Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "waste management"
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Alternative management of waste of electrical and electronic equipment in Greece
(2006)Recycling of Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Greece is in the primary stage. Whilst recycling programs in general and for WEEE in particular, are common in other countries such as the UK, Netherlands, ... -
Assessing Waste Generation Efficiency in EU Regions towards Sustainable Environmental Policies
(2018)This paper employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) to consider waste generation at a regional level in the European Union (EU). By doing so both good and bad outputs are taken into account and different frameworks are ... -
Bioaugmentation and rhizosphere-assisted biodegradation as strategies for optimization of the dissipation capacity of biobeds
(2017)Biobeds are on-farm biodepuration systems whose efficiency rely on their high pesticide biodegradation capacity. We evaluated two optimization strategies, bioaugmentation and/or rhizosphere-assisted biodegradation, to ... -
Economical and social aspects: Evaluation of incorporation potential in municipal wastewater reuse procedure in Greece
(2006)It is the objective of this study to evaluate the incorporation potential of economic and social factors in municipal wastewater reuse procedure, aiming at determining whether it is worthwhile for a municipality to construct ... -
Environmental Assessment of Alternative Strategies for the Management of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Life Cycle Approach
(2022)The management of solid waste is currently seen as one of the most important concerns that national authorities, particularly in south Europe, must address. In recent years, emphasis has begun to be paid to Construction ... -
Estimating the benefits of increasing the recycling rate of lamps from the domestic sector: Methodology, opportunities and case study
(2020)The scope of this paper is to identify the benefits of lamp recycling from the domestic sector. Data related to the recycled lamps was obtained from two recycling companies and were compared to those related to the waste ... -
Evaluating 22 EU member states’ ‘waste culture’ using Hofstede’s and Schwartz’s cultural dimensions
(2019)The issue of municipal solid waste (MSW) arisings has received great attention recently since it is not only a by-product of economic activity but also serves as an input to the economy through material or energy recovery. ... -
Exploring social determinants of municipal solid waste management: survey processing with fuzzy logic and self-organized maps
(2019)In the present study, the establishment of decision-making criteria and a novel and robust interdisciplinary approach for systematically characterizing effects of uncertainties in social determinants of municipal solid ... -
Eyewear waste management: Issues and trends
(2019)The most widespread disability in the world is impaired vision. Individuals in order to correct or to improve their vision problems they wear eyeglasses or contact lenses. Additionally, eyeglasses with colored or tinted ... -
Identifying and Predicting Healthcare Waste Management Costs for an Optimal Sustainable Management System: Evidence from the Greek Public Sector
(2022)The healthcare sector is an ever-growing industry which produces a vast amount of waste each year, and it is crucial for healthcare systems to have an effective and sustainable medical waste management system in order to ... -
Isolation, characterization and industrial application of a Cladosporium herbarum fungal strain able to degrade the fungicide imazalil
(2022)Imazalil (IMZ) is an imidazole fungicide commonly used by fruit-packaging plants (FPPs) to control fungal infections during storage. Its application leads to the production of pesticide-contaminated wastewaters, which, ... -
Planning, management and assessment of projects concerning hazardous waste in Greece
(2002)Managing industrial hazardous waste (IHW) is a complex issue. This study summarizes the main industries in Greece that produce IHW, the major types of IHW and the corresponding quantities. Main sources of IHW in Greece are ... -
Presentation and comments on EU legislation related to food industries-environment interactions: organic contaminants (chemicals, pesticides, dioxins, furans, biocides and their waste management)
(2006)The first part of this review on European Union (EU) legislation related to food industries-environment interactions deals with chemicals which, in their majority, make their way to food. Such substances are the pesticides ... -
Role of microbial diversity for sustainable pyrite oxidation control in acid and metalliferous drainage prevention
(2020)Acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) remains a challenging issue for the mining sector. AMD management strategies have attempted to shift from treatment of acid leachates post-generation to more sustainable at-source ... -
Spatial environmental efficiency indicators in regional waste generation: a nonparametric approach
(2016)This paper computes and analyses, for the first time, environmental efficiencies in waste generation of 116 European regions in NUTS 2 level in five European countries over the period of 2008–2010. For this reason, different ...