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  1. India's rapid industrialization has led to an increase in waste generation, necessitating efficient disposal methods. This research addresses this challenge by exploring the use of Common Effluent Treatment Pl...

    Authors: Skanda Kumar Bangalore Narasimhaprasad, Chandre Gowda Cheluvegowda, Chandrashekar Ramakrishnaiah, Suhas Ramachandra, Sreenatha Mallikarjunaiah and Shashi Shankar Anantharamaiah
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:24
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  2. Climate change stabilization at 1.5 to 2 °C requires a shift in paradigm of industries to transition to low carbon industries. The way forward to decarbonize industries is green manufacturing, as the environme...

    Authors: Tehrim Ijaz, Agha Haider Raza Qazalbash, Ahmed Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Zeeshan Rafique, Mohammad Aamir Khan and Syeda Hadika Jamshaid
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:23
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  3. In this study, the adsorption of dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO) was investigated using clay minerals as adsorbents. Raw bentonite (BR) and raw activated clay (ACR) were impregnated with Fe3+ and Fe6+, creating b...

    Authors: Maegan Gwyneth T. Alcaraz, Angelo Earvin Sy Choi, Nathaniel P. Dugos and Meng-Wei Wan
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:22
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  4. In this study, selective adsorption experiments of Au were carried out using graphene oxide (GO) and thiourea-reduced GO (TU-rGO). Adsorption experiments using Au, Cu, Pb, and Zn were performed with GO and TU-...

    Authors: Yu-Jie Chen, Adrienne Chung and Hsing-Cheng Hsi
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:21
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  5. One of the current trends in the complex processing of fine dust from copper smelters is their direct leaching with sulfuric acid. As practical results show, high reliable technological parameters are not achi...

    Authors: Nurlan Dosmukhamedov, Abdilmalik Takishov, Erzhan Zholdasbay and Aidar Argyn
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:20
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  6. Solar photovoltaic (PV) is a crucial renewable energy source in the fight against carbon dioxide emissions, aligning well with growing energy demands. However, solar PV efficiency naturally degrades over time,...

    Authors: Mohd Syukri Ali, Lilik Jamilatul Awalin, Amirul Syafiq Abdul Jaafar, Azimah Omar, Ab Halim Abu Bakar, Nasrudin Abd Rahim and Syahirah Abd Halim
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:19
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  8. Bioelectricity generation from sugarcane is significant across Brazil and is related to regional market structure characteristics where the mills are located. To understand the distribution and conjuncture of ...

    Authors: Luiz Moreira Coelho Junior, Edvaldo Pereira Santos Júnior, Cleani Figueredo Fideles da Silva, Brunna Hillary Calixto de Oliveira, João Batista Cordeiro Dantas, Josimar Vieira dos Reis, Vanessa Batista Schramm, Fernando Schramm and Monica Carvalho
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:17
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  9. This study aimed to develop an eco-friendly, cost-efficient, and practically viable method for extracting terephthalic acid (H2BDC) from polyethylene terephthalic (PET) waste. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was combin...

    Authors: Thi Hong Nguyen and Kung-Yuh Chiang
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:16
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  10. Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in manufacturing various consumer products and detected in various water sources. Epidemiological studies reveal a correlation between BPA exposure and metabolic system disorde...

    Authors: Roziana Kamaludin, Zatilfarihiah Rasdi, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman and Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:15
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  11. Semiconductor manufacturing employs per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as fluoroasurfactants to enhance the quality of photolithography lines. Our research, employing a fragment-based approach to inves...

    Authors: Yi-Ju Chen, Jheng-Sian Yang and Angela Yu-Chen Lin
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:14
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  12. Circular utilization of distillery byproducts is crucial, and pyrolysis has emerged as a viable technology for converting them into fuels and high-value chemicals. This review investigates the thermochemical r...

    Authors: Sheng-Lun Lin, Hongjie Zhang, Wei-Hsin Chen, Yee-Lin Wu, Che-Wei Wu and Shih-Wei Huang
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:13
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  13. Decentralized wastewater reclamation and reuse systems have drawn much attention due to their capability for reducing the energy demand for water conveyance and reclaiming wastewater for local re-use. While me...

    Authors: Wang-Sheng Yu, Huei-Cih Liu, Hsin-Chieh Lin, Mengshan Lee and Chia-Hung Hou
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:12
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  14. The Earth’s energy balance produced by human activity is the main factor in the complex relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming. The Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency reports that carbon ...

    Authors: Po-Chun Huang, Anabella C. Vilando, Thi-Hanh Ha and Ming-Chun Lu
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:11
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  15. This study measured particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants in the exhaust of off-road vehicles (excavators, bulldozers) during idling and working. The fingerprint of metals in PM and the emission facto...

    Authors: Hsing-Wang Li, Chia-Hsiang Lai, Ku-Fan Chen, Yi-Ching Lin, Po-Yen Chien, Wei-Hsiang Chen, Kang-Shin Chen and Yen-Ping Peng
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:10
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  16. This work evaluated the electrochemical, physical, biochemical, and molecular characterization of electrogens from a graphite felt anode when zinc oxide on activated carbon (ZnO/AC) was used as a cathodic elec...

    Authors: Doaa Khodary Zater, Fatma I. Elzamik, Howaida M. Abdel Basit, Gamal El-Din M. Moustafa, Dena Z. Khater and Kamel M. El-Khatib
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:9
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  17. Psychiatric drugs do not vanish after being carried to wastewater treatment plants by the urine or feces of patients and, a variable portion of their dose and also unused or expired drugs are lost to the envir...

    Authors: Fahimeh Mohamadpour and Farzaneh Mohamadpour
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:8
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  19. Climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, and many other reasons have motivated countries worldwide to change energy systems to move toward low-carbon energy systems; however, the low-carbon en...

    Authors: Mahyar Kamali Saraji and Dalia Streimikiene
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:6
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  21. Despite the United Nations 2030 agenda, large number of both urban and rural dwellers in low-income countries continue to lack access to improved water. Thus, increased effort is required towards enhancing low...

    Authors: Charles Onyutha, Emmanuel Okello, Rebecca Atukwase, Pamella Nduhukiire, Michael Ecodu and Japheth Nkiriyehe Kwiringira
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:4
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  22. This research work compares the performance of a conventional solar still (CSS) with a modified CSS (MSS) that uses Plexiglas and jute fabric to increase heat localization and thin-film evaporation. Two solar ...

    Authors: Pankaj Dumka, Dhananjay R. Mishra, Bharat Singh, Rishika Chauhan, Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, L Natrayan and Mohd Asif Shah
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:3
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:5

  23. Urbanization in Egypt detracts from green spaces, reduces the per capita green ratio, and increases adverse effects such as heat islands, air pollution, and energy consumption. In addition, it affects social h...

    Authors: Mahmoud Desouki, Mai Madkour, Ahmed Abdeen and Bahaa Elboshy
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2024 34:2
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  25. Microcystis aeruginosa blooms in water bodies, evidencing a high risk of exposure to human health due to the release of toxins, which affects water quality. Implementing physical, chemical, and microbial control ...

    Authors: Natalia Herrera, Maria Teresa Florez and Fernando Echeverri
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:44
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  26. In this study, we prepared reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/titanium dioxide (TiO2)/nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanocomposites with different mass ratios of rGO, TiO2, and NiFe2O4 by a simple hydrothermal method. These ...

    Authors: Kamal Mohammed Jihad, Mahmood Rezaee Roknabadi, Mojtaba Mohammadi and Elaheh K. Goharshadi
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:43
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  27. The assessment of groundwater vulnerability to pollution is becoming even more important all over the world due to the increase of impacts of human activities on groundwater resources and the related risks to ...

    Authors: Delia Cusano, Silvio Coda, Pantaleone De Vita, Silvia Fabbrocino, Francesco Fusco, Daniele Lepore, Federico Nicodemo, Antonio Pizzolante, Rita Tufano and Vincenzo Allocca
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:42
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  29. Ozone micron bubble (OMB) treatment offers a promising approach to effectively eliminate Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) from infectious medical wastewater and mitigate the threat of drug resistance transmi...

    Authors: Shui-Shu Hsiao, Chia-Yu Hsu, Balamurugan Ananthakrishnan, Ming-Hao Hsu, Yu-Ting Chien, Li-Pang Wang and Hsin-Hsin Tung
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:40
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  30. Metal doping is an effective method to tune the optical and chemical properties of nanoparticles. Herein, a comparative study was conducted to assess the effect of metal dopant (Mg, Cu and Sn) on ZnO nanoparti...

    Authors: Veronia S. Nazim, Ghada M. El-Sayed, Sawsan M. Amer and Ahmed H. Nadim
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:39
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  31. This work aims to determine the Energy Payback Time (EPBT) of a 33.7 MWp grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Zagtouli (Burkina Faso) and assess its environmental impacts using the life cycle assess...

    Authors: Kodami Badza, Y. M. Soro and Marie Sawadogo
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:38
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  32. Graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNMs) (e.g., graphene oxides and carbon nanotubes) display superior electronic and thermal conductivities and varying abilities to contain organic substances. This study sheds li...

    Authors: Jui-Te Chen, Wen-Che Hou, Tsair-Fuh Lin and Cary T. Chiou
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:37
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:41

  33. The objective of this work was to develop a novel photocatalytic membrane for the photocatalytic degradation of azithromycin formulation from aqueous solutions which, in addition to a high photocatalytic activ...

    Authors: Giovanina-Iuliana Lupu, Cristina Orbeci, Constantin Bobirică, Liliana Bobirică, Elena Sorana Lazăr, Jeanina Pandele-Cusu, Marian Nicolae Verziu, Cristian Pîrvu and Roberta-Geanina Irodia
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:36
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  35. Solid waste management is a major challenge in sub-Saharan Africa in general and its food waste component is high and increasing with the rapidly increasing population. Survey data (class p1) collected from ho...

    Authors: Geoffrey Ssepuuya, Elsie Nsiyona, Moses Kakungulu, Jane Frances Alowo and Paul Nampala
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:34
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  36. The applications of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for controlling microcontaminants are essential to meet the water quality criteria for potable or nonpotable water reuses. The objective of this study is...

    Authors: Dexter Leong, Hao-Bin Chen and Gen-Shuh Wang
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:33
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  37. Aquifer systems, because of the presence of frequently complex geological structures, may extend beyond watersheds limits. Interbasin groundwater flow is often identified among watersheds. Because geological s...

    Authors: Manuel Arce, Jose Maria Orellana-Macías, Jesus Causapé, Javier Ramajo, Carlos Galè and Rudy Rossetto
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:32
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  38. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced a high economic growth rate over the last two decades, which has been accompanied by concerns about increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This study aims to find out ...

    Authors: Jingyi Wang, Chenglin Jiang, Mingquan Li, Shuai Zhang and Xuebiao Zhang
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:31
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  39. The study is concerned with the adsorption of toluene from real wastewater using granular beads of activated carbon. The adsorbent was analyzed before and after the process using Scanning Electron Microscope a...

    Authors: Dariush Jafari, Morteza Esfandyari and Mehdi Mojahed
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:30
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  40. The global transition towards circular economy (CE) signifies a shift in industrial waste management objective from “expansion of recycling industry” to achieve “waste as resource”. The medical industry has at...

    Authors: Chih-Kai Yang, Hwong-Wen Ma and Mei-Hua Yuan
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:29
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  41. Hybrid xerogels, constructed from organic and inorganic silanes, have emerged as materials with versatile applications. They have shown promising potential for immobilization as their chemical structures encom...

    Authors: Mahsa Golbabaie, Behzad Gharahchei, Fatemeh Mirazizi, Alireza Abbasi Baharanchi, Ali Khosronejad, Ali Asghar Karkhanie and Kamahldin Haghbeen
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:28
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  43. Biological wastes obtained from food, oyster shells, were recycled to calcium carbonate and then used as bio-green raw material to replace limestone/carbonate stone for calcium acetate (Ca(CH3COO)2·H2O) productio...

    Authors: Somkiat Seesanong, Chaowared Seangarun, Banjong Boonchom, Nongnuch Laohavisuti, Somphob Thompho, Wimonmat Boonmee, Sorakit Mongkol and Pesak Rungrojchaipon
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:26
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  44. Particulate Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal is one of the first and foremost steps in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). It is a highly essential step that supports subsequent biological steps to achiev...

    Authors: Behnam Askari Lasaki, Peter Maurer and Harald Schönberger
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:25
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:27

  45. Herbicides in wastewater are considered as a serious issue to environmental pollution. Different impregnated metal zinc oxide (Cu/ZnO and Ni/ZnO) as catalysts were prepared through wet impregnation method for ...

    Authors: Kashif Khan, Fatima Khitab, Jasmin Shah and Muhammad Rasul Jan
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:24
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  46. Different agricultural practices can pose significant threats to environmental quality and human health. This study aimed to assess the emissions of reactive nitrogen (NH3, NOx, and N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

    Authors: Shu-Yuan Pan, Kung-Hui He and Yu-Lun Liao
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:23
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  47. Nowadays, the whole world is moving very quickly into the field of seawater desalination. This is because the world suffers from a lack of potable water. Water and energy are adjoining linked fields. The prese...

    Authors: Fadl A. Essa, F. Selim and Mahmoud S. El-Sebaey
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:22
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  48. This paper presents the stability-evaluation outcomes of a multimachine power system (MMPS) connected with a large-scale hybrid wind farm (WF) and photovoltaic (PV) farm or hybrid wind/PV farm (HWPF) and a hyb...

    Authors: Li Wang, Wang Jun-Yi Ke, Rui-Xuan Wu, Manoj Tripathy, Hazlie Mokhlis, Kein Huat Chua, Anton V. Prokhorov, Thi Ha Nguyen, Mohammed Mehdi Farid, Alison Subiantoro, Kang Li, Benjamin Chong, Sadegh Azizi, Amir Abiri Jahromi and Dehong Xu
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:21
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  49. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has caused socioeconomic, physical, mental, and environmental upheaval. Personal protective equipment, such as face masks, was mandatory to curb the spread of the virus. The...

    Authors: Rahaf Ajaj, Rania Al Dweik, Shafeeq Ahmed Syed Ali and Mohammed Hashem Stietiya
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:20
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  50. Water meter measurement error is considered as one important component of non-revenue water by International Water Association. Its magnitude depends combinedly on users’ consumption behaviors (intake spectrum...

    Authors: Hsin-Liang Chen, Shang-Lien Lo, Jeff Kuo and Chin-Ling Huang
    Citation: Sustainable Environment Research 2023 33:19
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