Effects of resource-oriented waste management on optimizing water-food-energy nexus in rural China: A material and energy flow analysis

Xu, Mingjie; Fan, Bin; Zhang, Yu; Li, Ao; Li, Yahui; Lv, Minghuan; Shi, Yunpeng; Zhu, Songming; Qian, Tingting

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124259

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“…Notably, recycling has a negligible priority in FM preferences. A wide variety of materials contained in e-waste requires varied, separate, and advanced treatment processes and state-of-the-art technologies to achieve appropriate recovery rates (Xu, Fan, et al, 2020), and access to these innovative technologies is limited in the studied area (Wiesmeth, 2020).…”

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Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

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With rapid advancements in technology, the evolution and demand for electronic/ electric devices have drastically increased. The exponential increase in the use of technology to fulfill the needs of the fast-paced information era has led to electronic and electrical devices being discarded or disposed of at a faster rate than in the past. This phenomenon has resulted in e-waste becoming the fastest-growing form of solid waste. E-waste is classified as hazardous waste and can be harmful to the environment and health if not disposed of responsibly. Therefore, alternatives, such as exporting, landfilling, and recycling (from different economic, social, technical, and environmental criteria), are of interest to minimize the disposal of this toxic waste form into landfill sites. The analytic hierarchy process approach was deployed to evaluate and prioritize alternatives for e-waste processing systems in the United Arab Emirates context. The obtained results indicate that recycling has the highest priority among the studied alternatives in the e-waste processing system. The low economic and environmental awareness of stakeholders with regard to e-waste shows that e-waste management system initiatives must be expedited to adhere to e-waste best practices implemented nationally and internationally.analytic hierarchy process (AHP), e-waste, e-waste management (EWM), integrated sustainable solid waste management (ISSWM), sustainablity, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

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“…19 From the standpoint of the food element, water and energy are inputs. 20 And from the standpoint of the energy element, water, such as biomass, a biological source, is feedstock. Food is often an output.…”

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Sustainable design of water–energy–food nexus: a literature review

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“…Xu et al [67] investigated how integrated water-food-energy nexus in terms of energy recovery and nutrient consumption can be created as one of the new waste management strategies. Artioli et al [68] identified potential trade-offs and complementarities between interdependent water, energy and food systems for urban governance.…”

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Circularity in the Management of Municipal Solid Waste – A Systematic Review

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Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has emerged as one of the major environmental challenges globally. The consequences of inappropriate waste management are manifold and the trend would continue if immediate interventions are not taken for its reversion amid rapid urbanization and current consumption patterns of individuals. The concept of circular economy (CE) can contribute to a paradigm shift in the transformation of the traditional linear approach that does not favour reuse, recycle, recovery concept. Modern and proven waste management practices with collection systems, recycling facilities, sanitary landfills, and waste-to-energy (WtE) and nutrient recovery offer opportunities to improve urban environment through the valorization of waste and by-products in a CE. This study scrutinizes the existing literature on the assessment of circularity and helps to develop a unified circularity framework in the management of MSW in cities. Key aspects such as tools for measuring circularity, nexus and trade-offs, and conditions in promoting CE are discussed. Finally, this paper elucidates the need for circularity, including enablers and inhibitors for promoting circularity in the management of MSW with a case study in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.

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Effects of resource-oriented waste management on optimizing water-food-energy nexus in rural China: A material and energy flow analysis

Cited by 27 publications

References 48 publications

Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

Sustainable design of water–energy–food nexus: a literature review

Circularity in the Management of Municipal Solid Waste – A Systematic Review

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