Search results for: 'nutrient removal & recovery in waste water'

Industrial and Municipal wastewater should be considered as an important source for the recovery of crucial nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and also other micro nutrients like potassium. The recovery of nutrients from wastewater will replace the anthropogenic fertilizers used in agriculture which can reduce the soil fertility and can also have...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) conversion is gaining strategic relevance as global waste generation accelerates and environmental regulations tighten. Municipalities and industries are facing mounting pressure to reduce landfill dependence, curb methane emissions, and secure reliable low-carbon energy sources. In this context, WtE is evolving from a seconda...

According to the World Health Organization, groundwater and surface water are commonly contaminated with heavy metals and other emerging contaminants. For instance, arsenic is present in very high concentrations (more than 10 micrograms per liter) in groundwater in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Vietnam, India, and China, affecting the drink...

The World Bank estimates that rapid population growth and urbanization have resulted in a global average waste generation of about 0.79 kilograms per citizen per day as of 2022. It predicts a direct relationship between waste generation and income levels and projects the daily per capita waste generation in high-income countries to increase by 19.0...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revitalized the importance of resilient and future-ready water and wastewater infrastructure. Municipalities and industries across the globe have begun adopting net-zero, decarbonization, and circularity goals to become sustainable, resilient, and future ready. IoT-based solutions have become a vital cog in helping end use...

Food waste management has gained increased emphasis in recent times, especially in the context of the recently adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative is driven mainly by the need to address declining natural resources, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to reduce waste disposal into landfills. The current study gi...

The waste management and circular economy market of the United States and Canada is in full growth. With new recycling targets that must be reached before 2030 and current recycling values close to 30%, countries and stakeholders should focus on improving waste segregation at source, source separation, materials recovery facility optimization, and ...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features information on sustainable paper production, plastic waste valorization, depolymerization of PET waste, anaerobic fermentation for acid and biogas production, photobioreactors systems for algae cultivation, methane pyrolysis for sustainable industry materials, carbon capture for industrial p...

Latin America faces several waste management problems, with recycling rates that do not exceed 10%, a large number of open-air dumps, high levels of informality in the workplace, and more than 40% of incorrectly managed waste. Finding a solution to this problem is imperative due to new transformative Mega Trends, such as sustainability and the circ...