The European Community's policy requires a sustainable and environmentally friendly development, in which the consumption of raw materials was controlled; and emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, water and soil, ...

Access to quality drinking water is a global problem that persists in developing countries because of the absence or low efficacy of facilities and infrastructures as well as the lack of chemical products for the proper ...

Water pollution by heavy metals is a world problem that gives as a result the scarcity of drinking water, especially in developing countries. There are many techniques to remove heavy metals, such as biosorption. Biosorption ...

The furniture industry is one of the most representative sectors in the Valencian region, in terms of volume of production, turnover and number of companies, which generally are SMEs. The wood industry which belongs to ...

The legislation about Prevention of Occupational Risks obliges to protect the safety and health of workers. One of the tools to integrate the preventive action in the production process and the organization of a company ...

Adsorption with composite ion exchangers is gaining attention in the treatment of radioactive liquid wastes due to higher radiation stability and higher radionuclide selectivity. The aim of this work is the synthesis of a ...

Every day, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are retired from seawater desalination plants when the effluent produced does not meet the water quality demands required and then become membrane waste. Attending to the forecast, ...

The reduction of the quality water of natural resources for consumption due to either overexploitation or pollution, coupled with a growing demand, forces people in many areas of our planet to look for alternative processes ...

The growing demand and increase in fossil fuel prices justifies the need to look for alternative fuels such as biodiesel. Rice bran is used as raw material to obtain it. The rice bran has low commercial value, is rich in ...

Before the implementation of a new line in a plastics injection industrial plant, risks assessment of the existing painting lines has to be made to define the appropriate working conditions to ensure safety and health of ...