Haldun ÇOLAK, Mustafa YİĞİT, Nil BELGİN BOYACI, Yener ŞİŞMAN, Deniz KAĞNICIOĞLU, Celal Hakan KAĞNICIOĞLU
{"title":"Do not waste “Pickers”: exploring the intention to join waste picker cooperatives","authors":"Haldun ÇOLAK, Mustafa YİĞİT, Nil BELGİN BOYACI, Yener ŞİŞMAN, Deniz KAĞNICIOĞLU, Celal Hakan KAĞNICIOĞLU","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02049-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02049-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objective of this study is to investigate the intention of waste pickers to participate in waste picker cooperatives. According to research, cooperatives improve waste pickers' quality of life. However, it is unclear how waste pickers perceive and interpret what is provided to them and if these advantages affect their attitudes and intentions. We provide a unique theoretical model that explains waste pickers’ intentions to join cooperatives by incorporating the theory of planned behavior. A total of 112 waste pickers, consisting of both Turkish individuals and immigrants, were included in the data collection process. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling, utilizing multi-group analysis by including social exclusion and nationality as moderators. One of the most striking findings is that pickers’ feeling of control over their planned action does not affect their intention to join cooperatives without an attitude. To clarify, waste pickers must initially develop a positive attitude towards perceiving the joining behavior as effortless. Our research also shows that socially excluded people trust and value cooperatives more, regardless of their nationality. This pioneering study on waste pickers’ willingness to join cooperatives and other novel findings will benefit scholars and policymakers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3482 - 3494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193093","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":"Comparative life-cycle assessment of molten salt and impregnation methods for producing activated carbon from sewage sludge","authors":"En Shi, Shuai Zhang, Miao Zhang, Shasha Liu, Yuliang Zou, Xiangzhi Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02052-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02052-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The implementation of life-cycle assessment (LCA) was to quantify the potential environmental impact of activated carbon production from sewage sludge by the molten salt and impregnation methods. Based on the experiments of the molten salt and impregnation methods, a flowchart was developed and the environmental impact was determined. The results showed that the environmental impacts dominated by roasting, followed by grinding or impregnating and finally by washing and drying. The uses of electricity and ZnCl<sub>2</sub> in the production of activated carbon were the main factors causing environmental impact. The energy consumptions of the molten salt and impregnation methods were 56.16 and 73.44 MJ/kg activated carbon, respectively. The global warming potential of the molten salt and impregnation methods was found to be 14.68 and 17.15 kg CO<sub>2</sub> eq/kg activated carbon, respectively. The impregnation method had higher energy consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions than those for the molten salt method. The LCA showed that the molten salt method offered environmental advantages in most impact categories in comparison with the impregnation method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3460 - 3469"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-024-02052-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193121","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}
Baha Vural Kök, Zülfü Yetkin, Erkut Yalçin, Ahmet Münir Özdemir
{"title":"Efficient use of waste photopolymer plates in bitumen modification and an alternative styrene–butadiene–styrene modification method","authors":"Baha Vural Kök, Zülfü Yetkin, Erkut Yalçin, Ahmet Münir Özdemir","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02047-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02047-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photopolymers, which are composed of monomer, oligomer polymer, and their combinations and exhibit photochemical reactions when exposed to light, are now commonly employed in 3D printers, particularly in the flexographic printing industry, and are becoming waste. The utilization of waste solid sheet Photopolymer Plates (PhP) for bitumen modification is an efficient way of disposing of post-consumer items and an alternate method of obtaining new, high-quality modifiers. The consequences of using waste PhP in bitumen modification, both independently and in conjunction with Styrene–Butadiene–Styrene (SBS) were explored. By combining PhP and SBS, it is hoped that savings can be made without sacrificing performance due to the high rate of single SBS modification. The modified binders prepared using PhP and SBS both separately and together were subjected to conventional and rheological tests. The performance of 5% SBS modification could not be achieved at the highest rate that PhP can be used alone without creating a workability problem. The use of 5–7% PhP in combination with 2% SBS outperformed the single 5% SBS modification. This combined binder did not cause workability problems and showed good low and high-temperature behavior and was found to be an economical alternative to SBS modification.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3416 - 3432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-024-02047-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193156","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":"Synergistic valorization of wheat husk-derived HZSM-5 catalyst in pyrolysis of polystyrene and polypropylene: sustainable waste-to-energy conversion enhanced by machine learning models","authors":"Prathiba Rex, Kalil Rahiman","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02048-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02048-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current study aims to model and optimize the catalytic pyrolysis of plastics, incorporating an agricultural biomass waste-derived catalyst. Polystyrene (PSW) and polypropylene (PPW) are experimented with thermal and catalytic pyrolysis. Agricultural biomass waste (wheat husk) was selected and acid treated with sulfuric acid (HZSM-5<sub>SA</sub>) and hydrochloric acid (HZSM-5<sub>CA</sub>), and then used as catalyst. Thermal and catalytic pyrolysis were conducted in a semi batch reactor, with reaction temperature (500 ℃) and different ratios (10:1, 10:2 & 10:3). At a ratio 10:2, PSW with HZSM-5<sub>SA</sub> produced 91.19 wt.% of oil yield and PPW with HZSM-5<sub>SA</sub> produced 85.73 wt.% of oil yield. The catalyst HZSM-5<sub>SA</sub> was effective in the reduction of reaction temperature and time, it decreased from 450 ℃ to 437 ℃ and 22 min to 14 min for PSW. Catalyst activity was also observed for PPW, the reaction temperature decreased from 471 ℃ to 456 ℃ and 34 min to 19 min. Oil properties were determined and it was found that the kinematic viscosity of oil obtained from PSW with HZSM-5<sub>SA</sub> was 2.53 cSt, which coincide with the diesel Bharat Stage (BS VI 2020). Total conversion of pyrolysis products was predicted using six Machine Learning (ML) models such as Random Forest, Support Vector, K-Nearest Neighbor, Decision Tree, AdaBoost, and Gradient Boost. Among all the models, the Gradient Boost regressor model had a good evaluation metrics of R<sup>2</sup> value of 0.984 and RMSE of 0.019, respectively. This study illustrates the use of ML models to predict the total conversion and their correlation matrix with target and feature variables. This study also highlights that cost-effective catalyst can be prepared from biomass (wheat husk) and the use of ML models to train the datasets and evaluate the actual and predicted values.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3433 - 3445"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142193090","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 impact of environmental education, knowledge, and facility on pre-service teachers’ intention toward waste separation and recycling on campus: teacher education institution in Indonesia case study","authors":"Ardyanto Tanjung, Indriyani Rachman, Toru Matsumoto","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02043-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02043-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Engaging aspiring pre-service teachers (PsTs) is crucial for achieving sustainable waste separation and recycling levels within the academic community. In this study, we considered three supplementary factors from the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to elucidate the formation of actions related to engaging in waste separation and recycling intention on campus (WSRIs). An online survey, utilizing a questionnaire, was administered to over 530 PsTs in East Java, Indonesia, comprising 380 females and 152 males. Structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the main factors and paths influencing WSRIs. The waste separation and recycling intention of PsTs were primarily influenced by five internal subjective factors and three external factors. Among these, environmental education (EE), perceived behavioral control, and environmental knowledge (EK) displayed the most significant associations, with EE having the greatest direct effect. Conversely, attitude had minimal effect on WSRIs. Moreover, to improve waste separation and recycling practices on campus, it is recommended to integrate EK into daily life, emphasizing its importance in achieving these sustainable goals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3917 - 3927"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141938922","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":"Recycling industrial byproduct gypsum for use as plastering materials by the tandem pyro-hydro process: impurities removal, whiteness improvement, and regularity of phase evolution","authors":"Zhengqiang Zheng, Changzhou Weng, Zeyu Kang, Minhua Zhong, Changyong Yu, Zhang Lin, Weizhen Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02044-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02044-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In China, large amounts of industrial byproduct gypsum (IBG) end up as waste and excessive stockpiling due to its low whiteness and high impurity content. In this study, two typical IBG including phosphogypsum (PG) and flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGDG) were the research object. The impurities removal and the whiteness improvement by the tandem pyro-hydro process were investigated. Species of impurities, mechanism of whiteness improvement and the evolution of the gypsum phase during the tandem process were revealed. The results indicate that the impurities responsible for the poor whiteness of IBG included organic matter, carbon particles, and silicates. The temperature of the pyro process is the critical factor. The IBG is calcinated at 400–500 °C to fully remove organic matter and carbon particles, while decompose silicates to silica. Following, in the hydro step, the calcined IBG was treated with dilute sulfuric acid (0.2–1.0 M) to remove ion impurities such as Fe(III), the higher temperature and higher acidity are favorable to the production of valuable CaSO<sub>4</sub>. After treatment, the whiteness of IBG was improved from below 40% to above 80%, and the soluble impurity content can meet the standards. Moreover, both PG and FGDG products exhibited a compressive strength exceeding 10.0 MPa of curing for 7 d. This work provides theoretical guidance to promote the resource utilization of IBG, especially as plastering materials after purification and whitening.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3384 - 3396"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939051","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":"Selection of biomass and bioenergy applications from rice production waste: an integrated method of a circular bioeconomy-based fuzzy inference system and portfolio decision analysis","authors":"Abdolvahhab Fetanat, Mohsen Tayebi, Mehran Moteraghi","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02045-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02045-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Circular bioeconomy (CBE) strategies purpose to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs) with mitigating greenhouse gasses emissions. By employing a portfolio theory, we have been shown that an enhancement in the circularity of resources can be occurred utilizing the choice of suitable economic securities in relation to the food wastes. An integrated method of a CBE-based fuzzy inference system and portfolio decision analysis is considered to analyze the biomass and bioenergy applications (economic securities) of generated wastes from the rice production process as food waste. The results show that among the ten economic securities, five applications have the highest weights with regard to the effectiveness of CBE strategies. They are (1) soil incorporation, (2) srganic fertilizers, (3) she industry of paper, wood, and building materials, (4) Clean electrical energy production, and (5) snimal feeding. These are selected as the most appropriate economic securities for the sustainable management of rice production waste in Behbahan city, Iran. This review can give a deeper analysis of circular solutions to extant linear pathways that play a significant role in the enhancement of food security and environmental sustainability in future. Implementing this method in food-waste management can facilitate the realization of SDGs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 6","pages":"3397 - 3415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-024-02045-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141923743","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}
Dongyong Zhang, Jingjing Chen, Stephen Morse, Bingjun Li
{"title":"Waste-separation behaviour and environmental education in China, a perspective of primary- and middle-school students and teachers","authors":"Dongyong Zhang, Jingjing Chen, Stephen Morse, Bingjun Li","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02038-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02038-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The research reported in this paper was designed to investigate the interconnection between students’ environmental education (EE) and their waste-separation behaviour, with students’ attitude, knowledge and sense of responsibility being the mediate factors, and explores how EE in schools could be improved. A questionnaire-based survey was employed and the views of 600 primary- and middle-school (PMS) students and 175 teachers in Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, China were obtained. The results indicate that EE in Chinese schools positively affects students’ waste separation behaviour by affecting their attitude to waste separation. But the current EE in Chinese schools has not been able to improve students’ sense of responsibility for environmental protection. The incentives for teachers to include EE in their teaching includes the belief that EE in school would pass environmental knowledge to the students and cultivate their pro-environmental attitude which would eventually benefit the environment and society in the long run and the school’s requirement of using EE in the classroom. The main barriers are the schools’ neglect of EE and the teachers’ lack of EE knowledge. Suggestions for teachers and policy-makers at school level and local government level are put forward to improve EE in school and thereby improve students’ waste separation behaviour.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 5","pages":"3167 - 3179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-024-02038-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141938991","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}
Naveed Ahmed, Muhammad Asad Ali, Muhammad Sana, Madiha Rafaqat, Ateekh Ur Rehman
{"title":"Application of material flow cost accounting (MFCA) in waste reduction: a case study on small and medium-scaled enterprise (SME) corrugation packages industry","authors":"Naveed Ahmed, Muhammad Asad Ali, Muhammad Sana, Madiha Rafaqat, Ateekh Ur Rehman","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02039-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02039-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nowadays, due to inadequate resource utilization and a lack of comprehensive accounting procedures, many firms face substantial issues in controlling their environmental and cost-related implications. As the global emphasis on sustainability and resource efficiency grows, there is an increasing need for Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) adoption to meet these concerns. In this case study, a small and medium-scaled enterprise (SME) i.e., Corrugation Packages Industry in Pakistan has been selected. The formation of a corrugation box has been considered to evaluate the process waste based on MFCA analysis. The identified areas with high negative costs and their reasons are also elaborated with proposed MFCA-based solutions. The positive and negative costs of entire process have been further examined by material cost (MC), system cost (SC), energy cost (EC), and waste management cost (WC). By successful implementation of the MFCA, it has been found that an improvement in the total cost of about 11.11% (MC), 29.61% (SC), 9.32% (EC), 92.57% (WC) have been obtained, whereas the enhancement in positive costs of about 9.82% (MC), 31.31% (SC), 9.88% (EC), 95.08% (WC) have been recorded, and reduction in negative costs of about 29.50% (MC), 36.56% (SC), 35.52% (EC), and 69.83% (WC) have been noted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 5","pages":"3217 - 3247"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939050","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":"Evaluating the performance of citric acid and maleic acid for mixed-acid leaching of critical metals from spent lithium-ion batteries","authors":"Chelsea Burgess, Emenike G. Okonkwo, Yinghe He","doi":"10.1007/s10163-024-02041-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10163-024-02041-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Leaching, especially using mixtures of organic acids, can reduce the chemical requirement of organic acid leaching of metals. This work investigates the performance of maleic acid and citric acid and their potential synergy in a mixed-acid leaching system for the recovery of valuable metals from the cathode material of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The influence of key leaching parameters such as acid concentration, temperature and reducing agent (fructose) were examined. As single acids, citric acid proved to be a stronger lixiviant than maleic acid. 83% Li, 84%Mn, 80% Co and 80%Ni was leached using 0.5 M citric acid at a temperature of 90 °C after 60 min. As mixtures, the leaching of the metals showed significant dependence on the ratio of the acids and increased with the proportion of citric acid, indicating that citric acid is the dominant lixiviant. However, the performance of the mixtures of citric acid and maleic acid was lower than that of the individual acids, thus demonstrating lack of synergy. Spectra analysis of the leachates confirmed the formation of metal complexes and interactions between citric and maleic acid, and explains the observed performance of the acid mixtures. Overall, this work reveals that not all organic acid mixtures are synergic.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":643,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management","volume":"26 5","pages":"3205 - 3216"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-024-02041-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939052","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}