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Waste picker
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EPFL2023Solar water purification with photocatalytic nanocomposite filter based on TiO2 nanowires and carbon nanotubes
László Forró, Luca Rossi, Endre Horvath, Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Dominique Grandjean, Miriam Gaál
Water contamination due to environmental conditions and poor waste management in certain areas of the world represents a serious problem in accessing clean and safe drinking water. This problem is especially critical in electricity-poor regions, where adva ...
2022Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)
Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Olivier Baverel
The construction industry’s contribution to the deterioration of Earth’s ecosystem is huge. 11% of all anthropic greenhouse gas emissions worldwide are due to the construction, demolition, and transformation of buildings and infrastructure. Construction an ...
2021Production and characterization of low-energy Portland composite cement from post-industrial waste
The utilization of post-industrial waste materials is often challenging due to environmental regulations. Additionally, the scarcity of raw materials for producing cement is generating the demand for alternate sources of materials. The current study explor ...
2019Applying value chain analysis to informal sector recycling: A case study of the Zabaleen
A methodology has been developed to apply value chain analysis (VCA) to the informal recycling sector, and demonstrated using the Zabaleen in Cairo, Egypt as a case study. The VCA methodology provides a ⿿toolkit⿿ comprising four stages. The first involves ...
Elsevier2016Conversion of biomass into value-added chemicals
Green house gas emissions, the depleting of non-renewable resources, and poor waste management have a detrimental environmental and socioeconomic impact. Consequantly, the development of alternative processes that alleviate these problems is imperative. Ap ...
EPFL2016Expert-based scenarios for strategic waste and resource management planning—C&D waste recycling in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a promising option to conserve scarce landfill capacities, to reduce environmental impacts related to final disposal and to save primary mineral resources. In Switzerland, recycling of C&D waste is we ...
2009Inkjet printing and high aspect ratio structuring for polymer-based micro and nano systems
Inkjet printing of functional materials, photolithography and micromolding are 3 different techniques largely used in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) with increasing interest for the fabrication of new devices and the development of new ...
EPFL2008Water Privatisation: Trans-National Corporations and the Re-Regulation of the Water Industry
The accelerated programme of global privatization and deregulation in the provision of water and waste water services presents a minefield of issues for the industry professional. Setting the scene with a thorough introduction to water resource issues, "Wa ...
Spon Press2002