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Deficiencies Within CE and LCA Models: Agrowaste Fibre and Conventional Insulation Materials
Energy consumption is rising in buildings due to constantly growing populations and the rapid growth of urban building construction projects. The...
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Popularization of Agrowaste Fibres—Banana and Areca Nut Fibre—A Sustainable Approach
The most widely used plant fibres in the textile industry are cotton and linen and certainly they are the major fibres. There are a few minor fibres...
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Transforming Agrowaste into Biochar—Sustainable Solutions for Agriculture and the Environment
Recent studies have revealed organic carbon's beneficial effects on soil health. The search is on for the best and most sustainable ways to sequester...
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Valorization of agricultural wastes for production of biocatalysts of environmental significance: towards a sustainable environment
Generation of wastes from agricultural practices and products has continued to increase globally, with resultant stockpiling in the environment. The...
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Nickel ion removal from aqueous media using polyaniline–macadamia nutshells and its reuse for photodegradation of orange dye
The present study describes the adsorption of nickel(II) ion onto an agrowaste-polymeric nanocomposite, polyaniline–macadamia nutshells . The...
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Agrowaste bioconversion and microbial fortification have prospects for soil health, crop productivity, and eco-enterprising
PurposeAgricultural chemicals either used as nutrient inputs for soil fertility or pesticides are creating physicochemical and biological...
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Waste to Energy Conversion: Key Elements for Sustainable Waste Management
By prioritizing cleaner waste-to-energy (WTE) conversion technology, world is trying to meet its sustainable development goals. This requires...
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Vegan Leather from Agricultural Waste: Exploring Sustainable and Cruelty-Free Alternatives
The fashion industry is a multi-trillion US-dollar business, and leather is one of the animal products used for textiles, bags, and footwear. Even...
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A Sustainable Green Approach for Efficient Capture of Strontium from Simulated Radioactive Wastewater Using Modified Biochar
The present investigation was targeted to remove radioactive strontium (Sr(II)) from synthetic solution using synthesized peanut shell activated...
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Novel green sorbent Aerva Javanica for dyes remediation from aqueous media and future prediction through QSPR modeling
Pollutant removal from different sources, especially water pollutants, is a major concern in today's world. Various methodologies were being utilized...
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Bio-waste valorization to formulate an eco-friendly reduced graphene oxide based bio-gel for clinical applications
Agricultural waste, which negatively impacts human health and the environment, can be used as a beneficial precursor for the synthesis of graphene...
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Bioactive Components from Agrofood Waste: Methods of Delivery in Food Products
Various industrial, agricultural, household, and other food sector food waste/residues are raising concern due to environmental pollution and raise a...
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Synthesis of eco-friendly ZnO-based heterophotocatalysts with enhanced properties under visible light in the degradation of organic pollutants
Heterogeneous photocatalysts have been widely used for the removal of various organic pollutants from wastewater. The main challenge so far resides...
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Isolation, identification, biosorption optimization, characterization, isotherm, kinetic and application of novel bacterium Chelatococcus sp. biomass for removal of Pb (II) ions from aqueous solutions
The current research is the first to focus on the study of biosorption potential of a novel bacterium Chelatococcus sp. to biosorb metal ions from...
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Banana fibre: a natural and sustainable bioresource for eco-friendly applications
AbstractNatural fibres of plant and animal origin have been explored vastly over the last two decades and are gaining importance over synthetic...
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Synergistic approach using ultrafiltered xylano-pectinolytic enzymes for reducing bleaching chemical dose in manufacturing rice straw paper
In this study, action of ultrafiltered xylano-pectinolytic enzymes from a bacterial strain has been evaluated for bleaching of rice straw...
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Biogas: An Effective and Common Energy Tool – Part III
Biogas is one of the best future alternatives against depleting fossil fuel. Current Indian production of biogas is very low. There are many...
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Eco-friendly pul** of wheat straw using crude xylano-pectinolytic concoction for manufacturing good quality paper
In this study, suitability of xylano-pectinolytic enzymes in pul** of wheat straw has been explored. The suitable biopul** conditions were...
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Efficient Cr(VI) sequestration from aqueous solution by chemically modified Garcinia kola hull particles: characterization, isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies
There is a need for the removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated water prior to its discharge into the environment, as part of industrial...
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Date Palm Byproducts as Timber and Wood Substitutes
The rationale behind the research topic: lumber-like products from date palm midribs, is to test the potentiality of reliance on such a locally...