Advancing Soil Restoration Through Technosols and Waste-Derived Amendments
A Special Issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298) belonging to the section "Environmental Pollution, Toxicology and Restoration".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 10
Editors
Interests: soil quality; soil remediation; environmental geochemistry; technosols; biochar; waste-derived amendments; nature-based techniques
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Interests: soil quality; soil remediation; biogeochemistry; technosols; soil-plant system; nature-based techniques
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Interests: soil remediation; contaminated soils; by-product amendments; biochar and hydrochar; phytoremediation; environmental biogeochemistry; edaphology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil degradation continues to compromise soil processes, ecosystem services, biodiversity, productivity of agroforestry and climate resilience. In addition, the generation of waste is increasing significantly, with landfill and incineration being the primary disposal methods. However, the recovery of soils requires organic matter, nutrients and other essential inorganic components that are currently being discarded with these methods. These challenges require innovative and sustainable approaches to restore and maintain soil functions, support resource efficiency and facilitate the transition to a circular economy. Technosols and waste-derived amendments are attractive, sustainable, economical circular solutions that are attracting increasing attention due to their ability to enable the beneficial reuse of wastes from various socioeconomic sectors, improving degraded soils for different types of land use.
This Special Issue aims to present articles emphasising the development, characterisation, performance and medium- to long-term environmental effects of these Technosols and waste-derived amendments on degraded soils, vegetation and soil organisms, as well as the regulatory and policy frameworks supporting the safe and sustainable reuse of waste-derived materials, using laboratory, field and modelling approaches.
Dr. Diego Arán
Dr. Erika S. Santos
Dr. Rubén Forján Castro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil quality
- environmental recovery
- environmental geochemistry
- ecosystem services
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