Recycling and Processing of Waste Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Research on the development of sustainable materials and the progressive application of recycling processes and strategies have been experiencing a worldwide growth over the last decade. In this regard, both research and industries have been attempting to develop new strategies and materials based on waste sources and renewable resources; as a result, recycling technology has developed and experienced an almost middle-age maturity period. Terms and definitions, such as materials circularity, circular economy, and life cycle assessment (LCA), are born accordingly to make the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the efficiency and performance of recycled materials and recycling techniques possible. Processing waste materials through mechanical, physical, chemical, and combined techniques are among the most common to process and convert waste materials into products with added value. In line with the growing trend in recycling and processing, as well as upcycling techniques used for the management of waste materials, we collect manuscripts related to this topic. The journal materials from MDPI invites experts to publish their ideas and research data in this Special Issue. To have a wider possibility of the publication of breakthrough ideas, we welcome Original Regular Papers, Review Papers, Perspective, Commentary, and Short Communications, as possible kinds of contributions to this Special Issue.

The followings areas are, but not limited to, the fields on which we collect manuscripts:

• Recycling of waste materials;
• Recycling of polymers;
• Processing of biowastes;
• Conversion of wastes to value-added products;
• Upcycling of materials;
• Circularity of waste materials;
• Techniques of waste materials management;
• Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of recycled polymers;
• Developing composites and nanocomposites from waste materials;
• Sustainability features of waste materials;
• Waste processing and circular economy;
• Challenging aspects of processing of waste materials.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Reza Saeb
Dr. Aleksander Hejna
Guest Editors

Paulina Wiśniewska
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.