Recycling and Reuse Approaches for Better Sustainability

Nilgün Balkaya is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul University, Turkey. Her main research interests are water pollution control, mainly focused on the use of low-cost adsorbents for treatment of wastewater containing pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals and dyes. Her current fields of research include soil, water and sediment pollution, and soil and sediment remediation.Dr. Sinan Güneysu graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Environmental Engineering in 2000, and gained his MSc and PhD degrees from İstanbul University. He has been working at the Department of Environmental Engineering of İstanbul University for 17 years. His research interests include industrial wastewater treatment, waste minimization and adsorption.

• Life Cycle Environmental Impact Analysis of HDPE Packaging Materials for Different Disposal Options.- Excess Pressure in Municipal Water Supply Systems as a Renewable Energy Source: Antalya Case Study.- Bio-Fuel Production from Carbondioxide Gas In Polluted Areas.- Examination of Soil Improvement with Reusing Tires and Pets.- Recovery of Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Sewage Sludge as Struvite with a Combination Process of Alkali Hydrolysis and Thermal Treatment.- An Appraisal of Domestic Wastewater Stream Segregation from the Perspective of Recycling and Reuse.- Hydrogen Production and Storage Underground.- Evaluation of Phosphorus Recovery from Dried Sludge and Sludge Ash with Wet Chemical Leaching.- Towards an evaluation of the country-wide substance flows for a long-term Phosphorus management.- Determination of Natural Radioactivity Levels of Cements in Bilecik-Eskisehir-Ankara Area.- Measurement and Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity of Various Regions Originated Turkish Cements.- Evaluation of Contaminant Transport Through Alternative Liner Systems from Leachate to Groundwater using One-dimensional Mass Transport Model.- Green Roof for Energy and Water.- Prediction Model For Energy Performance of Residental Buildings using Machine Learning Techniques.- Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Materials in Geotechnical Engineering.- Ecological Footprint Calculation Study.- An Assessment on Pyrolysis for Utilizing Treatment Sludge, Agricultural and Forest Wastes.- Climate Change and Greenhouse Gasses in Turkey .- Microbial Growth Kinetics of an Anaerobic Acidogenic Bioreactor.- Evalution of Heterogenous Photocatalytic Treatment for Treatment and Reuse of a Hotel’s Greywater.- The Awareness and Participation Levels of Turkish University Students in Recycling Activities: A Case Study.- Green Production in Textile Industry.- An Overview of Results and Conclusions from ITU  (Segregated Streams/ECOSAN Research Group) Experience on Grey Water Management.- Heavy Metal Concentrations in Istanbul University Avcilar Campus Soil.- Black Carbon Aerosols in Urban Air Sources Concentrations and Climate Change .