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The study of Toyohashi cityfs economic growth and resultant growth in municipal solid waste management were … empirically examined by the relation between city economic growth, city expenditure for solid waste management and municipal solid … waste. The growth in the economy and the population has increased discharge of municipal solid waste in Toyohashi city. The …
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The author gives some philosophical reflections on the issue of ever increasing amount of waste in the context of the …
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residual or waste materials that can be used? The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of production, trade and … potentials as well as the possibilities of using residual and waste materials for energy production are assessed. The results … for the generation of energy from residual and waste materials are deemed to be small. A large share of products and by …
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This paper examines how environmentally friendly production and disposal of waste are promoted by interaction between … concept of natural price or production price can be applied to constructing a sustainable economy, where production and waste …
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, generation of waste, and the landfill and recycling rate. The results show that in general terms the efficiency of resource use …
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Under increasing demand for water, fertilizer and energy, waste and wastewater treatment can be potential options for … irrigation, and environmental system enhancement. Fertilizer and nutrients recovered though recycling organic waste and filtering … aquatic crops and marine species such as fish. Similarly, energy recovered from waste and wastewater recycling (including dry …
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This paper analyses the generation of waste in production processes, based on the physical law of conservation of mass … mass balance perspective to refine a previously developed technique for forecasting waste amounts. A macro economic model …
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In order to ensure transparency and to keep abreast of trade policies in support of sustainability, the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures notified to WTO. The database also includes...
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From its initial focus on minimizing waste generation, the circular economy has evolved into a broad-based approach to …
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The shift away from fossil fuels needed to reduce CO2 emissions requires the use of renewable carbon and energy sources, including biomass in the bioeconomy. Already today, the bioeconomy has a significant share in the EU economy with traditionally bio-based sectors. For the future, the energy,...
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