{"title":"A review and environmental impact analysis on the current state of froth flotation on recycling of e-wastes","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107967","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current recycling methods to recover metal contents from electronic wastes (e-wastes) are primarily chemical based, such as hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy. These methods typically do not involve pre-treatments to remove non-metallic components, which causes increasing reagent and energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emission during recycling. Mechanical methods exploiting differences in material properties, such as gravity, magnetic, electrostatic, can achieve pre-treatment which receive increasing attention. Amongst different mechanical methods, froth flotation utilizing surface hydrophobicity to achieve the desired separation appears to receive less attention but can be very promising to recycle a variety of e-wastes. In this work, the challenges and advances in the recovery of metals from three main e-wastes, including spent lithium-ion batteries (S-LIBs), waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs), and spent photovoltaic solar panels (S-PVs), using flotation were reviewed. The work also conducted a life cycle analysis to assess the environmental impact of flotation in recycling these e-wastes. According to TRACI standards, flotation reagents have the highest environmental impact compared to electricity and water consumption. The study suggests that flotation can serve as an effective pre-treatment operation prior to the chemical treatment to improve the overall the e-waste recycling but future research is still needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142432917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering the key determinants on the disruption of ores supply","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107953","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107953","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable supply of different ores is essential for our economic system to move toward low carbon transition. However, few studies focus on uncovering the key determinants on the supply disruption of such ores. This study investigates the key determinants that influenced the disruption of 18 types of ores’ production from 2010 to 2022 through the combination of web crawler, AI-text classification and manual processing methods. Results show that determinants such as politics, natural disasters, strikes and protests, economy, and energy, play crucial roles. Specifically, these determinants have different impacts in different countries and therefore require different policy designs, such as environmental protection policy (in China influencing Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, and Iron), banning resource export (in Indonesia influencing Nickel and Tin), domestic risks (in Democratic Republic of Congo influencing Copper and Cobalt), extreme climate disasters (in Australia—influencing Iron, Aluminum, and Gold, and in Chile—influencing Copper and Lithium), natural disaster (in South Africa—influencing Chromium, Manganese, Platinum, Gold, and Fe, and in Chile—influencing Copper and Lithium), and strike and protests (in Peru—influencing Copper, Silver, and Zinc, and in South Africa—influencing Platinum and Gold). These findings can help stakeholders better prepare their strategies to improve the overall resilience of the entire ores supply chain and facilitate the global low carbon transition. Several policy recommendations are then proposed to improve sustainable supply of key minerals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142432916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life cycle inventory dataset for systematic environmental remediation of soil, groundwater and sediment","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107960","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107960","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142432914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the energy and environmental sustainability of advanced lithium-ion battery technologies","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107963","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107963","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The development of battery materials and pack structures is crucial for enhancing electric vehicle (EV) performance and adoption. This study examines the impact of Ni-rich cathode materials and advanced cell-to-pack (CTP) designs on the energy and environmental sustainability of power batteries. A correlation equation that links energy consumption with curb weight and ambient temperature was established to accurately assess energy consumption during the usage stage of EVs. High-nickel, low-cobalt lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxides (NCM) batteries demonstrated superior life cycle environmental performance, primarily due to the significant environmental impacts of CoSO<sub>4</sub> production. However, the benefits of CTP batteries over traditional cell-to-module (CTM) batteries are minimal. In southern provinces of China, abundant clean energy for electricity generation can reduce the life cycle carbon footprint of power batteries by over 70 % compared with northern provinces, highlighting the importance of transitioning to clean energy sources for sustainable EV industry development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142432915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nutrient recovery from urine: Urea adsorption onto biochar integrated with Na-chabazite as urease inhibitor","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107955","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107955","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents an innovative technical integration for concomitant nutrient recovery from source-separated urine. While cation exchange is known for efficient K<sup>+</sup> recovery, it faces competition due to the high molarity of NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup> in hydrolyzed urine. This study proposes inhibiting urease activity to facilitate the recovery of K⁺ and urea from fresh urine. Na-chabazite was first proposed as a urease inhibitor in this study, reducing urease activity by 50 %. Wood biochar, with its high porosity (308.0 m²/g) and polar functional groups, shows a urea adsorption capacity of 25.4 mg/g, which can be further improved by steam activation. The isotherm analysis suggests that urea adsorption onto biochar follows a multi-layer adsorption process. Finally, an integrated process is suggested: \"Na-chabazite and Biochar adsorption → urea hydrolysis → struvite precipitation + ammonia stripping-acid scrubbing\", ensuring efficient recovery of urea, NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>, PO<sub>4</sub><sup>3-</sup>, and K<sup>+</sup> from source-separated urine.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracing the propagation of disruptions in supply chain scenarios: A case study of photovoltaics diversification","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107948","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107948","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diversifying supply chains through reshoring and friendshoring is increasingly proposed as a key strategy for supply security and resilience. Quantitative analyses characterizing to what extend diversification shield countries from supply disruptions remain however scarce. In this paper, we present a methodology to assess the supply risk exposure of countries in different supply diversification scenarios – business-as-usual, reshoring, friendshoring. For each scenario, the propagation of three types of upstream disruptions – supply shortage, export restriction, bilateral trade conflict – is simulated. A fragility ratio metric is introduced to quantify the potential downstream shortages caused by these disruptions. A novel friendshoring modelling approach is also proposed. It consists in determining risk-optimized trade relations based on criteria such as supply concentration and UN voting similarity.</div><div>The Python-based model is tested on the case of diversified photovoltaics supply chains, e.g., if the US, EU, and India increase domestic production from polysilicon to module. Beyond building up manufacturing capacities, choosing between vertical integration and trade is highly determinant in risk exposure. Each diversification scenario shows pros and cons depending on the country and process considered.</div><div>Overall, this paper underlines the need for supply risk research to nuance diversification recommendations. It would be particularly helpful to improve indicators accounting for a region's technical and economic ability to supply a given product, and to realistically model the challenges of reshoring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acidic hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge for enhanced alkaline extraction of phosphorus and reduced co-extraction of trace elements","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107936","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents a two-stage process to recover phosphorus (P) from sewage sludge (SS) hydrochar, aimed at reducing trace element (TE) contamination. SS, mixed with Al-rich alum sludge (AS), underwent acidic HTC to convert Ca-P to Al-P. Alkaline extraction of hydrochar produced a P-rich, TE-deficient extract, as Al-P dissolves at high pH (> 12), leaving TEs insoluble. Optimal conditions for maximum P recovery were high temperature (∼240 °C), Al/P molar ratio (APMR) of ∼4, and feedstock pH of ∼3 – 4. This design process achieved 82 % alkaline P recovery, 34 % higher than the reference process. Overall P recovery ranged from 59 – 75 % in the design process, compared to 30 – 37 % in the reference process. Solid-state NMR revealed the Al-P association in hydrochar through surface complexation. TEs were mainly concentrated in the hydrochar. Thus, this method offers co-treatment of two waste streams with simultaneous resource recovery.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental and economic impacts of processing rice straw with water for energy and coproducts","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Incorporating supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) such as rice straw ash (RSA) as cement replacement in concrete is a key path toward mitigating the contributions of cement to global climate change. A cost-benefit study and an environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) were performed to compute the impacts of water soaking, drying, and reverse osmosis (RO) of the leachate to factor in the use of rice straw as feedstock at biomass energy plants, RSA for concrete, and the RO-treated leachate as fertilizer and water for farms. The cost-benefit analysis showed that the sale of electrical energy from biomass, RSA, and fertilizer required further optimization of the processes to become profitable for the involved parties. The LCA showed a global warming avoidance equivalent to net -15kgCO<sub>2-eq</sub> per tonne of rice straw that could be achieved by substituting fossil fuel energy resources and cement avoidance in concrete.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design and manufacturing diversity undermine circularity: The case of a simple yogurt cup","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107944","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107944","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recycling initiatives target increased recycling rates and closing packaging loops, yet practical, political, and industrial challenges may remain unnoticed. This study delves into the mechanical, processing, and morphological disparities within a polypropylene (PP) polymer stream, especially for yogurt cups. The waste source (mixed MSW or plastic collection) does not considerably impact mechanical properties. However, analyzing PP packaging diversity raises doubts about achieving high-quality recyclate. Categorization attempts include thermoforming, injection molding, and copolymers. An idealized stream of yogurt cups reveals complexities due to various decoration technologies and processing methods. Within a closed-loop system for yogurt cups, thermoforming and injection molding are crucial, prompting the imitation of virgin and post-consumer cup materials. A threshold value of 70 wt.% and deterioration effects are identified alongside common fillers and polymers. As high-quality regranulate becomes increasingly essential, we must also consider the effects of processing methods and aim for a clean, homogeneous stream.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy-water-carbon system management in response to climate change in China under uncertainties (2026–2050)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107957","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107957","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change has seriously affected the resource utilization of the energy-water-carbon system, while the system carbon emissions continuously act on climate change. Given the interaction between the two, there is an urgent need to facilitate the rational allocation of system resources to realize the positive feedback between climate change and energy-water-carbon system development. In this study, an interval stochastic fuzzy integer programming (ISFIP) model is developed to support resource planning and management of the energy-water-carbon system in response to climate change in China. The developed model has advantages in characterizing the complexity and uncertainty of the energy-water-carbon system and providing optimal system decision-making options under multiple climate change scenarios. The results show that the SSP126-NZE scenario power system would reduce carbon emissions by 16.23 %, air pollutant emissions by 19.31 %, water consumption by 30.96 %, and increase economic benefits by 10.97 %, respectively, compared to the SSP585-STEPS baseline scenario.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21153,"journal":{"name":"Resources Conservation and Recycling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}