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Risk management in the transport of dangerous goods is essential for protecting human health, the environment, and infrastructure. This chapter section explores systematic risk assessment methodologies in the context of hazardous materials transport. Key techniques such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Hazard and Operability Analysis, and Bow-Tie analysis are used to identify, assess, and prioritize risks associated with the transport process. These approaches enable the systematic breakdown of potential fai...

The utilization of renewable materials has raised worldwide interest regarding biodegradable polymers, proving important scientific, ecological, and economic relevance. Biopolymers are versatile materials used in various applications due to their high strength, low weight, and minimal environmental impact. However, their characterization for understanding their properties requires extensive experimental measurement. In this context, conventional research is improved by the integration of artificial intelligence (A...

Biorefineries offer an advantageous and sustainable solution for managing by-products from the agro-industry while enabling the recovery of valuable molecules and biogas production from residual biomass. This study applied this approach to the beer industry's main by-products: Brewery-s Spent Grain (BSG). BSG is typically used as animal feed but shows potential for biorefinery applications due to its high protein content and favorable C/N ratio. By treating this biomass with an ionic liquid consisting of triethyla...

Prevention and reduction of food waste production, food waste conversion into energy and products as well as the proper disposal are sequential processes in the food system. Technological standards and a legal framework for food waste recycling, as well as amendments to the relevant legal acts - both national- and municipal-level ones - have been made in Latvia. In addition, the compliance with the European Waste Classification for Statistics have been verified and the participation of nongovernmental organization...

Composting municipal organic waste is important for several reasons, including greenhouse gas emissions reduction, soil health improvement, nutrients recycle, waste reduction, costs reduction (by reducing the waste volumes, the handling costs are decreased). Information on the practices of municipal organic waste composting in Romania is limited, thus a comprehensive evaluation of the limiting factors and current solution was carried out. According to the European Environment Agency, Romania has made progress in o...

Ash and slag waste constitutes a significant part of the waste of heating and power plant (CHP) complexes operating on solid energetic fuel. For the most part, this by-product does not find further application, accumulating in ash dumps. Meanwhile, taking into account the global trend towards the involvement of ash and slag waste in industrial processing, it is necessary to predict their recycling in Russia. However, for recommend recycling type of ash and slag it is necessary to know their structural and material...

Management of used electrical and electronic waste is a huge problem both on a local and global scale. The mass of collected electrowaste in Poland currently reaches approximately 5 kg per one inhabitant, and by 2021 it is to increase to 11 kg. According to estimates, only ca 30-40% of used electrical and electronic equipment in Poland is subjected to recycling. The rest is dumped at scrap yards or is illegally processed in the grey zone. Its considerable part is not processed in accordance with the standards and ...

Research focuses on the use of alternative raw materials and on finding new solutions to reduce noise in the context of issues related to environment, is of great interest and great actuality. Composite materials with fir sawdust, used rubber granules and textile waste; Aracet (polyvinyl acetate) and hydrated lime as a binding material, were used in this research. Materials acoustic absorption coefficient was found using the impedance tube method. The values obtained show that these materials can be used for absor...