{"title":"Mercury waste management in China: implications on the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury","authors":"Ziying Zhao, Jini Yang, Mei Zhao, Jianxin Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01742-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01742-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Existing management standards in China for mercury waste classification and disposal and those of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (the Convention) differ to some extent. To address this knowledge gap, herein, we introduced the mercury-related industrial sectors, solid waste management regulations, and policies, and analyzed the influence of the Convention’s definition and related technical guidelines on mercury waste management in China. The results revealed several pressing issues for China: inconsistency in the classification of mercury wastes between the Convention and the National Catalogue of Hazardous Wastes (NCHW), insufficient specificity in the declaration of mercury wastes, and lack of disposal capacity and practices on liquid mercury disposal. Accordingly, we analyzed the need to improve the mercury waste management system and proposed suggestions to enhance the capacity building for mercury waste management in an environmentally sound way. This study contributed to the understanding of relevant government apparatus to enhance the current solid waste supervision system, improve the existing standard system on mercury waste identification and disposal, and facilitate the implementation of the Convention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"2584 - 2598"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4651000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Sustainability of recycling plastic waste as fibers for concrete: a review","authors":"Juan Pablo Ojeda, Irma Teresa Mercante","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01729-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01729-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Plastic waste management is of global concern while construction industry keeps searching for innovations to become more sustainable. In this scenario, recycling plastic waste as fibers for reinforcement of concrete stands out as a promising alternative to address both problems. In the last decade, many reviews have focused on how plastic fibers affect concrete properties and how waste can be used to produce these fibers. This paper presents an umbrella review of 47 previous reviews published from 2008 to 2021, covering papers from 1949 to 2021. As a result, bases were set to clarify the full life cycle of recycled plastic fiber-reinforced concrete (RP-FRC), including circularity strategies, to strengthen consistent contributions to the area in the future. The review compares and discusses the types of plastic waste suitable for producing plastic fibers, the effects of recycled plastic fibers on concrete properties and the sustainability of this recycling alternative. Finally, recommendations and unanswered questions for further research were formulated.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000 <figure><div><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></div></figure>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"2753 - 2765"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4496865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
Aida Hosseinian, Anita Pettersson, Jenni Ylä-Mella, Eva Pongrácz
{"title":"Phosphorus recovery methods from secondary resources, assessment of overall benefits and barriers with focus on the Nordic countries","authors":"Aida Hosseinian, Anita Pettersson, Jenni Ylä-Mella, Eva Pongrácz","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01747-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01747-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Phosphorus (P) recovery and recycling play a crucial role in improving resource efficiency, sustainable nutrient management and moving toward circular economy. Increasing demand for fertilizers, signs of geopolitical constraints, and high discharge of P to waterbodies are the other reasons to pursue the circularity of P. Various research have been carrying out and several processes have been developed for P-recovery from different resources. However, there is still a huge unexplored potential for P-recovery specially in the regional framework from the four main P-rich waste resources: food waste, manure, mining waste, and sewage sludge. This study reviews recovery methods of P from these secondary resources comprehensively. Additionally, it analyzes the Nordic viewpoint of P-cycle by evaluating Nordic reserves, demands, and secondary resources to gain a systematic assessment of how Nordic countries could move toward circular economy of P. Results of this study show that secondary resources of P in Nordic countries have the potential of replacing mineral fertilizer in these countries to a considerable extent. However, to overcome the challenges of P-recovery from studied resources, policymakers and researchers need to take decisions and make innovation along each other to open the new possibilities for Nordic economy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3104 - 3116"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-023-01747-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4464822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
Jia Yuik Chong, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal Ngadiman
{"title":"Critical enablers and inhibitors for economic sustainability in the supply and demand of end-of-life vehicles in Malaysia: a SWOT analysis","authors":"Jia Yuik Chong, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Nor Hasrul Akhmal Ngadiman","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01738-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01738-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>End-of-life vehicles (ELV) management is essential for sustainable development and waste minimization. However, the ELV recycling companies are facing supply and demand uncertainties in the product recovery of ELV. This study aims to identify the critical enablers and inhibitors for economic sustainability in Malaysia’s supply and demand of ELV. The study adopted a qualitative interview approach in six ELV-related case companies. A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis was performed to assess the identified enablers (strengths and opportunities) and inhibitors (weaknesses and threats). The common strengths presented are the quality of cores (used parts) received and the strategic location of the case companies to optimize the reverse logistic network. The highlighted weaknesses are lack of established standard operating procedures, low employee specialization skills, and poor adoption of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies. The identified opportunity includes specific market demand from targeted customers, while the most prevalent threats are supply uncertainty in quantities of cores, no ELV policy in Malaysia, an inadequate subsidy system, customer misconceptions, and a market acceptance barrier for ELV products. The case companies and relevant stakeholders can formulate appropriate business strategies and policy frameworks to improve economic sustainability for optimizing the value chain of ELV in Malaysia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3048 - 3064"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4306111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"The effect of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic on the use of personal protective equipment in hospitals","authors":"Tijana Ivanović, Carolin Gräbsch, Claudia Som, Bernd Nowack","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01745-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01745-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Covid pandemic has strongly affected the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the medical sector. Our aim was to assess the influence of Covid on PPE use within a German hospital by analyzing PPE use in four years prior to Covid and in 2020/2021. Numbers of items and mass of different types of PPE were determined based on procurement data. The results show that for the use of gloves the pandemic only had a small effect on the number of items. For body protection there was a clear trend toward a decrease in the number of items used in the years before the pandemic due to actions by the hospital toward a better environmental footprint which was partially reversed by the pandemic. The number of masks on the other hand doubled during the pandemic. Expressed in mass of PPE per patient and day, 15 g of masks, 121 g of gloves, and 183 g of body protection are used, resulting in a total of 319 g of PPE per patient and day. As medical waste has a specific treatment, no direct environmental effects of PPE use in hospitals in a region with well-developed waste treatment system are expected.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3093 - 3103"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-023-01745-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4253300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Encouraging sustainable clothing disposal: consumers’ social recycling motivations in Turkey","authors":"Esra Öztürk, Ayşe Şahin","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01739-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01739-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nowadays, textile waste arising from increasing clothing production, consumption, and disposal activities has led to environmental, social, and economic sustainability problems. Encouraging sustainable clothing disposal methods that extend the useful life of products is an effective way to deal with textile waste. One of the most sustainable clothing disposal methods is social recycling, which entails giving away unused products by allowing other consumers to obtain them for free. Thus, this study aims to investigate the motivations affecting the consumers’ social recycling behaviors in Turkey. In this context, online and offline surveys were conducted on 478 participants and analyzed utilizing structural equation modeling. The findings show that altruism, the warm glow of giving, and social benefits influenced social recycling behavior, while environmentalism had no effect. These results support the social exchange theory which proposes that both other-oriented and self-serving motivations affect behavior. One of the most crucial findings of the study is that the warm glow of giving has a mediating effect between altruism and social recycling behavior. This research is also important in terms of revealing that women engage in more social recycling behavior than men. The findings have important implications for practitioners and researchers interested in sustainable clothing disposal.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3021 - 3032"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4211996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
Daniel Moro Druzian, Pâmela Cristine Ladwig Muraro, Leandro Rodrigues Oviedo, Matheus Londero da Costa, Robson Dias Wouters, Sthéfany Nunes Loureiro, William Leonardo da Silva, João Henrique Zimnoch dos Santos
{"title":"Removal of Hg2+ ions by adsorption using (TiO2@MnO2)-NPs nanocomposite","authors":"Daniel Moro Druzian, Pâmela Cristine Ladwig Muraro, Leandro Rodrigues Oviedo, Matheus Londero da Costa, Robson Dias Wouters, Sthéfany Nunes Loureiro, William Leonardo da Silva, João Henrique Zimnoch dos Santos","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01743-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01743-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Waste water contaminated with inorganic mercury is considered a serious environmental problem, mainly due to the hazardous effects this contaminant causes on human health. Thus, the present work aims to evaluate the potentiality of the bimetallic nanoadsorbent ((TiO<sub>2</sub>@MnO<sub>2</sub>)-NPs) obtained from the biosynthesis in the mercury ions (Hg<sup>2+</sup>) removal by adsorption. (TiO<sub>2</sub>@MnO<sub>2</sub>)-NPs was synthesized from <i>Aloe vera</i> and <i>Matricaria recutita</i> extracts. The nanoadsorbent was characterized by XRD, ZP, and pH<sub>ZCP</sub>. The results confirmed the production of a nanoadsorbent with an average particle diameter around 25?nm. (TiO<sub>2</sub>@MnO<sub>2</sub>)-NPs showed negative surface charge (??11.32?mV), and pH<sub>ZCP</sub>?≈?7.65. Regarding Hg<sup>2+</sup> adsorption, the removal was 86.15%. Adsorption data were fitted by Khan (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> 0.96, <i>q</i><sub>e</sub>?=?28.07?mg?g<sup>?1</sup>) and intraparticle diffusion (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> 0.97, <i>q</i><sub><i>t</i></sub>?=?28.84?mg?g<sup>?1</sup>) models. Thermodynamics suggested the adsorption is exothermic process (Δ<i>H</i>?=???73.93?kJ?mol<sup>?1</sup>), with decrease of the randomness (Δ<i>S</i>?=?0.24?kJ?mol<sup>?1</sup>?K<sup>?1</sup>) in the solid–liquid interface, being favorable under temperature below 298.15?K (Δ<i>G</i>?=???1.16?kJ?mol<sup>?1</sup>). (TiO<sub>2</sub>@MnO<sub>2</sub>)-NPs resulted in more than 80% Hg<sup>2+</sup> removal after six cycles of adsorption. Therefore, nanoparticles containing titanium and manganese can be effectively used for the adsorption of Hg<sup>2+</sup> ions, collaborating with the environment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"2691 - 2705"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4211663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Situational analysis of plastic waste management in India and Japan: cross-country learnings to increase plastic circularity","authors":"Sayaka Ono, Gayathri Govindarajan, Chettiyappan Visvanathan","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01737-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01737-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Plastic waste is a growing environmental concern. This study compared plastic waste management between India and Japan using SWOT analysis and a comparison of the five landscapes of the plastic value chain. A <i>t</i> test and multiple linear regression analyzed the differences. The comparison revealed that the status of plastic waste generation and raw material production is different in the two countries. Notably Japan’s per capita plastic waste is 67.4?kg annually, significantly higher than India’s 6.9?kg. However, India’s amount is rapidly increasing, while Japan’s amount has not increased. Additionally, plastic raw material production has significantly impacted on plastic waste generation in both countries. The SWOT analysis showed that India and Japan have different trends in plastic waste management. The study found that India should create an enabling environment that considers the cost of separate collection, the local government’s willingness to participate, and the availability of a market for recycled products, in addition to the formulation of regulations. Japan can leverage India’s initiatives, like prioritizing material recycling and creating swift campaigns. By considering the successes and challenges of plastic waste management in both, a way for leapfrogging can be paved.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3033 - 3047"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4505047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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":"Applicability of used disposable diapers for soil amendment and the effect of calcium supply","authors":"Tsuneyoshi Endo, Yuya Nagai, Sadahiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Otaka, Toru Miyajima, Hiromi Nanbu, Keiichiro Tonbe, Satoshi Ishioka, Jun Yamamoto","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01730-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01730-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, the demand for disposal diapers has been increasing with population aging. We examined the applicability of using used paper diapers as soil improvement materials. Komatsuna were cultivated by using Entisols and Andosols with applying the materials that were recycled from disposal diapers. Diaper ash was prepared by sufficiently incinerating used disposable diapers at 800?℃ after they were dehydrated, washed, sterilized, and deodorized, and the calcium material with saturation by calcium chloride solution that were assumed the recycled super absorbent polymers of disposable diapers were used for materials. The prepared diaper ash and calcium material were applied to both soils. The shoot fresh weight and shoot dry weight of the plant with the diaper ash and calcium material were significantly higher in the case of the Entisols, and that with the diaper ash was significantly higher in the case of the Andosols. The calcium absorption amount in the plant was significantly high after the application of calcium material on the Entisols and that of diaper ash on Andosols. Overall, it was concluded that used disposable diaper can be used as the soil acidic correction and calcium materials and that they effectively promote plant growth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"2976 - 2983"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4031685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}
Yongsheng Du, Yuhang Guo, Guangyu Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Leibo Deng, Hua Chen, Ming Zhao
{"title":"Preparation of glass–ceramics from blast furnace slag and its heavy metal curing properties","authors":"Yongsheng Du, Yuhang Guo, Guangyu Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Leibo Deng, Hua Chen, Ming Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s10163-023-01744-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-023-01744-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>High-performance slag glass–ceramics were prepared by melting method using rare earth-containing blast furnace slag as the main raw material and Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> as composite nucleating agents. The influence of ZnO on the structure and properties of glass–ceramics was studied by changing the addition amount of ZnO. The existence state and solidification mechanism of heavy metals Zn, Mn, Cr and rare earth ions in glass–ceramics were also analyzed simultaneously. The results showed that the high electric field characteristics of Cr ions contributed to the formation of spinel phase, while Zn and Mn ions can enter the spinel crystal by substitution and exist stably. The Zn ions were mainly distributed in the spinel phase and glass phase, and the Zn ions in the glass phase affected the physicochemical properties of glass–ceramics by changing the glass network structure. In addition, the rare earth ions were mainly found in the augite and glass phases. The leaching characteristics of heavy metals in glass–ceramics showed that the leaching concentrations of heavy metals Zn, Mn and Cr ions were much lower than the standard value of hazardous waste leaching toxicity, indicated that glass–ceramics have good curing effects on Zn, Mn and Cr ions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"25 5","pages":"3081 - 3092"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5156819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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}