Can Circular Economy Tools Improve the Sustainable Management of Industrial Waste?

AbstractThe implementation of circular economy in wood industries is an effective way for future sustainable development. The wood industries in China are not in the direction of circular economy approach due to less availability of assessment/calculation data of pollutants as per life cycle assessment (LCA) criteria. The present study focuses on the calculation of emission and pollutants from wood industries as per LCA; the emission and pollution data were collected from fiberboard Medium-density fiberboard (MDF), plywood and particleboard (PB) production. The comparative analysis of dust emissions, industrial waste gases and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were performed among three wood industries. The results revealed that the fiberboard industry was the highest emitter of dust, industrial waste gas and COD; and particleboard industry was the least emitter. Further, results indicated that pollutant index of wood industries were significantly changed between 2015 and 2017; the industrial waste water discharge increased five folds and the COD, dust and industrial gases increased two times. This study provides with the emission and pollutants data of wood industries as per LCA to promote the sustainable development for circular and low carbon economics.

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AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT – A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO PALM OIL MILLS IN MALAYSIA

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering ◽

10.4090/juee.2017.v11n1.108118 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 108-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Wai Loan Liew ◽

Khalida Muda ◽

Mohd. Azraai Kassim ◽

Augustine Chioma Affam ◽

Soh Kheang Loh

Keyword(s):

Palm Oil ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Industrial Waste ◽

Oil Industry ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Empty Fruit Bunches ◽

Financial Benefits ◽

Palm Oil Mill ◽

Palm Oil Mill Sludge ◽

Oil Fuel

Over the decades the palm oil industry has managed some challenging environmental concerns regarding land transformation and degradation, increase in eutrophication, changing habitats of wildlife, pesticides runoff into inland watercourses, and probable climate change. Countries producing palm oil desire to do so in a more sustainable way that will leave the environment evergreen. Therefore this paper aims to encourage sustainable management of agro-industrial waste and its potential in making financial returns from the same waste. Hence, the study was conducted with the participation of seven local palm oil mills having different capacities and operation age. Attention was given to milling waste as they could cause serious environmental menace if unattended to properly. Milling waste includes lignocellulosic palm biomass namely the empty fruit bunches (EFB), oil palm shell (OPS), mesocarp fibres, palm oil mill effluent (POME), and palm oil mill sludge (POMS), as well as solid waste generated from the further processing of these biomass into the palm oil fuel ashes (POFA) and palm oil clinkers (POC). The opportunities available to the Malaysian palm oil industry and the financial benefits which may accrue from waste generated during palm oil production process cannot be over emphasized.

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Sustainable management of spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst from a circular economy approach

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2020.04.046 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 110 ◽

pp. 10-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bernabé Alonso-Fariñas ◽

Mónica Rodríguez-Galán ◽

Celia Arenas ◽

Fátima Arroyo Torralvo ◽

Carlos Leiva

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Catalytic Cracking ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Fluid Catalytic Cracking

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Miejsce odpadów drzewnych w gospodarce cyrkularnej

Zarządzanie ochroną przyrody w lasach ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.1672 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol XI ◽

pp. 141-150

Author(s):

Monika Jakubus

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

European Directive ◽

Polish Law

The paper presents the problem of wood wastes and wood management in Poland. The overview of obligatory European directive and Polish law acts dedicated to wood wastes was presented. The special attention was focused on the actual problems concerned with the introduction of the circular economy and Life Cycle Assessment. The current Polish classification of wood wastes was shown. Moreover, the present sustainable management of wood wastes and raddled wood was analysed.

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Development and Application of a Sustainable Management System for Construction and Demolition Wastes

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.209-211.1415 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 209-211 ◽

pp. 1415-1422

Author(s):

Jim Jui Min Lin ◽

Mei Chuan Huang ◽

Mei Fang Lu

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Environmental Pollution ◽

Sustainable Management ◽

Management System ◽

Industrial Waste ◽

Efficient Manner ◽

Research Attention ◽

Construction Firms ◽

Construction And Demolition Wastes ◽

Mixed Waste

The construction and demolition wastes (C&DW) management in Taiwan has been of a major concern due to potentially high risk to the environment. Past annual statistics indicated the number of construction firms regulated by Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration rose from 241 to 8,677 from 2005 to 2011, and their total amount of discharge increased from 110,922.79 tons/year to 1,575,882.30 tons/year; of which, 99.88% were general industrial waste, and 0.12% was hazardous industrial waste. Most of the waste was of the mixed waste of construction and demolition (32.58 - 66.35%), followed by the mixed waste of earthwork or construction (13.14 - 38.08%). In future years, Taiwan is seeing a large amount of C&DW and a low supply of construction-related or natural materials, thus if C&DW could be utilized in a more efficient manner, the issue of secondary environmental pollution would not only be solved but the goal of turning Taiwan into a “recycle-oriented society” where there is “zero waste” could also be achieved. Therefore, the management system and tracking of C&DW have received much research attention in recent years.

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From metal-containing industrial waste towards circular economy of metals: European Training Network SOCRATES

Transactions of the IMF ◽

10.1080/00202967.2018.1419922 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 96 (2) ◽

pp. 59-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. Korolev ◽

K. Yliniemi ◽

M. Haapalainen ◽

M. Lundström

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Industrial Waste ◽

European Training

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Uso de nutrientes tecnológicos como materia prima en la fabricación de materiales de construcción en el paradigma de la economía circular

Respuestas ◽

10.22463/0122820x.815 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 6 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Alejandra Sarabia-Guarin ◽

Jorge Sánchez-Molina ◽

Juan Carlos Leyva-Díaz

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Building Material ◽

Industrial Waste ◽

Building Materials ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Nutrient Recycling ◽

Construction Sector ◽

Construction Process ◽

Economic Sectors ◽

Waste Reuse

Antecedentes: El sector de la construcción es uno de los sectores económicos en Colombia con mayor crecimiento, generando grandes cantidades de residuos como producto del proceso de construcción, y/o demolición, o en su defecto en la fabricación de los materiales de construcción. Objetivo: facilitar el acceso a información académicocientífica actualizada sobre reciclaje de residuos industriales y su aplicación en la fabricación de materiales de construcción. Así mismo se emplea el término de economía circular, el cual hace referencia a la integración de las actividades de reducción (consumo de energía y residuos), reutilización y recuperación durante la producción, el intercambio y consumo. Conclusión: además de reducir la contaminación generada por los residuos de los sectores productivos, con el aprovechamiento de los subproductos ha sido posible mejorar ciertas propiedades tecnológicas de estos materiales de construcción.Palabras Clave: economía circular, materiales de construcción, nutriente tecnológico, reciclaje, residuos industriales.AbstractBackground: The construction sector is one of the economic sectors with the highest growth in Colombia, generating large amounts of waste as a result of the construction process, and / or demolition, or otherwise in the building material manufacturing. Objective: to facilitate the access to updated academic-scientific information on recycling of industrial waste and its application for the building material manufacturing. Moreover, the concept of circular economy is used, which refers to the integration of the reduction activities (energy consumption and waste),reuse and recycling during the production, exchange and consumption. Conclusion: in addition to the reduction of the pollution generated by waste from the productive sectors, certain technological properties of these building materials have been improved through the use of waste. Keywords: circular economy, building materials, technological nutrient, recycling, industrial waste.

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