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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Health Care Waste Management: Challenges and Solutions
(Corresponding) Halldorsdottir S.
Topic:
Hazardous waste management
Limited attention has been paid to health-care waste management despite an increase in public concern about the management of such waste on a global basis. The objective of this study was to analyse the issues and challenges of health-care waste management as well as possible solutions. It is...Read more
Keywords:
Health-care waste management; Sustainable practices; Protection of the environment; Environmental pollution; Infectious waste.
Multivariate Statistical Analyses of Groundwater Hydrochemical Data of Tirnavos Sub-basin (Central Greece)
(Corresponding) Vrouhakis I., Pisinaras V., Panagopoulos A., Stamatis G.
Topic:
Enviornmental data analysis and modelling
Abstract. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) were applied in the groundwater hydrochemical parameters dataset of the Tirnavos alluvial sub basin-central Greece. PCA results suggest occurrence of four principal components both for dry and wet periods. Results...Read more
Keywords:
hydrochemistry, principal components, cluster analysis, geographical distribution
Life cycle assessment analysis for remediation technology choice: a case study
(Corresponding) de Folly d'Auris A., Baric M., Tonziello J.
Topic:
Life cycle analysis (lca)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) may be helpful in the choice of a remediation technology, because remediation itself entails impacts. Presently, government and public institutions involved in the decisional workflow focused their attention on minimizing risks at site and for the receptors but do not...Read more
Hydrogen production from cotton wastes by mean of dark fermentation
(Corresponding) Sołowski G., Konkol I., Shalaby M., (Corresponding) Cenian A.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
Dark fermentation of textile wastes is discussed in the paper. In the experiment were used cotton wastes. Before fermentation the cotton was hydrolyzed using 0.1 M of HCl. The inoculum was pretreated using heat shocked for 0.5 h at temperature of 105°C. The fermentation was carried out under...Read more
Long term solids handling alternatives for New York City water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs)
(Corresponding) Ramalingam K., (Corresponding) Fillos J., Katehis D.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, owns and operates 14 waste water treatment plants which treat a combined average dry weather flow of 57 m3/sec. (1.3 billion gallons per day). The plants have been upgraded periodically to address more stringent discharge permit limits with...Read more
Sustainable Development and Digital Literacy in Educational Practice and Politics. Case study on participative geospatial technologies applications of Greek secondary students
(Corresponding) Exarchou E., Klonari A.
Topic:
Spatial environmental planning
In the 21st century, our world faces various challenges that greatly affect modern life and show the dynamic relationship and interaction of human activities with space and the environment and the immediate need to ensure sustainable development. The answers on how to achieve this interaction and...Read more
Keywords:
PGST, Sustainable Development, Educational practice
Elevated CO2 in air changes photosynthetic response of Hordeum vulgare and Bromus secalinus to cadmium pollution in soil
(Corresponding) Januskaitiene I., Diksaityte A.
Topic:
Heavy metals in the environment
The integrated effects of increased atmospheric CO2 and heavy metals pollution may have important implications for plant growth. Elevated atmospheric CO2 can affect plant defences through its significant effects on plant growth. Some studies have found that elevated CO2 can decrease oxidative...Read more
Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on photosynthetic light energy transfer and use in hybrid fescue under drought stress
(Corresponding) Januškaitienė I., Dikšaitytė A., Sujetovienė G., Žaltauskaitė J., Kacienė G., Miškelytė D., Juknys R.
Topic:
Ecology, environmental change and management
The aim of this study was to investigate the response of chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters of hybrid fescue (× Festulolium loliaceum (Huds.) P. Fourn.) under partly regulated environment and drought stress effect. The results showed that the increasing nitrogen content increased the values of...Read more
Biosynthesis of Xanthan Gum from Fermenting Potato Peels Extract: Influence of Sucrose Supplementation on Yield and Apparent Viscosity
(Corresponding) Abud A., Silva A.
Topic:
Food waste
Several residues and carbohydrate-rich effluents have been studied as a possible alternative in the substitution or implementation of the traditional cultivation medium of xanthan gum, helping in the management of these residues and, consequently, reducing fermentation costs. This work studied the...Read more
Characterizing activated carbon synthesized from corn straw aiming water treatment
Silva T., Souza I., Silva C., (Corresponding) Abud A.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
The emerging agenda for sustainable development and global warming control searches urgent researches to reduce environmental impacts. In this sense, activated carbons from agroindustrial wastes are widely used as adsorbents in food and pharmaceuticals industries, mainly for the separation and...Read more
