Alternatives for cocaine disposal: An experimental, techno-economic, and environmental comparison between incineration and biological degradation
| Autor: | Liz Wendy Cuadros Veloza, Elisabeth Restrepo-Parra, Carlos A. Díaz-Vargas, Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate, Juan Camilo Solarte-Toro, Juan C. Higuita |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Waste management
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 020209 energy Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Techno economic 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Specific energy consumption Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Incineration Carbon source 050501 criminology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental science Degradation (geology) Environmental impact assessment Degradation process 0505 law General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cleaner Production. 296:126462 |
| ISSN: | 0959-6526 |
| Popis: | Worldwide trends in the area under coca crops cultivation have been primarily motivated by illegal advances in Colombia around cocaine production. Thus, alternative ways for the final disposal of cocaine are needed and the evaluation of their possible economic and environmental advantages. This work aimed to compare incineration and biological degradation of cocaine by considering techno-economic and environmental aspects. There was a cocaine removal efficiency of 99.7% when bacterial C1T consortium was grown using cocaine as the sole carbon source. The biological degradation process exhibited a specific energy consumption and total potential environmental impact, 5 and 10 fold lower than the incineration process, respectively. The biological degradation process can also reach similar disposition unit prices as the incineration process (i.e., 1.00 USD/kg). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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