of different production modes under non-cooperative game and cooperative game aiming at the market segmentation demand of sustainable products (SP), environment-friendly products (EFP) and general products (GP) which coexist and can be replaced under different preference
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Characteristics and Trends of Household Carbon Emissions Research from 1993 to 2019: A Bibliometric Analysis and Its Implications J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Jingjing Zeng; Jiansheng Qu; Hanqing Ma; Xiaohua Gou
The study of household carbon emissions (HCEs) has become one of the most important topics in sustainability research due to the growing awareness of its significances in responding to global warming. This paper aims to identify the trends and characteristics of HCEs research for the period 1993-2019 through the bibliometric analysis approach. The impacts of most productive journals, countries, institutions
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Sustaining the development of campus bike-sharing: A lesson from the unsuccessful practice in Dalian Maritime University, China J. Clean. Prod. (IF 7.246) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Shichao Sun; Zhengyu Duan
Campus bike-sharing is widely recognized as a popular transportation product for college students to achieve pro-environmental mobility. However, unsuccessful cases of campus bike-sharing are repeatedly reported in China in recent years, and previous studies rarely offer insights on these failures. Therefore, this paper places a specific study regarding the unsuccessful practice in Dalian Maritime
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