Search results for "Cycling"

Effects of Chinese youth consumer recycling behavior decisions : application of TPB theory to beverage container recycling system adoption

2016

Increasing municipal waste is a challenge that China is facing during decades, especially along with the economic growth. Although recycling is apparently an efficient method to deal with the problem, 2% of solid waste recycled in China revealed there is barrier in the path. The recycling system is developing in China by government and companies, hence understanding and predicting Chinese consumers’ acceptance of the system is necessary. This research is aim to understand the Chinese youth consumers’ recycling behavior through the view on beverage container recycling behavior. Hypothesizes in this study is proposed according to the theoretical framework of the TPB, which is attitude toward …

Re-Urban | De-frag. Progetti per trasformare la circonvallazione di Palermo

2014

This article presents a short survey of contemporary approaches to re-cycling, up-cycling and recovering urban freeways. Further, it introduces the assumptions and some initial descriptions of cases study of the Degree studio "In-FRA. Architettura e infrastruttura nella città contemporanea", that Z. Tesoriere conducts since 2013 at the University of Palermo. The studio focuses on how enhancing architectural conditions of urban freeways in contemporary urban realm, with particular attention to the circonvallazione of Palermo.

RECYCLING AND THERMOMECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE/ORGANO-MODIFIED CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES

2013

The future of bottle recycling in the United States of America

2012

In this Master’s thesis, the future of bottle recycling in the United States of America will be examined through interest, incentive and an infrastructure (iii) model. One of the American ways to recycle bottles, namely, the Dream Machine initiative, will be compared to the Finnish bottle recycling system. It will shed light through surveys done from Finnish high school students and randomly selected Americans about bottle recycling behaviour. In addition, two supportive surveys were administered to bring validity about the possible behavioral change through properly implemented recycling systems. The main conclusion is that through a proper implementation of a bottle recycling system, Amer…

Spatial Succession for Degradation of Solid Multicomponent Food Waste and Purification of Toxic Leachate with the Obtaining of Biohydrogen and Biomet…

2022

A huge amount of organic waste is generated annually around the globe. The main sources of solid and liquid organic waste are municipalities and canning and food industries. Most of it is disposed of in an environmentally unfriendly way since none of the modern recycling technologies can cope with such immense volumes of waste. Microbiological and biotechnological approaches are extremely promising for solving this environmental problem. Moreover, organic waste can serve as the substrate to obtain alternative energy, such as biohydrogen (H2) and biomethane (CH4). This work aimed to design and test new technology for the degradation of food waste, coupled with biohydrogen and biomethane prod…

Mercury concentration and speciation in volcanic aquifers: measurements in Italy and Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles)

2008

Pyöräilyn hyötysuhteiden yhteyksiä

2017

Pyöräilytyössä hyötysuhdetta (ulkoisen polkemistyön suhdetta kokonaisenergiankulutukseen)on helppo tutkia ja tällaiseen metaboliseen tehokkuuteen onkin määritelty monia erilaisia mittareita. Fysiologisten ja biomekaanisten muuttujien vaikutuksia näihin eri tavoin määritettyihin hyötysuhteisiin tunnetaan hyvinkin, mutta tätä ennen ei olla juurikaan tutkittu mitkä ovat eri tavoin määriteltyjen hyötysuhteiden keskinäiset suhteet. Tutkimukseen osallistui 14 perustervettä fyysisesti aktiivista 31 ± 6 vuotiasta mies- (n = 12)ja naistutkittavaa (n = 2). Tutkittaville laskettiin kuusi erilaista metabolisen tehokkuuden arvoa: vakioteholla (150 W) kokonais- ja nettohyötysuhde, kaksi työhyötysuhdetta …

A Green Approach for Recycling Compact Discs

2023

Compact discs (CDs) and digital versatile discs (DVDs) are mainly made by polycarbonate disc, a thin layer of aluminum or silver, a thin layer of a coating and a thin layer of a label of paper or PET. The recycling of these discs is difficult due to the removal of these non-polymeric layers and to our best knowledge, no industrial plants have been resent for their recycling. In this work, we propose a facile way to remove the non-polymeric layers and investigate the effect of the repetitive extrusion process on the processability and on the mechanical properties of the recycled polycarbonate. A few works have been published dealing with both the removal of the non-polymeric layers and the m…

Laboratorio camerte 2016

2017

Le tematiche affrontate nella XXVI edizione del ‘Seminario Internazionale e Premio di Architettura e Cultura Urbana’ hanno rivolto l’attenzione al risanamento e al riuso di spazi, di luoghi e di quartieri urbani dismessi, abbandonati o degradati. Le riflessioni concettuali, teoriche, analitiche, ma soprattutto progettuali presentate nei Seminari e nei Laboratori hanno fornito ulteriori contributi nella proposizione di nuove realtà funzionali indirizzate alla riqualificazione di territori urbani ritenuti oggi ‘vuoti’ non vivibili. Quanto emerso trova riscontro nelle riflessioni introduttive al Seminario del Direttore del SACU, arch. Giovanni Marucci, che sottolinea come sia presente nel prog…

High-Performance Lead-Acid Batteries Enabled by Pb and PbO2 Nanostructured Electrodes: Effect of Operating Temperature

2021

Lead-acid batteries are now widely used for energy storage, as result of an established and reliable technology. In the last decade, several studies have been carried out to improve the performance of this type of batteries, with the main objective to replace the conventional plates with innovative electrodes with improved stability, increased capacity and a larger active surface. Such studies ultimately aim to improve the kinetics of electrochemical conversion reactions at the electrode-solution interface and to guarantee a good electrical continuity during the repeated charge/discharge cycles. To achieve these objectives, our contribution focuses on the employment of nanostructured electr…