{"title":"Bi-level multi-objective optimization for the vehicle routing problem from a waste-to-energy reverse logistics network","authors":"Yi Shi, Xingli Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148301","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148301","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the considerable economic and environmental challenges posed by kitchen waste, this paper proposes a reverse logistics network equipped with four potential transportation and treatment technologies to achieve efficient waste reduction and energy recovery. A bi-level multi-objective optimization model is developed to address the vehicle routing problem derived from the network. The upper-level local authority aims to minimize fiscal expenditure and carbon emissions by determining subsidy amounts and carbon emission quotas. The lower-level kitchen waste operator seeks to maximize total profits by determining vehicle routes and waste loading amounts. The proposed model incorporates technology parameters, enabling decision makers to assess waste-to-energy efficiency across different technology combinations. The model is applied to a real-life case study in China, and the calculation results and sensitivity analyses provide key insights: (1) The combination of diesel trucks and black soldier fly technology currently yields the highest economic profits, with the operator independently generating 41% of its profits; (2) Under the optimal technology combination, raising the resource utilization rate can further enhance waste-to-energy performance and boost the operator’s economic profits; (3) Expanding truck capacity can increase the operator’s economic profits without adding to the fiscal burden on the local authority.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148301"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147741968","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":"Quantifying ecological spillover contributions to mitigate supply–demand spatial mismatch: An integrated ecosystem service flow framework","authors":"Xiaowen Zhou , Xuesong Zhang , Hongjie Peng , Qiuyu Zou","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148285","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148285","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid urbanization has intensified the spatial mismatch between ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand, posing critical challenges for sustainable regional development. Existing assessments, largely based on static supply–demand patterns, often fail to capture the redistributive role of ecosystem service flows (ESFs) in regulating spatial ecological imbalances. To address this limitation, we propose an integrated ecosystem service flow framework that explicitly simulates ESF pathways, magnitudes, and spillover contributions, thereby linking static mismatch assessment with dynamic flow processes. Using multi-source geospatial datasets and process-based models, we quantified the spillover effects of water yield (WY), food production (FP), and carbon sequestration (CS) across the Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (UA-MRYR). Results show that ESFs substantially alleviated ecological deficits, with compensation rates of 79.68% (FP), 74.79% (WY), and 61.94% (CS). The three ESFs demonstrated distinct flow mechanisms—unidirectional hydrological routing for WY, market-regulated multi-source networks for FP, and diffusion-driven processes for CS. Integrating flow intensity, total volume, and conflict patterns, we developed a multi-dimensional zoning scheme that delineates Key Functional Zones, Scale Advantage Zones, Potential Cultivation Zones, and Efficiency Focal Zones. By translating ESF spillovers into actionable spatial governance tools, this study offers a scalable pathway for correcting ecological imbalances and guiding adaptive ecological planning in rapidly urbanizing regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148285"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147708762","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}
Yu-Jen Lee , Bin-Le Lin , Yuki Ichisugi , Inoue Kazuya , Shohei Riya , Akihiko Terada
{"title":"Mitigating environmental impacts and reducing nitrogen footprint by novel tripartite pig husbandry with maximized waste recycling","authors":"Yu-Jen Lee , Bin-Le Lin , Yuki Ichisugi , Inoue Kazuya , Shohei Riya , Akihiko Terada","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148304","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148304","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pig husbandry requires high resource input and is a known heavy greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter. This study proposed a novel tripartite pig husbandry system (high-yielding rice-dry AD-MP production) with maximized waste recycling technologies. It assessed the system's nitrogen footprint (NF), and environmental impacts categorized into global warming, acidification, eutrophication, and biological toxicity, using life cycle assessment (LCA). Conventional pig husbandry with pig manure treated by wastewater treatment and solid waste composting serves as the base scenario.</div><div>Substituting corn in pig's feed with locally grown, high-yielding rice can reduce the impacts of global warming, acidification, eutrophication, and biological toxicity by 29.1 %, 56.4%, 40.3%, and 63.9%, respectively, and NF by 54.7%. On the other hand, the MP incorporates the carbon of biogas and nitrogen of digestate into biomass, which is a significant carbon and nitrogen sink for the novel tripartite system. MP production could markedly mitigate the evaluated categorized environmental impacts of pig husbandry by up to 80∼90%, owing to the increased output of overall proteins. Also, the biogas upgrade products can be versatile, using carbon and nitrogen from dry AD as feed. The tripartite pig husbandry system is carbon-lean, which could lessen the burdens associated with conventional pig husbandry by maximizing waste recycling and closing the loops as a circular bioeconomy model, presenting a promising configuration for next-generation pig-raising industries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148304"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147708763","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}
Zijing Guo , Fangshu Qu , Jie Wang , Mingyue Geng , Shanshan Gao , Deduo Zheng , Jiayu Tian
{"title":"Carbon supported iron-single atoms/ultrafine atom clusters mediated electron-proton coupling transfer for enhanced anaerobic digestion","authors":"Zijing Guo , Fangshu Qu , Jie Wang , Mingyue Geng , Shanshan Gao , Deduo Zheng , Jiayu Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148295","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148295","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anaerobic digestion (AD) represents a high-efficiency approach for resource recovery from organic wastewater. The metabolic imbalance and sluggish electron transfer between syntrophic anaerobic microorganisms is the key limiting factor for methanogenesis in AD process. To better address this issue, a carbonized Fe-based metal-organic framework (CMIL-800) was strategically developed in this study. The CMIL-800 was characterized by the integration of uniformly dispersed Fe single atoms and their ultrafine clusters with the carbon substrate, which fundamentally minimized the interfacial charge-transfer resistance and established localized potential differences on the interface to actively drive interspecies electron transfer in AD process. Furthermore, the exceptional charge capacity and proton-conduction capability of CMIL-800 can provide multiple-mediatory pathways for maintaining microbial metabolic equilibrium and accelerating methane conversion. Experimental results showed that the AD efficiency was effectively improved via the addition of CMIL-800. Kinetic isotope effect (KIE) tests and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) structural evolution results provided powerful evidence for a simultaneous enhancement in electron and proton transfer rates within the AD system. Moreover, a significant increase in the abundance of genes associated with methanogenesis, proton transfer, and electron transport was also observed, further confirming the multi-dimensional regulatory effects of CMIL-800 on metabolic imbalances among syntrophic anaerobes. In summary, this work provided a novel and efficient strategy for optimizing AD performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148295"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147741970","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}
Dawei Wang , Dingyue Cui , Junqi Wang , Haijia Shi , Shi-Jie Cao
{"title":"Anthropogenic carbon sequestration redefines the terrestrial carbon cycle: Insights from concrete buildings","authors":"Dawei Wang , Dingyue Cui , Junqi Wang , Haijia Shi , Shi-Jie Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148289","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148289","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conventional carbon sequestration policies are narrowly focused on natural ecosystems, thereby overlooking the substantial role of anthropogenic sequestration. This omission distorts global carbon budgets and undermines equitable climate governance. This gap is especially acute in rapidly urbanizing regions, where infrastructure-derived carbon sequestration remains underemphasized in accounting frameworks. Here, we propose an expanded carbon accounting framework that explicitly integrates anthropogenic processes, using cement carbonation as a representative pathway. Applied to China (2000–2020), our analysis shows that carbon sinks in terrestrial anthropogenic ecosystems (TAEs) rose from 2% to 27% of the total terrestrial ecosystems (TEs). In highly urbanized provinces with extensive cement stocks, carbonation uptake can be substantial within the adopted accounting framework and may exceed forest carbon sequestration at the provincial scale. Specifically, concrete buildings exhibited a twentyfold increase in annual carbon sinks and a two-hundredfold increase in carbon pools, surpassing forest sinks in highly urbanized provinces such as Jiangsu by 9–14 times between 2010 and 2020. This carbonation represents the partial re-absorption of previously emitted cement-related CO<sub>2</sub> rather than an independent net atmospheric carbon sink comparable to forest sequestration. Fine-scale analysis further reveals nonlinear effects: under intense urbanization, concrete structures demonstrate a sequestration capacity that not only rivals but can surpass natural carbon sinks, forming a coupled human–natural metabolism system. Under a gross uptake–focused accounting boundary rather than a net carbon sink, these findings highlight the urgency of redefining carbon sink boundaries. Excluding anthropogenic sinks distorts responsibility allocation and places urbanized regions at a disadvantage. We argue for their formal integration into international carbon accounting standards, climate negotiations, and urban decarbonization strategies. Such a shift enhances systemic climate resilience, promotes fairness, and incentivizes carbon-positive infrastructure. Our framework provides a transferable model for rethinking carbon governance in the Anthropocene.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148289"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147741969","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}
Yong Niu , Yibo Yuan , Yani Wang , Changyuan Wang , Xinhao Zhang , Yanyan Fang , Yuze Zhang , Shaolei Xie , Xiaowu Peng , Hailong Lu , Xin Zhou , Lianying Wu , Dong Shi , Lijuan Li
{"title":"Retraction notice to “Unlocking industrial-scale lithium extraction from salt lake brines: A comprehensive sustainability, life cycle, and techno-economic comparative analysis” [J. Clean. Prod. 525 (2025) 146535]","authors":"Yong Niu , Yibo Yuan , Yani Wang , Changyuan Wang , Xinhao Zhang , Yanyan Fang , Yuze Zhang , Shaolei Xie , Xiaowu Peng , Hailong Lu , Xin Zhou , Lianying Wu , Dong Shi , Lijuan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148118","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"558 ","pages":"Article 148118"},"PeriodicalIF":10.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147708743","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}
Yihang Zhou, Shuai Deng, Zhen Tian, Ke Li, Meng Lin, Li Zhao, Chunfeng Li, Xiaohan Zhao, Yijiang Tian, Wenjing Zhang, Min Shi
{"title":"Evaluating the role of onboard carbon capture and storage system in remedial unit balancing under the IMO net-zero framework: Insights from GFI and 4E analysis","authors":"Yihang Zhou, Shuai Deng, Zhen Tian, Ke Li, Meng Lin, Li Zhao, Chunfeng Li, Xiaohan Zhao, Yijiang Tian, Wenjing Zhang, Min Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":349,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cleaner Production","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147598685","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}