Circular Economy in Waste and Wastewaters

Dear Colleagues,

Waste and wastewaters can be an important part of circular sustainability due to the integration of energy production, resource recovery, and efficiency. In the framework of the circular economy principle, products, components, and raw materials should remain in the economy for as long as possible, and waste and wastewaters should be valorized and considered as resources and a source of secondary raw materials that can be recycled, processed, and reused. This will allow the transition from a linear economy based on the “take–make–dispose” system—still in great use today, in which waste is the last stage of the product lifecycle—to the circular economy concept.

In the circular economy, waste and wastewaters would become “ecologically sustainable”, promoting the sustainable management of materials and energy and reducing, as much as possible, the amount of waste generation and, consequently, its disposal. This allows waste to be given a second life, in which part of it is  recovered or reused as secondary material.

The aim of this Special Issue, “The Circular Economy of Waste and Wastewaters”, is to present up-to-date innovative research papers focused on technologies, processes, methods, and strategies applied to waste and/or wastewaters that enable the requirements for the circular economy concept to be met.

The Guest Editors invite researchers to submit high-quality articles or comprehensive reviews. Papers selected for publication in this Special Issue will first be subjected to rigorous peer review, with rapid and wide dissemination of results upon acceptance and publication

 

Dr. Gabriela Ionescu
Dr. Roberta Ferrentino
Dr. Michela Langone
Dr. Luigi Petta
Guest Editors

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