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Factors influencing construction waste generation: perspectives from India 影响建筑垃圾产生的因素:来自印度的观点

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.23.00006

V. Chellappa, Angelin Lincy Gunasekaran, Kalaimani Ramakrishnan

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Editorial: Embracing the circular economy – revolutionising construction through waste utilisation for improved material quality and performance 社论:拥抱循环经济-通过废物利用来改善材料质量和性能，从而彻底改变建筑

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.2023.176.3.94

C. Chroni

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Influence of recycled fines on strength and alkali–silica reactivity in cement composites 再生细粉对水泥复合材料强度和碱-硅反应性的影响

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00002

Natália Salamoni, Gustavo Toigo, Joana Sousa-Coutinho

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Co-digestion of mushroom compost with switchgrass using solid–state anaerobic digester 利用固态厌氧沼气池对蘑菇堆肥与柳枝稷进行共消化

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-06-02 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00009

R. Nair, A. Thalla, V. V. Nair

{"title":"Co-digestion of mushroom compost with switchgrass using solid–state anaerobic digester","authors":"R. Nair, A. Thalla, V. V. Nair","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.22.00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00009","url":null,"abstract":"Spent Mushroom Compost (SMC) already broken down into smaller particles by fungal action is an ideal material for producing biogas. Two cycles of five Solid State Anaerobic Digesters (SS-ADs) with different mix-ratio of SMC and Switchgrass (SG) were operated at feedstock-to-effluent ratio (F/E) of 2 at a temperature 35±2°C. The total solids concentration of the digester was kept at ∼17%. Initial biogas production observed during the start-up of the digester confirmed the presence of readily available extractives for digestion. In the first cycle, the highest methane yield was observed in SMC 0 (0% SMC + 100% SG) of 28.82 L/kg VS/d and the lowest yield was observed in SMC 4 (100% SMC + 0% SG) as 10.32 L/kg VS/d. The substrate containing 100% SG (SMC 0) recorded the highest cumulative biogas yield of 295.43 L/kg VS in 63 days. The digesters with higher SMC fraction showed lower methane production, low pH value, and high VFA content upon decomposition. The SS-ADs having SMC/SG of 50:50 showed more than 2 times methane production in comparison with SS-ADs having SMC as sole substrate. An estimation of volumetric productivity also established a linear relationship with the SMC/SG ratio.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75064913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial: Sustainable waste management via material recovery and energy production 社论:通过材料回收和能源生产实现可持续废物管理

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.2023.176.2.30

L. Y. Ng, R. Tan, D. Ng

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Treatment of human waste in small-scale facilities: a prospective review 小型设施中人类排泄物的处理:前瞻性综述

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00017

C. Rodriguez, A. Hursthouse, Z. El-Hassan

{"title":"Treatment of human waste in small-scale facilities: a prospective review","authors":"C. Rodriguez, A. Hursthouse, Z. El-Hassan","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.22.00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00017","url":null,"abstract":"A sustainable approach to the small-scale treatment of portable toilet and septic tank waste is in need in order to minimize the associated public health and environmental risks. Treatment of human wastes is highly regulated by legislation in many countries given the high content of organic components and pathogens. In conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), sewage undergoes a series of treatment stages (primary, secondary and tertiary) before effluent discharge. Delivering this approach at a small scale, to meet demands of temporary events, public gatherings or remote locations provides benefits in reducing transport and bulk handling. For a small-scale treatment process to effectively work the process steps need to be simplified and minimized. We review the potential of a new treatment scheme where the first step is the solid-liquid fraction separation, followed by the anaerobic digestion of the solid fraction including energy recovery in a combined heat and power (CHP) unit. The liquid fraction undergoes a series of filtration and disinfection steps to comply with effluent regulations. Digestate from anaerobic digestion is burned on site to provide local domestic/office heating. This approach has a great potential for application in different locations where inputs may be sporadic, such as outdoor festivals, disaster response scenarios and construction sites.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90489004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating the potential of waste polyethylene in concrete 研究废弃聚乙烯在混凝土中的潜力

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00028

Hammad Ghafoor, S. Abbas, S. Shahid, Shahid Ali

{"title":"Investigating the potential of waste polyethylene in concrete","authors":"Hammad Ghafoor, S. Abbas, S. Shahid, Shahid Ali","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.22.00028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00028","url":null,"abstract":"It is significant to use recycled waste plastic bags in concrete to solve the issue of the disposal of leftover polyethylene in the environment. This research incorporated the plastic bags’ polyethylene into concrete and evaluated the mechanical properties of concrete, to reduce cracking to some extent and increase the tensile & flexural strengths and deformation capacity. Six mixtures were used with varying percentages of waste plastic bags (i.e., 0%, 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9%, 1.2%, and 1.5%). The sorptivity test was conducted following ASTM C1585 and the volume of permeable voids test was according to the ASTM C642 requirements. The pullout strength of the steel rebar in a concrete cylinder was also determined. With waste polyethylene, it was noted that the flexural strength increased, pull-out bond strength declined and initial sorptivity increased. This decline in the volume of permeable voids was due to the heterogeneity of the mixture which leads to the low density of the mixture due to waste plastic bags. Experiments proved that substituting plastic bags for fine aggregates in concrete, increases flexural and split tensile strengths while decreasing compressive and pullout strength.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76304963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Circular economy landfills for temporary storage and treatment of mineral-rich wastes 循环经济填埋场用于临时储存和处理富含矿物质的废物

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-01-27 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00008

D. Sapsford, D. I. Stewart, Dannielle E. Sinnett, I. Burke, P. Cleall, M. Harbottle, W. Mayes, N. Owen, A. Sardo, A. Weightman

{"title":"Circular economy landfills for temporary storage and treatment of mineral-rich wastes","authors":"D. Sapsford, D. I. Stewart, Dannielle E. Sinnett, I. Burke, P. Cleall, M. Harbottle, W. Mayes, N. Owen, A. Sardo, A. Weightman","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.22.00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00008","url":null,"abstract":"Many countries face serious strategic challenges with the future supply of both aggregates and critical elements. Yet, at the same time, they must sustainably manage continued multimillion tonne annual arisings of mineral-dominated wastes from mining and industry. In an antithesis of Circular Economy principles, these wastes continue to be landfilled despite often comprising valuable components, such as critical metals, soil macronutrients and mineral components which sequester atmospheric CO2. In this paper, the authors aim to introduce a new concept for value recovery from mineral-rich wastes where materials are temporarily stored and cleaned in landfill-like repositories designed to be mined later. The time in storage is utilised for remediating contaminated materials and separating and concentrating valuable components. It is proposed that this could be achieved through engineering the repository to accelerate “lithomimetic” processes, i.e. those mimicking natural supergene processes responsible for the formation of secondary ores. This paper summarises the concept and justifications and outlines fundamental aspects of how this new concept might be applied to the design of future repositories. The proposed concept aims to end the current “linear” landfilling of mineral-rich wastes in favour of reuse as aggregates and ores.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82641546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Prioritising critical attributes for the management of materials procurement and construction waste 优先处理材料采购和建筑垃圾管理的关键属性

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-01-03 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.22.00013

C. Chidiobi, C. Booth, J. Lamond

{"title":"Prioritising critical attributes for the management of materials procurement and construction waste","authors":"C. Chidiobi, C. Booth, J. Lamond","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.22.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00013","url":null,"abstract":"Construction and demolition waste constitutes the largest municipal solid waste (MSW) globally with environmental concerns. However, waste management is not considered a priority objective in construction compared to time and cost. Therefore, construction practitioners’ waste management priority is evaluated in this study. A review of the literature revealed waste management attributes from multiple perspectives. A questionnaire survey was adopted to solicit practitioners’ contributions on their importance. Then, the attributes were prioritised and categorised into high, medium and low priorities using the Voting Analytical Hierarchy Process (VAHP). Empirical results indicate that the high priority materials procurement attributes were alliance with suppliers, a take-back clause in suppliers’ agreement document, accurate material quantification, accurate material ordering, and just-in-time delivery (JIT) plan. Senior managers’ early commitment to waste minimisation, effective communication among project participants, making subcontractors responsible for their waste, identifying recyclable materials and identifying reusable materials were high-priority attributes for managing waste in the construction stage. The findings of this study indicate areas where contractors should focus effort to improve waste management in the industry by collaborating with subcontractors and suppliers. Future studies should focus on developing frameworks that provide actionable means for implementing waste management attributes identified in this research.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76896765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial: Our future begins here and now 社论:我们的未来从此时此地开始

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.2023.176.1.1

M. Promentilla

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