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The influence of economic incentives on residents’ intention to participate in online recycling: An experimental study from China Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Chang Wang; Xiaoying Zhang; Qiao Sun
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Flows of post-consumer plastic packaging in Germany: An MFA-aided case study Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 Caterina Picuno; Ayah Alassali; Zhi Kai Chong; Kerstin Kuchta
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Carbon reduction potential and costs through circular bioeconomy in the Brazilian steel industry Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 Jhonathan Fernandes Torres de Souza; Sérgio A. Pacca
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Precipitation in urine source separation systems: Challenges for large-scale practical applications Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Zhengxu Yan; Shikun Cheng; Jian Zhang; Devendra P. Saroj; Heinz-Peter Mang; Yanzhao Han; Lingling Zhang; Davaa Basandorj; Lei Zheng; Zifu Li
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Ecosystem services and life cycle assessment: A bibliometric review Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Calli P. VanderWilde; Joshua P. Newell
This paper uses bibliometric mapping and network analysis to review decades of research on ecosystem services and life cycle assessment (LCA). The study reveals how these two academic fields evolved to become distinct fields with little interaction despite shared environmental sustainability objectives. In assessing more than 56,000 publications, we identified just 91 LCA studies that integrate biotic
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Current challenges in copper recycling: aligning insights from material flow analysis with technological research developments and industry issues in Europe and North America Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Antonia Loibl; Luis A. Tercero Espinoza
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Spatiotemporal patterns of industrial carbon emissions at the city level Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Lei Chen; Linyu Xu; Yanpeng Cai; Zhifeng Yang
Research on the dynamic distribution characteristics of carbon emissions and their evolution patterns is of importance to unify carbon reduction targets. This study aimed to measure the industrial carbon emissions by energy consumption and the cement production process in Guangdong from 2005–2015, and it empirically analyzed the distribution dynamics and evolution of the inter-regional carbon emissions
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Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of single-use cups made from PLA, PP and PET Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Christian Moretti; Lorie Hamelin; Line Geest Jakobsen; Martin H Junginger; Maria Magnea Steingrimsdottir; Linda Høibye; Li Shen
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Washed waste incineration bottom ash as a raw ingredient in cement production: Implications for lab-scale clinker behavior Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Kyle A. Clavier; Jerry M. Paris; Christopher C. Ferraro; Eduard Tora Bueno; Caitlin M. Tibbetts; Timothy G. Townsend
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Fuzzy-metaheuristic ensembles for predicting the compressive strength of brick aggregate concrete Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Wafaa Mohamed Shaban; Jian Yang; Khalid Elbaz; Jianhe Xie; Lijuan Li
Several million tons of demolition and construction (D&C) wastes are being produced worldwide. Brick waste is one of the eminent D&C wastes and several models have been performed on recycling brick waste to produce environmentally friendly concrete. This study develops three fuzzy-metaheuristic ensembles, based on adaptive neurofuzzy inference system (ANFIS) with a fuzzy c-mean clustering approach
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Water-land tradeoffs to meet future demands for sugar crops in Latin America and the Caribbean: A bio-physical and socio-economic nexus perspective Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-23 Honglin Zhong; Kuishuang Feng; Laixiang Sun; Zhan Tian; Gunther Fischer; Li Cheng; Raul Munoz Castillo
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Analysis of industrial water–energy–labor nexus zones for economic and resource-based impact assessment Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Sang-Hyun Lee; Makoto Taniguchi; Naoki Masuhara; Rabi H. Mohtar; Seung-Hwan Yoo; Masahiko Haraguchi
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Recyclability of polypropylene after exposure to four different environmental conditions Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-20 Ved Prakash Ranjan; Sudha Goel
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Utilization of post-consumer carpet calcium carbonate (PC4) from carpet recycling as a mineral resource in concrete Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-19 Patrick R. Cunningham; Peter G. Green; Sabbie A. Miller
The short residence time of certain building materials, such as carpets, results in a notable waste stream that has the potential to be a resource for other material systems. In this work, we explore the utilization of post-consumer carpet calcium carbonate (PC4) consisting primarily of the material from carpet backing, which has thus far found few markets, as a potential mineral admixture in the production
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Recycling diesel soot nanoparticles for use as activated carbon in Li ion batteries Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Sisi Yang; Bertan Ozdogru; Cameron Ketelsleger; Darrell Gregory; Ömer Özgür Çapraz; Stephen B. Cronin
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Identifying the resource use and circularity in farm systems: Focus on the energy analysis of agroecosystems Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Jean Hercher-Pasteur; Eléonore Loiseau; Carole Sinfort; Arnaud Hélias
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Performance assessment on anaerobic co-digestion of Cannabis ruderalis and blackwater: Ultrasonic pretreatment and kinetic analysis Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 Nan Qi; Xin Zhao; Lei Zhang; Mengjiao Gao; Nanjiaowa Yu; Yang Liu
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Temporal environmental and economic performance of electric vehicle and conventional vehicle: A comparative study on their US operations Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Fan Yang; Yuanyuan Xie; Yelin Deng; Chris Yuan
Electric vehicles(EVs) have attracted considerable interests in recent years owing to its potential in reducing environmental emissions and operating costs from the transportation sector. However, the temporal environmental and economic benefits from replacing internal-combustion-engine vehicles (ICEVs) with EVs during the operation phase is not clear. Different from ICEVs, EVs use lithium-ion batteries
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Estimating future industrial emissions of hazardous air pollutants in the United States using the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 Kaixin Huang; Matthew J. Eckelman
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Towards delivering on the sustainable development goals in greenhouse production systems Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Dianfan Zhou; Holger Meinke; Matthew Wilson; Leo F.M. Marcelis; Ep Heuvelink
This review evaluates the sustainability of tomato production in four greenhouse systems: high-tech (The Netherlands) and low-tech (Spain) combined with two ways of cultivation (conventional or organic). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as defined by the United Nations, were used as a lens to assess the sustainability of these four greenhouse production systems. In total seven SDGs, including
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Component analysis of bio-asphalt binder using crumb rubber modifier and guayule resin as an innovative asphalt replacer Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Ahmed Hemida; Magdy Abdelrahman
This research seeks to interpret the component analysis of an innovative bio-asphalt binder using guayule resin at high concentrations and crumb rubber modifier (CRM). Such asphalt modification aims to minimize the dependency on base asphalt and provide new solutions concerning sustainable, flexible pavement industry. Guayule resin is a promising bioresource for asphalt replacement. The provided interpretation
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Tracing the global tin flow network: highly concentrated production and consumption Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Haodong Li; Wenqing Qin; Jinhui Li; Zuyuan Tian; Fen Jiao; Congren Yang
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Multilevel modelling of impacts of human and natural factors on ecosystem services change in an oasis, Northwest China Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Zhihui Li; Jun Xia; Xiangzheng Deng; Haiming Yan
Clarifying driving mechanisms of ecosystem services changes is key to sustainable ecosystem management. This study evaluated three key ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration (proxied by net primary production, NPP), water yield, and soil conservation in Zhanyge during 1990-2015, and applied multilevel modeling to examine the impacts of sub-watershed level natural factors and county level
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Characterization and recycling potential of the discarded cathode ray tube monitors Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Sanjay Pindar; Nikhil Dhawan
Abundantly available discarded cathode ray tubes are a serious threat to the environment and loss to resource conservation and therefore requiring immediate recycling efforts. In this study, extensive characterization of all parts of the discarded cathode ray tube was carried out using X-ray diffraction, thermo-gravimetric, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscope, and Energy
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Producer vs. local government: The locational strategy for end-of-life photovoltaic modules recycling in Zhejiang province Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Haofan Yu; Xin Tong
The collection and recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic modules is emerging as a challenge due to the dramatic growing installment of distributed PV systems worldwide. This paper studies the locational strategy for recycling facilities of end-of-life PV modules from the perspective of various stakeholders with a case in Zhejiang province, one of the leading regions in promoting distributed photovoltaic
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Induction mechanism and optimization of tradable green certificates and carbon emission trading acting on electricity market in China Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Tian-tian Feng; Rong Li; Hui-min Zhang; Xiao-lei Gong; Yi-sheng Yang
China has promised that CO2 emissions per GDP in 2030 would decrease by 60% to 65% than that in 2005, and proposed the goal of achieving carbon neutral by 2060. In order to fulfill these goals, Carbon Emissions Trading (CET) and Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) have been implemented in the power industry during the ‘13th five-year’ period. We firstly simulate the combined effects of TGC and CET on
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Effect of energy efficiency labels on household appliance choice in China: Sustainable consumption or irrational intertemporal choice? Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Bo Wang; Nana Deng; Xiangxiang Liu; Qingyu Sun; Zhaohua Wang
Energy consumption has caused severe environmental problems, such as climate change and air pollution. The energy efficiency label is an environmental information policy that provides consumers with energy consumption information of products to change consumers’ choices and guide consumers to green consumption. Current evaluations mainly focus on consumers’ purchase intention toward energy efficiency
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From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products? Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Lucas Cantão Freitas; Jhonatas Rodrigues Barbosa; Ana Laura Caldas da Costa; Fernanda Wariss Figueiredo Bezerra; Rafael Henrique Holanda Pinto; Raul Nunes de Carvalho Junior
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High value-added biomaterials recovery from granular sludge based wastewater treatment process Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Xin Tan; Guo-Jun Xie; Wen-Bo Nie; De-Feng Xing; Bing-Feng Liu; Jie Ding; Nan-Qi Ren
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Fibre structure preservation in composite recycling using thermolysis process Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Hamza Qazi; Richard Lin; Krishnan Jayaraman
Recycling of thermoset carbon fibre reinforced polymer (TS-CFRP) composites using thermal processes result in recovered carbon fibres (rCF), being fluffy and losing their alignment and length, leading to a deteriorating impact on the remanufactured part mechanical properties. In this work, the thermolysis recycling process is used to preserve the fibre structure including fabric stacking sequence,
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An overview of the comprehensive utilization of silicon-based solid waste related to PV industry Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-13 Junwei Guo; Xiaomin Liu; Jiamei Yu; Chunfang Xu; Yufeng Wu; De'an Pan; Raja Arumugam Senthil
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Investigating the bulk density of construction waste: A big data-driven approach Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Weisheng Lu; Liang Yuan; Fan Xue
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Interaction between global warming potential, durability, and structural properties of fiber-reinforced concrete with high waste materials inclusion Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Wilson Nguyen; Daniela M. Martinez; Gabriel Jen; Jacob F. Duncan; Claudia P. Ostertag
Concrete production requires significant consumption of raw materials and is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Because concrete is placed in varied, damage-inducing conditions, its durability performance is crucial for allowing the material to reach its intended service life and avoid premature replacement. In this multidisciplinary research program, a concrete is developed for
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The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Hao Chen; Wei Guo; Xue Feng; Wendong Wei; Hanbin Liu; Yan Feng; Weiyi Gong
In recent years, the low-carbon city pilot policy has been important work in China. It aims to control the city's greenhouse gas emissions, find a "win-win" path of low-carbon and economy and drive the innovation and development of cities through low-carbon goals. In this context, we consider the low-carbon city pilot policy as the starting point. Based on the data of A-share listed companies in Shanghai
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A green strategy to synthesize two-dimensional lead halide perovskite via direct recovery of spent lead-acid battery Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Junxiong Wang; Jiakuan Yang; Huijie Hou; Wei Li; Jingping Hu; Mingyang Li; Wenhao Yu; Zhongyi Wang; Sha Liang; Keke Xiao; Bingchuan Liu; Kai Xi; R. Vasant Kumar
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Directional spatial spillover effects and driving factors of haze pollution in North China Plain Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Hao Zhou; Mingdong Jiang; Yumeng Huang; Qi Wang
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Measuring purchase intention towards green power certificate in a developing nation: Applying and extending the theory of planned behavior Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Jing Wei; Xiaoli Zhao; Yanjun liu; Xi Yang
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China's energy-related carbon emissions projections for the shared socioeconomic pathways Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Fan Zhang; Xiangzheng Deng; Li Xie; Ning Xu
The carbon emissions from China's energy consumption are substantially increasing. In this context, it is necessary to predict the long-term dynamics of China's carbon emissions. Existing research has investigated future scenarios for China's carbon emissions, but there is still no consensus on such issues as the amount of emissions at peak points and the future carbon emissions path over a longer
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Economic and climate impacts from the incorrect disposal of WEEE Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Zora Pekarkova; Ian D. Williams; Loretta Emery; Rachel Bone
This study focused on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that is incorrectly disposed of in residual waste bins. An analysis of public behaviour, motivation and general knowledge on WEEE management was undertaken in Southampton, England. All respondents were members of the People's Panel run by Southampton City Council. The potential monetary value that could be secured via the resale
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Indicating the wrong track? A critical appraisal of water productivity as an indicator to inform water efficiency policies Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Nadin Ozcelik; Miguel Rodríguez; Stephan Lutter; Antonio Sartal
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Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 George Bishop; David Styles; Piet N.L. Lens
There is currently a shift from petrochemical to bio-based plastics (bioplastics). The application of comprehensive and appropriately designed LCA studies are imperative to provide clear evidence on the comparative sustainability of bioplastics. This review explores the growing collective of LCA studies that compare the environmental footprints of specific bioplastics against those of petrochemical
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Public stereotypes of recycled water end uses with different human contact: Evidence from event-related potential (ERP) Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Caixia Hou; Yan Wen; Yuqi He; Xiaojun Liu; Mengmeng Wang; Zhiyin Zhang; Hanliang Fu
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Eating your greens: a global sustainability assessment Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 George Philippidis; Hugo Ferrer Pérez; Pilar Gracia de Rentería; Robert M'barek; Ana Isabel Sanjuán López
The importance of healthy diets is woven into the fabric of the Sustainable Development Goals, although there is no clear metric to define it. Employing a simulation model (MAGNET), this study examines the sustainability implications arising from the adoption of recommended daily nutrition requirements inspired by the ‘Lancet’ reference diet. To measure sustainability, changes in ‘virtual’ requirements
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Enhancing the circular and modified linear economy: The importance of blockchain for developing economies Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani; Sandra Figueira; Rui Torres de Oliveira; Shishir Jha
While a circular economy is increasingly being adopted in developed economies, with multinational corporations progressively adopting measures related to it, our knowledge of the reality in developing economies remains limited. Moreover, while new technologies, such as blockchain, might have important features that could impact circular economy frameworks, particularly in developing economies, their
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Effective policy mix for plastic waste mitigation in India using System Dynamics Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 M. Dhanshyam; Samir K. Srivastava
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Repairing the circular economy: Public perception and participant profile of the repair economy in Hull, UK Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Heather A. Rogers; Pauline Deutz; Tomás B. Ramos
Repair is an essential aspect of circular economy (CE) strategies to extend the life of products and materials, and has further been suggested as a key sector to benefit from employment through CE transitions. At the same time, CE narratives around repair have been criticised as highly technocratic, neglecting the body of literature exploring repair as a relational act embedded in daily life. Hull
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The greater the investment, the greater the loss? – Resource traps in Building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) market Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Zhaohua Wang; Hao Li; Bin Zhang; Xin Tian; Huigang Zhao; Zimeng Bai
Building Energy Efficiency Retrofitting (BEER) is an important measure to relieve energy pressure, conserve natural resources and promote urban low-carbon transformation . Governments of various countries have invested huge resources to promote the rapid development of BEER market. However, when the amount of resource input exceeds a certain threshold, the market will deviate from the desired state
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How does COVID-19 emergency cognition influence public pro-environmental behavioral intentions? An affective event perspective Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Lingyun Mi; Jingjing Zhao; Ting Xu; Hang Yang; Tao Lv; Ke Shang; Yaning Qiao; Zhaopu Zhang
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A spatial interaction model for the representation of user access to household waste recycling centres Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Zati Aqmar Zaharudin; Andrew Brint; Andrea Genovese; Carmela Piccolo
Managing waste is a crucial challenge for modern societies. The UK government has established ambitious targets in terms of landfill diversion for household waste. Household Waste Recycling Centres represent key facilities for achieving these targets. However, Local Authority budgets are under severe strain due to reductions in central government transfers. As such, local councils often need to perform
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Cost-effectiveness of four food waste interventions: Is food waste reduction a “win–win?” Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Quentin D. Read; Mary K. Muth
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A comparative analysis of express packaging waste recycling models based on the differential game theory Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 Jiahui Yang; Ruyin Long; Hong Chen; Qingqing Sun
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Wind turbine blade material in the United States: Quantities, costs, and end-of-life options Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Aubryn Cooperman; Annika Eberle; Eric Lantz
Wind energy has experienced enormous growth in the past few decades; as a result, there are thousands of wind turbines around the world that will reach the end of their design lifetimes in the coming years. Much of the material in those turbines can be recycled using conventional processes, but the composite material that is the main component of the blades is more challenging to recycle. In the United
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Grown and thrown: Exploring approaches to estimate food waste in EU countries Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 Carla Caldeira; Valeria De Laurentiis; Agneta Ghose; Sara Corrado; Serenella Sala
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Novel information interaction rule for municipal household waste classification behavior based on an evolving scale-free network Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Liqiang Chen; Ming Gao
The classification of municipal household waste is a complex, adaptive system containing multiple agents, where behavior between the agents is interactive. This study focuses on the willingness of bounded, rational individuals to sort waste within complex social networks, and the evolution of group behavior. An individual cognition-behavior model was established, based on the theory of planned behavior
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Effects of bin proximity and informational prompts on recycling and contamination Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Sonny Rosenthal; Noah Linder
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Characterisation of excavated landfill waste fractions to evaluate the energy recovery potential using Py-GC/MS and ICP techniques Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Katarzyna Jagodzińska; Cristina Garcia-Lopez; Weihong Yang; Pär Göran Jönsson; Thomas Pretz; Karoline Raulf
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Spatial modelling of municipal waste generation: Deriving property lot estimates with limited data Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-29 Ben Madden; Nick Florin; Steve Mohr; Damien Giurco
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Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Hongyu Tian; Zhengqi Guo; Jian Pan; Deqing Zhu; Congcong Yang; Yuxiao Xue; Siwei Li; Dingzheng Wang
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Synergistic effects of fly ash and hooked steel fibers on strength and durability properties of high strength recycled aggregate concrete Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Babar Ali; Syed Safdar Raza; Rawaz Kurda; Rayed Alyousef
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Bioelectrochemically assisted sustainable conversion of industrial organic wastewater and clean production of microalgal protein Resour. Conserv. Recycl. (IF 8.086) Pub Date : 2021-01-27 Minmin Pan; Yanyan Su; Xinyu Zhu; Gang Pan; Yifeng Zhang; Irini Angelidaki
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