Sustainable Solid Waste Recycling

Jassim, Ahmad K.

doi:10.5772/intechopen.70046

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“…This principle from forestry gave rise to the motto 'to live off the interest, not the capital' [17]. The growing identification of sustainability as both a process and a goal ensures long-term human well-being [18]. Moreover, sustainability approach is important not only for human well-being, but for the well-being of other beings, and the planet itself.…”

Section: Business Context Changes: Sustainability Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nonfinancial Reporting: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

Bedenik¹,

Barišić²

2019

Sustainable Management Practices

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Nonfinancial reporting (NFR) is a relatively new topic in the business practice; it evolved a couple of decades ago. Initially, NFR was mostly disclosed on a voluntary basis. Because of deeper awareness regarding climate change and environmental challenges, as well as pressure from investors, customers, and competition, nonfinancial reporting developed from a voluntary to a mandatory highly standardized practice. This research sought to address the following questions: How understanding of business value creation determines business reporting? How sustainability approach manifests on the company level? What is nonfinancial reporting and why should companies care about it? What are the motivations and benefits for companies and for whom do they publish sustainability reports? What about experiences in public sector? How contemporary concepts of green, circular, and zero-waste economy influence business reporting? Which open questions do organizations face on the path of sustainability reporting? This study contributes to the discussion on NFR and stimulates paradigm shift from profitability toward sustainability as adopting a holistic perspective, respecting people and the planet. This research stimulates business community to invest time and energy into sustainability reporting and encourages scholars to explore new ways of business reporting and therefore contributes to our knowledge and well-being.

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Section: Business Context Changes: Sustainability Approachmentioning

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“…The objectives are to recycle more and create less waste and to recover materials rather than waste them. To minimize waste means to reuse it, to recycle it for further use, and to recover energy [75].…”

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Nonfinancial Reporting: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

Bedenik¹,

Barišić²

2019

Sustainable Management Practices

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“…Notably, waste recovery and the production of high-value added materials via a green synthesis method reduce over-reliance on hazardous materials, resulting in improved efficiency through waste reduction and the use of natural and sustainable resources. 26 The primary benefit of employing agricultural waste is that it is a sustainable method for the production of nanomaterials and secondly that it is readily present at the end of every harvest season in large quantities.…”

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Green synthesis of silica and silicon from agricultural residue sugarcane bagasse ash – a mini review

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“…Due to contamination of the chip surface with oils or other coolants during the machining process, the storage of this waste has a negative impact on the environment, and its cleaning generates additional costs [ 22 ]. Because of this, as well as due to their elongated spiral shape, small size and surface contamination, the recycling of metal chips is difficult [ 23 ]. In addition, the generated chips can have different properties due to different types of materials being processed.…”

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Effect of Metal Lathe Waste Addition on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Concrete

et al. 2021

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The amount of steel chips generated by lathes and CNC machines is 1200 million tons per year, and they are difficult to recycle. The effect of adding steel chips without pre-cleaning (covered with production lubricants and cooling oils) on the properties of concrete was investigated. Steel waste was added as a replacement for fine aggregate in the amounts of 5%, 10% and 15% of the cement weight, which correspond with 1.1%, 2.2% and 3.3% mass of all ingredients and 0.33%, 0.66% and 0.99% volume of concrete mix, respectively. The slump cone, air content, pH value, density, compressive strength, tensile strength, tensile splitting strength, elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio and thermal parameters were tested. It was observed that with the addition of lathe waste, the density decreased, but mechanical properties increased. With the addition of 5%, 10% and 15% metal chips, compressive strength increased by 13.9%, 20.8% and 36.3% respectively compared to plain concrete; flexural strength by 7.1%, 12.7% and 18.2%; and tensile splitting strength by 4.2%, 33.2% and 38.4%. Moreover, it was determined that with addition of steel chips, thermal diffusivity was reduced and specific heat capacity increased. With the addition of 15% metal chips, thermal diffusivity was 25.2% lower than in the reference sample, while specific heat was 23.0% higher. No effect was observed on thermal conductivity.

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Sustainable Solid Waste Recycling

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Nonfinancial Reporting: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

Nonfinancial Reporting: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence

Green synthesis of silica and silicon from agricultural residue sugarcane bagasse ash – a mini review

Effect of Metal Lathe Waste Addition on the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Concrete

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