Search Results - subject:"waste utilization"

Multiproduct mine output and the case of mining waste utilization

Packey, Daniel J. - In: Resources Policy 37 (2012) 1, pp. 104-108

the profitability and production of ore by the firm. Finally, it discusses mining waste utilization effects on … convexity as it applies to the mining industry. The article goes on to expand these concepts to include the case of mining waste … utilization. It discusses how the modification of mining wastes into a marketable product can develop a relationship across the …

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The European environment – state and outlook 2010

Kazmierczyk, Pawel; Reichel, Almut - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2010

The European economy needs huge amounts of resources to function. Apart from consuming minerals, metals, concrete and wood, Europe burns fossil fuels and uses land to satisfy the needs of its citizens. Demand for materials is so intense that between 20 and 30 % of the resources we use are now...

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The waste-to-energy framework for integrated multi-waste utilization: Waste cooking oil, waste lubricating oil, and waste plastics

Singhabhandhu, Ampaitepin; Tezuka, Tetsuo - In: Energy 35 (2010) 6, pp. 2544-2551

Energy generation by wastes is considered one method of waste management that has the benefit of energy recovery. From the waste-to-energy point of view, waste cooking oil, waste lubricating oil, and waste plastics have been considered good candidates for feedstocks for energy conversion due to...

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A perspective on incorporation of glycerin purification process in biodiesel plants using waste cooking oil as feedstock

Singhabhandhu, Ampaitepin; Tezuka, Tetsuo - In: Energy 35 (2010) 6, pp. 2493-2504

In biodiesel production through transesterification, glycerin is produced as a valuable co-product. Some biodiesel plants have incorporated a glycerin purification process since the beginning of operations. The objective of this study is to evaluate the benefits of the incorporation of a...

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Prospective framework for collection and exploitation of waste cooking oil as feedstock for energy conversion

Singhabhandhu, Ampaitepin; Tezuka, Tetsuo - In: Energy 35 (2010) 4, pp. 1839-1847

From the viewpoint of waste-to-energy, waste cooking oil is one of the attractive and available recycled feedstocks, apart from agricultural residues. The generation of energy from waste cooking oil is considered as an effective technique for waste management, as well as a beneficial form of...

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Wastewater-fed aquaculture systems: status and prospects

Edwards, P. - In: Naga 19 (1996) 1, pp. 33-35

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Wastewater reuse in aquaculture: socially and environmentally appropriate wastewater treatment for Vietnam

Edwards, P. - In: Naga 19 (1996) 1, pp. 33-35

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The commercial use of chicken processing wastes to raise hybrid catfish (Clarias gariepinus x Clarias macrocephalus) in Thailand

Little, D.C.; Kaewpaiton, K.; Haitook, T. - In: Naga 17 (1994) 4, pp. 25-27

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