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Open AccessProduction methods and applications of bioactive polylactic acid: a review
Bioplastics appear as an alternative to fossil fuel-derived plastics because bioplastics are carbon neutral and often biodegradable, thus potentially solving the issues of plastic pollution and climate change....
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Open AccessAnalysis of aged microplastics: a review
Microplastics are emerging contaminants that undergo progressive aging under environmental conditions such as sunlight irradiation, mechanical forces, temperature variations, and the presence of biological org...
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Polyethylene is degraded by the deep-sea Acinetobacter venetianus bacterium
Polyethylene is a plastic pollutant impacting marine life, calling for advanced remediation methods such as biodegradation. However, there is actually limited information on polyethylene-degrading bacteria in ...
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Food chain microplastics contamination and impact on human health: a review
Microplastics have been recently detected in many environmental media and living organisms, yet their transfer and toxicity to humans are poorly known. Here, we review microplastic transfer in the food chain w...
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Firefighting aqueous film forming foam composition, properties and toxicity: a review
Global warming and urbanization are likely to increase fires in natural and urbanized areas, requiring advanced fire management techniques such as the use of aqueous film forming foams. However, these foams co...
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Biomass pretreatment, bioprocessing and reactor design for biohydrogen production: a review
The negative effects of the accelerating climate change due partly to fossil fuel consumption is calling for the rapid development of sustainable energies such as biohydrogen, which is produced using microorga...
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Open AccessEnhanced hydrogen storage efficiency with sorbents and machine learning: a review
Hydrogen is viewed as the future carbon–neutral fuel, yet hydrogen storage is a key issue for develo** the hydrogen economy because current storage techniques are expensive and potentially unsafe due to pres...
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Open AccessRetention of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by syringe filters
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are being increasingly measured in water and wastewater due to emerging toxicity concerns and strict regulatory limits. Previous studies have filtered water samples t...
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Alkaline extraction yields a higher number of microplastics in forest canopy leaves: implication for microplastic storage
Airborne microplastics are a type of suspended particulate matter less than 100 µm in size. They have drawn attention recently due to their potential impact on human health and the environment. However, knowle...
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Open AccessHydrogel membrane composite reduces fouling and retains ammonium efficiently
The recovery of pure water and valuable substances from wastewater is a major challenge in the context of the circular economy, requiring advanced separation methods. However, actual membrane separation techni...
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Open AccessCarbon–neutral hydrogen production by catalytic methane decomposition: a review
The global hydrogen demand is projected to increase from 70 million tons in 2019 to more than 200 million tons in 2030. Methane decomposition is a promising reaction for H2 production, coupled with the synthesis ...
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide capture by adsorption on amine-functionalized silica composites: a review
The rising negative effects of climate change are caused mainly by the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, calling for advanced technologies to extract carbon dioxide from atmospheric air. H...
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Open AccessThe chemical basis of seawater therapies: a review
The rising number of diseases and deaths caused by pollution and modern lifestyle habits is a growing societal concern. Marine ecosystems are both victim to this human behaviour as a recipient of human pollut...
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Characterization and environmental applications of soil biofilms: a review
Despite the major influence of soils on climate change, carbon sequestration, pollution remediation, and food security, soil remains a largely unexplored media with an extreme complexity of microbes, minerals,...
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Room-temperature and carbon-negative production of biodiesel via synergy of geminal-atom and photothermal catalysis
Catalytic biodiesel production with bases can be achieved under relatively mild conditions. However, the basicity of solid alkali catalysts originates usually from electron-rich atoms such as oxygen and nitrog...
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Conversion of food waste into energy and value-added products: a review
Food waste production reaches actually about 1.3 billion tonnes per year, corresponding to the emission of 3.3 billion tonnes equivalent of CO2, thus calling for improved recycling. Here we review food waste conv...
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The overlooked toxicity of non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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Textile production by additive manufacturing and textile waste recycling: a review
The rapid growth of textile industry and fast-fashion has led to the production of about 92 million ton of textile waste per year. Nearly 85% of textile waste is disposed of by landfill and incineration, causi...
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Open AccessHigh caffeine levels in old sewer system waters reveal domestic wastewater leakage
Infrastructure deterioration is a threat to developed countries, emphasizing the need for effective management techniques. In particular, the leakage of aged domestic sewer pipeline is a major health issue, ye...
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Methods to treat industrial salted waste: a review
The rising production of industrial salted waste induces issues of disposal and pollution, calling for advanced methods to treat, purify and recycle the raw salt in the context of the circular economy. The mai...