Applied Cleaner Production Techniques for Meeting SDGs

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations to address the aspects of environmental, economic, and social dimensions which need to comply with the cleaner production concept. This approach focuses on utilizing natural resources such as water, energy, and raw materials to generate waste which is more environmentally friendly and safer to process or use. The relationship between SDGs and cleaner production is relevant to several fields, including water and air pollution; water and wastewater treatment; solid waste management; risk assessment and risk management; environmental management systems; sustainability and pollution prevention; and environmental challenges. These topics should be comprehensively investigated to avoid environmental and ecological pollution and their related health effects in humans. Accordingly, we proposed this Special Issue on the basis of recent findings, current challenges, and future directions which will allow us to simultaneously achieve environmental quality improvements and economic benefits. We aim to cover environmentally (water, land, biodiversity, and greenhouse gases), economically (energy, investment, and industrialization)-, and socially (awareness, and educational) related SDGs to support cleaner production.

The primary objective of this Special Issue is to collate high-quality research studies from all over the world to cover (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Risk assessment and risk management associated with human health effects from trace elements, micropollutants, metals, and metalloids
2. Environmental science and technology to manage various water engineering and water quality. related problems
3. Groundwater sustainability and automated monitoring techniques
4. Low. cost desalination technologies
5. Local/regional and global impacts of air pollutants (including SOX, NOX, PM10/2.5 and trace metals) and essential control strategies
6. Environmental pollution and conservation, along with economic development, based on both critical thinking and practical application
7. Regulatory aspects and hierarchy concept of solid waste management and pollution prevention principles
8. Interactions of pollutants in water, air, and subsurface environments, and propose the required treatment/pollutant remediation systems
9. Engineering and management solutions to waste problems, utilizing knowledge of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
10. State and federal agencies that govern environmental activities

Kind regards,

Prof. Dr. Mona Gamal Eldin Ibrahim
Dr. Mahmoud Nasr
Guest Editors

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• water purification
• wastewater treatment technologies
• solid waste management
• air and noise pollution
• sustainable development
• risk management