COVID-19 and municipal solid waste (MSW) management: a review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Municipal solid waste (MSW) represents an inevitable by-product of human activity and a major crisis for communities across the globe. In recent...     

Preliminary assessment of trace elements in surface and deep waters of an urban river (Korotoa) in Bangladesh and associated health risk

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Korotoa River is one of the most important urban rivers in Bangladesh for its utilization in various activities like agriculture, aquaculture,...     

Uncertainty of pesticides in foodstuffs,associated environmental and health risks to humans—a critical case of Bangladesh with respect to global food policy

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The uncertain fate and transport pathways of applied pesticides are the key hidden threats with respect to the safety and quality evaluation of...     

Controlling environmental pollution: dynamic role of fiscal decentralization in CO2 emission in Asian economies

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The “environment” has become one of the important and debatable topics of the world and policymakers identifying the new predictors of CO2...     

Functional relationship between ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea populations in the secondary treatment system of a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant

The abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea and their amoA genes from the aerobic activated sludge tanks, recycled sludge and anaerobic digesters of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) was determined. Polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis were used to generate diversity profiles, which showed that each population had a consistent profile although the abundance of individual members varied. In the aerobic tanks, the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial (AOB) population was more than 350 times more abundant than the ammonia-oxidizing archaeal (AOA) population, however in the digesters, the AOA population was more than 10 times more abundant. Measuring the activity of the amoA gene expression of the two populations using RT-PCR also showed that the AOA amoA gene was more active in the digesters than in the activated sludge tanks. Using batch reactors and ddPCR, amoA activity could be measured and it was found that when the AOB amoA activity was inhibited in the anoxic reactors, the expression of the AOA amoA gene increased fourfold. This suggests that these two populations may have a cooperative relationship for the oxidation of ammonia.     

Municipal solid waste generation in China: influencing factor analysis and multi-model forecasting

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - In the developing countries, the inadequacy of basic waste data is a significant obstacle for municipal solid waste management. To evaluate an...     

Synthesis of magnetite-based nanocomposites for effective removal of brilliant green dye from wastewater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The present study aims at evaluating the batch scale potential of cotton shell powder (CSP), Moringa oleifera leaves (ML), and magnetite-assisted...     

Health cost of salinity contamination in drinking water: evidence from Bangladesh

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - This study estimates health cost of salinity contamination in drinking water in the severe salinity affected three south-western districts of...     

Trace metal contamination in commercial fish and crustaceans collected from coastal area of Bangladesh and health risk assessment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Trace metals contamination in commercial fish and crustaceans have become a great problem in Bangladesh. This study was conducted to determine seven...     

Beijing and beyond: women's leadership in sustainable natural resource management

We are pleased to have been asked to introduce this special issue of Natural Resources Forum dedicated to women and natural resources management. The issues discussed in the articles on water and energy resources, artisanal mining and sanitation, and how women can improve the management of their environment, were among the key concerns expressed at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995.