The state of the art on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is based on the domestic separation of materials produced. After domestic separation, the resident has to transfer the separated materials to the MSW manager through the hands of collection workers. It is exactly at this stage that...

The sustainability of industrial production, especially for highly water demanding processes, is strictly related to water availability and the dynamic interactions between natural and anthropogenic requirements over the spatial and temporal scales. The increase of industrial water demand raises...