Opportunities in Critical Rare Earth Metal Recycling Value Chains for Economic Growth with Sustainable Technological Innovations

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The management of plastic waste is a growing concern that can harm wildlife and ecosystems, and its end-of-life policies are key to mitigating plastic environmental impact. This work presents a decision-making methodology for the thermal and material valor ...

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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kits have been used as common diagnosing tools during the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, with daily worldwide usage in the millions. It is well known that at the beginn ...

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This data set contains the data collected during the FNS project Green Piezo (Grant no. 179064) in association with the recent publication entitled “Printed ecoresorbable temperature sensors for environmental monitoring”. This work aims to study the effect ...

This contribution sheds light on discarded electronics repair in Accra, Ghana. After placing these practices in dialogue with the Western and Eurocentric narratives around the materiality of digital interactions and infrastructure, it delves into two arts ...

Opportunities in Critical Rare Earth Metal Recycling Value Chains for Economic Growth with Sustainable Technological Innovations

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Tandem catalysis enables chlorine-containing waste as chlorination reagents

New Polymers from Biomass-Derived Hydroxycinnamic Acid Derivatives

Towards edible robots and robotic food

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Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs

Degradable and Printed Microstrip Line for Chipless Temperature and Humidity Sensing

From Surfactants to 3D Printing: How Ion-Chelator Pair Interactions Affect the Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired Materials

Decision support methodology for waste-to-value process integration

On the role of system integration in plastic waste management

Surfactant-based enrichment of rare earth elements from NdFeB magnet e-waste: Optimisation of cloud formation and rare earths extraction

Printed degradable piezoelectric microsystems: From ink formulation to device fabrication and characterization

Circularity by stock in Sri Lanka: Economic necessity meets urban fabric renovation

A systemic study for enhanced waste heat recovery and renewable energy integration towards decarbonizing the aluminium industry

Lignin, from biomass waste to sustainable materials for food packaging, antiviral coatings and agriculture

Recycling of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Kits

A customized MOF-polymer composite for rapid gold extraction from water matrices

Acetal-Stabilized Carbohydrates as Novel Platform Molecules for Renewable Polymer Production

Dataset for 'Printed ecoresorbable temperature sensors for environmental monitoring'

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