Development of an Adhesive Based on Waste Management as a Mechanism Towards Sustainability

Montalvo-Romero, Nayeli; Montiel-Rosales, Aarón; Fernández-Lambert, Gregorio; Fernández-Echeverría, Eduardo

doi:10.3390/su142013225

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“…In this sense, research in recent years incorporates SC and HC among the factors which support resilience in a turbulent historical period as sources of environmental consciousness (e.g., [34,35]). Our research on the "interaction effect" on waste management can therefore suggest a new way of investigating one of the fundamental practices-efficient waste management-that can be considered the basis of the circular economy [36][37][38].…”

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Pro-Environmental Determinants of Waste Separation: Does the Interaction of Human and Social Capital Matter? Evidence from Italian Provinces

2023

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Sustainable practices should include proper incentives and involve a large part of the population to achieve a significant environmental impact. Human capital is considered one of the factors that affect pro-environmental behaviours: more educated people tend to be more aware of waste management processes. Another factor is social capital, as far as the feeling of belonging to a society might involve people in adopting sustainable practices. However, these two concepts are strictly related and deserve to be studied as complementary to each other. Thus, this article investigates whether social capital might support waste recycling when interacting with the accumulation of human capital at a provincial level. Our analysis relies on a unique dataset of 103 Italian provinces for the period 2004–2017. Results suggest that while human and social capital has a negative effect on waste separation, their interaction turns out to be positive and even stronger when we consider Southern provinces with respect to the whole country. This finding might be of interest not only from an academic viewpoint, but also from a policymaker’s perspective to alleviate the pledge of waste separation, which has affected the South of Italy in recent decades.

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Pro-Environmental Determinants of Waste Separation: Does the Interaction of Human and Social Capital Matter? Evidence from Italian Provinces

2023

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“…In its expanded form it is thermoplastic obtained from the styrene monomer polymerized with water and an expanding agent and is composed of 98% air with 2% solid matter [4]. Because it has good impact resistance, good insulation properties, as well as being light [5], polystyrene has multiple applications both in the construction sector and in the production of packaging for food and household appliances [6]. Despite being 100% recyclable, the low density of polystyrene hinders and raises transportation costs for recycling [7].…”

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“…In that sense, the reduction of plastic waste is a need that requires high-impact contributions, so a circular economy model based on the recycling of such waste would be a viable alternative [13], [14]. The adoption of circular economy strategies for the environment and industries, as well as the introduction of stricter government regulations is a significant advantage for developing countries [15] that seek to belong to the trend of transformation from a traditional linear economy to a circular economy [16].…”

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Study of waste generation polystyrene based in Misantla, Veracruz from the circular economy

García Cruz,

Reyes González,

Borroto Penton

et al. 2023

Rev. Ci. Tec.

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Recently, the excessive generation of plastic waste and its inadequate management have represented a problem worldwide. Petrochemical plastics, which account for 80% of the world's total plastic use, are the main pollutants. With the growth of the population and its needs, the generation of polystyrene waste increases considerably. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) has a very low recycling rate; it is estimated that, of 125 thousand tons generated annually in Mexico, only 0.1% is recycled. The objective of this project is to obtain a preliminary diagnosis on the generation of EPS waste in the city of Misantla, Ver., which allows its post-consumer use as recycled raw material, under a circular economy approach. The methodological proposal for the development of this research was defined in the following steps: (1) characterization of the participating actors, from the Circular Economy approach; (2) identification of businesses that generate polystyrene as waste; (3) determination of the type of polystyrene generated; (4) estimation of the quantities of waste generated; (5) analysis in comparison with the generation of other types of waste; (6) generation of post-consumer use strategies. According to the 2019 Economic Census, in Misantla the economic sector with the largest number of economic units in the municipality is retail, where it is located, the sale of food in small establishments or street stores, these agents being identified as the main generators of polystyrene waste. A survey was applied to 96 companies, mainly in the food sector. The results of these surveys show that these establishments mainly use disposable products made of expanded polystyrene such as plates and cups, and that, in some cases, the use of disposable polystyrene products such as containers and spoons was identified. With the information collected, it is concluded that the use of disposable products generates approximately 765 kilograms of EPS waste. Unlike plastic waste, misinformation about the recycling of EPS, the lack of strategies for its collection and post-consumer use, as well as the lack of awareness for its recycling, give way to it ending up in final disposal sites, continuing with the trend framed in different investigations that maintain that its final destination is incineration. After the diagnosis, there is a concrete vision of the generation of polystyrene waste and future work is given in the generation and implementation of strategies that allow the use of post-consumer unicel for its return to the value chain.

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Studies on particleboard production using Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste as a binder for construction applications

Rofdi,

Mohamed Tamat,

Nuryawan

et al. 2024

Construction and Building Materials

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Development of an Adhesive Based on Waste Management as a Mechanism Towards Sustainability

Cited by 4 publications

References 56 publications

Pro-Environmental Determinants of Waste Separation: Does the Interaction of Human and Social Capital Matter? Evidence from Italian Provinces

Pro-Environmental Determinants of Waste Separation: Does the Interaction of Human and Social Capital Matter? Evidence from Italian Provinces

Study of waste generation polystyrene based in Misantla, Veracruz from the circular economy

Studies on particleboard production using Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste as a binder for construction applications

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