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43 articles for “disposal”
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Weeding as a Sustainable Practice: Ethical Implications for Library Collection Management
Abstract: Libraries continually refine their collections to ensure they remain relevant, reliable, and representative of their users' needs. However, the process of weeding raises pressing ethical and environmental concerns. This study reframes weeding as a practice of ethical stewardship and sustainable collection management rather than a routine technical procedure. It introduces the Ethical-Sustainability Weeding Framework (ESWF), a conceptual model integrating ethical responsibility, Institutional transparency, and ecological accountability. The ESWF encompasses five …
Published in International Journal of Trends in Humanities · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 13–19 Read article
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Water Contamination, Sanitation Practices, and Public Health Risks: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract: Contaminated water remains one of the biggest obstacles to public health, especially in developing countries, partly due to a lack of sanitation systems and lack of knowledge about the dangers. This paper describes the causes of water resource contamination and the ways in which they are transmitted, the lack of knowledge of the public, and what can be done to make it less of a problem, including a cross-sectional study …
Published in International Journal of Sustainability · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 21–32 Read article
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Development and implementation of Solar-Thermoelectric Hybrid Energy Harvester
Abstract: In today’s consumer-oriented and technology-driven market, researchers are increasingly emphasizing the need to harvest energy from ambient and renewable sources to support sustainable power generation and to minimize dependence on conventional energy resources such as batteries and fossil-fuel-based electricity. The rising deployment of portable electronics, wireless sensor networks, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices has created an urgent demand for compact, low-power, long-life, and maintenance-free energy solutions. In many real-world …
Published in International Journal of Machine Systems and Manufacturing Technology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2026 Read article