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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

Determining a Probability of the uncontrolled landfills emergence in Georgia's Rural Areas Using Integrated Methodology

Buachidze N., Dvalishvili N.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
In this work, with the support of the local municipality, we’ve collected for each highland region the data showing: the number of population, existence of the main sources causing waste, the quantity of the dumpster, the frequency of the waste removal with the relevant technic etc. Based on all...Read more
Keywords: 
Waste management; Pollution; Rural Environment; Uncontrolled Landfills
Conference: 
CEST2019
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00882

Negative role of uncontrolled landfills in Georgia in environmental pollution processes

Kuchava G., Buachidze N., Chikviladze K., Shubladze E.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
In the laboratories the special research were carried to determine the pollution level in the samples collected, which due to the direct impact of these types of landfill sites on the surrounding areas, are often the main polluters of environment. The pollution conditions were studied based on...Read more
Keywords: 
Waste management; Pollution; Environment; Uncontrolled Landfills
Conference: 
CEST2019
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00883

Challenging the belief that organic waste and plastic should be diverted from landfill on climate change grounds:

(Corresponding) Hutton B., Norrish M., Horan E.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Abstract Landfill is generally believed to have higher greenhouse gas emissions than composting or waste-to-energy. The EU Landfill Directive requires nations to progressively divert biodegradable waste away from landfill. Waste disposal in landfill is at the bottom of its Waste Hierarchy. Many...Read more
Keywords: 
landfill emissions, waste-to-energy, Waste hierarchy, composting
Conference: 
CEST2019
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00909

Sewage sludge agricultural use

(Corresponding) Mosquera-Losada M., Ferreiro Domínguez N., Dario A., Francisco Javier R., (Corresponding) Jose Javier S., Rigueiro-Rodriguez A.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Sewage sludge use in agriculture is promoted by the European union since the normative of cleaning waters related to the compulsory use of depuration plants in all cities over 2000 inhabitants was finally implemented in 2005. The USC has been conducted long-term experiment research of application...Read more
Keywords: 
fertilizer, waste management
Conference: 
CEST2019
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00913

Municipal solid waste management in island communities: existing experience and implementation possibilities for South Aegean Islands

Xanthopoulos P., (Corresponding) Papapostolou C., Kondili E., Stylianopoulou K.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Solid waste management in island communities is triggered by the limitation in the availability of resources, which in combination to the small amounts of wastes produced, renders the selection and sizing of the appropriate methods and infrastructures very challenging. Certain complexity to the...Read more
Keywords: 
Municipal solid waste management; island communities; scale of capacities; synergetic model
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00056

Preparation of carbon nanotubes from plastic solid wastes over magnetic nickel ferrite catalysts

Lopes J., Roman F., Santos Silva A., (Corresponding) Diaz de Tuesta J., Lenzi G., (Corresponding) Silva A., (Corresponding) Faria J., Gomes H.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
This work presents the development of magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs) from plastic solid waste (PSW). For this purpose, diverse catalytic nanoparticles based on Fe, Ni and Al were prepared by impregnation of alumina or co-precipitation of Ni, Fe and Al nitrate salts with NH4OH, followed by...Read more
Keywords: 
plastic solid waste, chemical vapour deposition, nanostructured carbons, magnetic nanoparticles, valorization
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00097

Prior electro-mechanical separation to improve metal recovery from ceramic-rich electronic waste using bioleaching

(Corresponding) Baniasadi M., Ray D., Graves J., Bolton R., Renshaw D., (Corresponding) Farnaud S.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
PCBs, as one of the most valuable streams of e-waste, are a considerable source of precious metals, but also contain considerable amounts of plastic and ceramic. These non-metallic fractions interfere with and can inhibit the efficiency of metal recovery, particularly for precious and rare earth...Read more
Keywords: 
Electronic Waste, Printed circuit board, Bioleaching, Mechanical Separation
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00236

Material flow analysis applied to a waste treatment plant in Lombardy (Italy)

(Corresponding) Castro F., Fabbri M., Vaccari M., Cutaia L.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Material flow analysis (MFA) allows to quantify inputs, outputs and stocks of a system and to communicate results visually. It can be used for calculating process effectiveness, losses and for identifying critical points within a system, being useful for strategically intervening in a corporative...Read more
Keywords: 
Circular economy, Eco-efficiency, Solid waste management, Recycling, Environmental indicators
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00277

A comparative assessment of alkali-activated stabilisers including waste materials, for the treatment of swelling-shrinking soils

(Corresponding) Mavroulidou M., Gray C., Gunn M.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Swelling-shrinking soils (also known as expansive soils) experience very considerable volume changes upon changes in moisture content, thus causing major damages to lightweight structures, pavements, slopes and utilities. To counteract this problem chemical stabilisation of this type of soil with...Read more
Keywords: 
chemical ground improvement; alkali-activated cements; ground granulated blast furnace slag; paper sludge ash; solid waste management
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00307

Use of Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Assays for predicting biogas production from co-digestion of food waste and compostable bags

Kattamis S., (Corresponding) Maragkaki A., Papastefanakis N., Sampathianakis I., Lolos T., Tsobanidis C., Velonia K., Manios T.
Topic: 
Solid waste management
Biodegradable plastics have been introduced to the market to substitute petro-based plastics to alleviate plastic pollution. Biochemical methane potential tests were carried out on food wastes (FW), with or without pre-treatment, compostable bag and a mixture of food waste and compostable bag (CB)...Read more
Keywords: 
biogas, compostable bags, anaerobic digestion
Conference: 
CEST2021
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00366