General vs. domain specific recycling behaviour—Applying a multilevel comprehensive action determination model to recycling in Norwegian student homes

This paper reports the results of a multilevel structure equation model predicting general and fraction specific self-reported recycling behaviour. The model was tested on a sample of 697 undergraduate students from four Norwegian universities who each reported their degree of participation in the local recycling schemes for paper/cardboard, glass, metal, and plastic. It was demonstrated that variance in recycling behaviour can be divided into a smaller general part that is relatively stable across waste fractions and a specific part that depends on the respective fraction. General recycling behaviour is well predicted by intentions to recycle and recycling habits, whereas perceived behavioural control is to a large extend fraction specific and influences the fraction specific recycling. Perceived behavioural control mediates the influence of the recycling scheme type, distance to recycling containers, and transport mode used to reach the recycling containers.     

A quantitative estimate of potential aluminium recovery from incineration bottom ashes

The recovery of ferrous and non ferrous metals from the bottom ashes is a common practice in the most part of Europe, both for the environmental advantages of their recycle and to avoid problems of swelling and expansion that metals can cause when bottom ashes are reused in concrete production or in road construction. This paper focuses on metal recovery from bottom ashes produced in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) incinerators, with a particular focus on aluminium. A forecasting model was developed in order to evaluate the quantity of aluminium scraps recoverable from the bottom ashes. The model was applied to the Italian situation but its validity can be extended to other countries. Focusing on Italy, by applying conventional technologies for the separation of non-ferrous metals, the amount of aluminium potentially recoverable from bottom ashes is estimated in the range from 16,500 to 21,000 tonnes at the year 2015, and from 19,000 to 28,500 tonnes at 2020.     

Dispersal connectivity and reserve selection for marine conservation

Although larval dispersal is crucial for the persistence of most marine populations, dispersal connectivity between sites is rarely considered in designing marine protected area networks. In particular the role of structural characteristics (known as topology) for the network of larval dispersal routes in the conservation of metapopulations has not been addressed. To determine reserve site configurations that provide highest persistence values with respect to their connectivity characteristics, we model nine connectivity topological models derived from graph theory in a demographic metapopulation model. We identify reserve site configurations that provide the highest persistence values for each of the metapopulation connectivity models. Except for the minimally connected and fully connected populations, we observed two general ‘rules of thumb’ for optimising the mean life time for all topological models: firstly place the majority of reserves, so that they are neighbours of each other, on the sites where the number of connections between the populations is highest (hub), secondly when the reserves have occupied the majority of the vertices in the hub, then select another area of high connectivity and repeat. If there are no suitable hubs remaining then distribute the remaining reserves to isolated locations optimising contact with non-reserved sites.     

酒石酸淋洗过程中土壤重金属解吸动力学特征

采用批处理淋洗的方法,研究了酒石酸淋洗修复张士污灌区土壤过程中镉、铅、铜、锌4种重金属离子解吸动力学特征。结果表明,酒石酸在12h条件下,达到对污染土壤中镉离子的最大去除率,铅、铜、锌3种重金属离子达到最大去除率则需要24h。4种重金属离子的解吸动力学过程可以用Elovich方程很好的描述,说明酒石酸去除重金属离子的过程是一种非均相扩散过程。此外,解吸速率曲线显示,反应初期相同时刻上酒石酸对铅离子的解吸速率最快,其次是铜和锌,最后是镉离子;反应后期同一时刻上铜和锌的解吸速率大于铅和镉。     

炸药爆炸条件下钚气溶胶扩散研究综述

对炸药爆炸条件下,钚气溶胶扩散研究中的源项特性和扩散模型进行了总结,并对扩散模型的特点进行了评述和对比.根据事故应急响应要求对扩散计算模型的选择进行了相关讨论,同时提出钚气溶胶扩散研究中值得关注的问题.     

电镀污染区植物重金属积累特征研究

采用野外采样室内分析方法,对泰州某电镀污染区12种优势植物和对应土壤中的Cu、Cr、Cd、Pb和Ni5种重金属含量进行测定,揭示了优势植物对复合污染重金属的富集和转运特征。结果表明,该电镀污染区土壤中Cd平均含量为4.10 mg/kg,是GB15618—2008《土壤环境质量标准》中二级标准9.1倍。植物吸收重金属的富集滞留在地上部较多,香樟对Cd,双穗雀稗、野艾篙、牛筋草对Cu,双穗雀稗对Cr,三叶草、蒲公英对Pb,双穗雀稗、苣荬菜对Ni表现出重金属植物修复的潜力,它们是修复Cd污染土壤的理想植物。     

负载型金属氧化物催化剂分解臭氧的研究

用浸渍法制备了活性炭、γ-氧化铝和分子筛负载的MnO2,CuO,Fe2O3催化剂,并考察了它们对臭氧分解的催化性能。结果表明,MnO2催化剂优于CuO,Fe2O3,催化剂,活性炭为载体的催化剂优于γ-氧化铝和分子筛为载体的催化剂。温度对臭氧催化分解影响很大,在90℃时,MnO2／AC催化剂对臭氧的去除率可达80％以上。当存在一定浓度的水蒸气时,湿度越大,催化性能越差。当臭氧初始质量浓度低于50mg／L时,随着臭氧初始浓度的增加,催化性能有一定的下降。     

不同钝化剂对土壤有效态铅和镉含量的影响

通过向土壤中添加蚕沙、熟石灰和磷酸二氢钾,研究不同钝化处理对土壤有效态重金属含量、pH值及有机质含量的影响.结果表明:添加蚕沙和熟石灰都能使土壤中高植物有效挂的有效态Pb和有效态Cd大幅下降;其中以单施蚕沙处理效果最优,其对Pb和Cd的钝化效率分别达到36.5％和39.2％,而蚕沙+熟石灰处理钝化效果次之,分别为24.3％和26.9％.磷酸二氢钾的钝化作用不明显.添加熟石灰对土壤pH值影响最大,而蚕沙大幅增加了土壤中有机质含量.经统计分析,土壤pH值、有机质含量都与土壤有效态Pb、Cd含量之间呈负相关,说明通过提高土壤pH值及有机质含量,降低土壤重金属活性是土壤重金属钝化的主要机理.     

重金属污染土壤植物修复法

重金属污染土壤的植物修复技术是近年来发展起来的一种较新的生态技术 ,其中 ,寻找重金属超富集植物是目前世界范围的研究热点。本文简要评述了重金属污染土壤的植物修复法的原理及类型 ,重金属超富集植物的应用潜力与最新展望 ,对国内外在这一领域的研究进展作一简单综述。     

污水集中处理厂污水中金属(重金属)的分布

系统地建立集中污水处理装置是环境管理和污染治理的发展方向之一，在工业发达国家已相当普及，本文分析了美国和加拿大污水集中处理厂原污水和常用治理流程各工序中金属（重金属）的分布情况。结果表明，由于地理，气候，人口，特别是工业分布的影响，原污水中金属含量会有较大变化，因为变化范围大且超过排放标准2－10倍（按均值计），在设计和评价时应予化重点考虑的几种金属为：Cd,Cu,Cr,Pb,Ni和Zn，经典型的沉淀－活性污泥工艺处理后，金属除去率大于80％，可以满足排放要求。