Browsing Research Output by Subject "Circular economy"
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Challenges and emerging solutions to the land-based plastic waste issue in Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in work that focuses on the amount and types of waste entering the marine environment from multiple geographies around the world. To date, however, there are few reports ... -
Circular economy and environmental health in low- and middle-income countries
(BMC, 2019)Background The circular economy framework for human production and consumption is an alternative to the traditional, linear concept of ‘take, make, and dispose’. Circular economy (CE) principles comprise of ‘design out ... -
A spent coffee grounds based biorefinery for the production of biofuels, biopolymers, antioxidants and biocomposites
(Elsevier, 2018)Spent coffee grounds are composed of lipid, carbohydrates, carbonaceous, and nitrogen containing compounds among others. Using n-hexane and n-hexane/isopropanol mixture highest oil yield was achived during soxhlet extraction ...