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An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date information regarding the most adequate technologies ...
Unpacking the complexity of the PET drink bottles value chain: A chemicals perspective
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
Chemicals can migrate from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) drink bottles to their content and recycling processes may concentrate or introduce new chemicals to the PET value chain. Therefore, even though recycling PET ...
An overview of the environmental pollution and health effects associated with waste landfilling and open dumping
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Springer
, 2022 , Article Review)
Landfilling is one of the most common waste management methods employed in all countries alike, irrespective of their developmental status. The most commonly used types of landfills are (a) municipal solid waste landfill, ...
Degradation-fragmentation of marine plastic waste and their environmental implications: A critical review
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
This review critically evaluates the plastic accumulation challenges and their environmental (primarily) and human (secondarily) impacts. It also emphasizes on their degradation and fragmentation phenomena under marine ...
Unpacking the complexity of the polyethylene food contact articles value chain: A chemicals perspective
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article Review)
Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely used type of plastic food packaging, in which chemicals can potentially migrate into packaged foods. The implications of using and recycling PE from a chemical perspective remain ...