Sustainable Materials from Industrial Waste

Dear Colleagues,

As you know, the UN Sustainable Development Goals are a call to action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. The economic and social progress of the last century has unfortunately been accompanied by environmental degradation that threatens the actual systems on which our future growth is built. In this contest, the SDG 12 “Responsible consumption and production” commits, among other things, to achieve by 2030 a substantial reduction in waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse. In the achievement of this objective, the scientific community can play a key role by generating knowledge and developing technologies that allow the transformation of industrial waste into secondary raw materials for the manufacture of sustainable materials. This is the aim of this Special Issue, in which works related to the synthesis of materials from industrial wastes are welcome.

We would to finish with the words of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres “We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to do things right for the future.” 

Dr. Isabel Padilla
Dr. Maximina Romero
Dr. Aurora López-Delgado
Guest Editors

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