Sustainable Environmental Solutions: Waste Valorization, Water Protection, and Soil Management

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental sustainability is a global priority, requiring innovative strategies to minimize ecological degradation while ensuring the responsible management of natural resources. Increasing population growth, industrialization, and urbanization have intensified the pressures on soil, water, and waste management systems, making the development of integrated and sustainable environmental solutions a critical necessity.

This Special Issue seeks to gather high-quality research and review articles addressing recent advances in waste valorization, water protection, and soil management, with a focus on environmentally friendly technologies, circular economy principles, and nature-based solutions. We welcome multidisciplinary contributions that bridge science, engineering, and policy to foster sustainable environmental practices

In this Special Issue, reviews, original research articles, case studies, and field applications are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Innovative technologies for waste reuse and valorization, including industrial by-products as geomaterials.
2. Water protection and treatment, encompassing pollutant removal, emerging contaminants, biofiltration, and low-cost or decentralized treatment solutions.
3. Soil conservation and remediation, including contaminant immobilization, biochar and waste-based amendments, and approaches to enhance soil health, fertility, and performance.
4. Coupled soil–water systems, regarding leaching behavior, contaminant migration, and strategies for minimizing contamination.
5. Environmental risk assessment, monitoring, and modeling for waste disposal, water management, and soil protection.
6. Circular economy approaches for sustainable geoenvironmental engineering, linked to life cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental impact evaluation.
7. Governance, policy, and techno-economic dimensions of sustainable environmental resource management.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Victor Cavaleiro
Prof. Dr. Wen-Tien Tsai
Guest Editors

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