Sustainable Management of Global Non-Renewable Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Global non-renewable resources are depleted as a result of the over-consumption of resources. Furthermore, the continuous depletion of natural finite resources is leading to an uncertain future. Hence, the global management of non-renewable resources is a challenge for the entire humanity due to our consumption habits and inefficient processors that produce large quantity of waste. Also, waste management, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, agricultural waste, electronic waste, and construction waste, is a challenge for the developing nations, and the current practice in developed nations is not sustainable. Considering the significant contributions of waste disposal to global warming, the above-mentioned problems are further compounded. Therefore, to prevent further depletion of global resources, there is a need for sustainable consumption and strategic waste management systems based on: (1) material efficiency, including green chemistry and pollution prevention, (2) waste avoidance, including zero waste, and (3) resource recovery, including waste and energy mining. Additionally, there are significant advances in resource and waste management with respect to policy, science, and engineering that are not widely known. The main purpose of this Topical Collection is to assemble those advances and disseminate them in a single issue

Prof. Dr. Jay N. Meegoda
Guest Editor

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