Recently, issues concerning the sustainable and harmless disposal of organic solid waste have generated interest in microbial biotechnologies aimed at converting waste materials into bioenergy and biomaterials, thus contributing to a reduction in economic dependence on fossil fuels. To valorize biomass, waste materials derived from agriculture, food processing factories, and municipal organic w...

Hydrogen sulfide is one of the main waste products petrochemical industry; it produced by catalytic hydrodesulfurization processes (HDS) hydrocarbon feedstocks, and a byproduct from sweetening sour natural gas upgrading heavy oils, bitumen, coals [...]

Waste plastics contain a substantial number of valuable chemicals. The wastes from post-consumer as well as from industrial production can be recycled to valuable chemical feedstock, which can be used in refineries and/or petrochemical industries. This chemical recycling process is an ideal approach in recycling the waste for a better environment. Polymer cracking using a laboratory fluidized b...

Inhibition of the respiration microbial activity in the activated sludge caused by heavy metal concentrations (Cr, Cd, Cu and Ni) was studied by means of respirometric method using Strathtox respirometer (Strathkelvin Glasgow).The studied sludge samples were obtained from the two waste water treatment plants with different types of pollution (municipal waste water and domestic waste water). Key...

Urban planning includes land use management and environmental change. It makes arrangement for community facilities and services. Since, sustainable development has been included as a vital end product of all planning goals it also provides for balanced use of land, housing and transportation and better quality of life. Present urban planning in Pakistan is not ensuring sustainable development ...

BACKGROUND In the sub-urban areas of Kampala city, springs are a major source of water for domestic use. Though spring water is considered to be aesthetically acceptable for domestic use, presence of poorly designed pit latrines, poor solid waste management as well as poor and inadequate spring protection, may lead to contamination of spring water with pathogenic bacteria. OBJECTIVES The obje...

The petrochemical industry uses high volumes of water in its production processes and generates effluents that have a great potential for reuse processes. these is, therefore, an alternative the sustainable development sector. This study aimed at evaluating application ultrafiltration (UF) reverse osmosis (RO) treatment industrial water, reducing environmental impacts caused by disposal soil. e...

aims: the effect of electrochemical process on polyphosphate alone has not been yet investigated. the aim of this study was to study polyphosphate removal from synthetic wastewater by electrochemical process.  materials & methods: this research was carried out experimentally on 50 samples of synthetic wastewater. in each run 2000ml of sw took place in a batch. a constant 600ma direct current wa...