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Waste management is a current and future challenge due to the increasing volume of waste. The amount of waste generated directly correlates with production and consumption patterns. The current level of natural resource utilization exceeds the Earth's capacity for replenishment. Therefore, humanity must take action to mitigate the consequences of rampant natural resource consumption. One way to achieve this goal is to increase the level of waste recycling. However, the amount of waste actually recycled is signific...

Circular economy has become a world trend, and the only way of economic sustainable development. Waste utilization in concrete technology have much to offer in terms of helping to achieve circular economy goals. Recently various types of waste have been widely recycled as a substitute of fine aggregates in concrete technology. The use of waste as a replacement of natural aggregate is the best sustainable method in order to find alternative ways for conserving the environment. Concrete is the most widely used build...

Packaging waste are one of fastest growing waste streams. Trends in waste generation show an increase in the volumes of waste produced in most countries and it is clear that the trend will continue. Currently, the management of packaging waste represents a major economic and environmental issue throughout the world. Therefore, the proper management, treatment and disposal of packaging waste becomes a pressing problem and a major environmental concern. Due to the fact that, the amount of generated packaging waste, ...

Trends in waste generation show an increase in the volumes of waste produced worldwide. Currently, municipal solid waste management is one of the primary tasks for environmental authorities in Poland due to industrialization and economic growth, growing income, and an increase in quantity and variation in the types of waste generated. Conventional treatments of municipal solid waste using landfilling have become more difficult and expensive in Poland due to land deficiency and new environmental policies. The objec...

End-of-life vehicles are one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world which should be managed correctly in accordance with Directive 2000/53 / EC on End-of-Life Vehicles, which aims to making dismantling and recycling of ELVs more environmentally friendly. Consequently, the treatment of end-of-life vehicles with the purpose of avoiding environmental pollution and to recover useful materials, especially metals is a major environmental concern. Hence recycling is essential method to solve this problem. It i...