Enhancing Performance, Sustainability and Circularity of Waste Management Processes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2025 | Viewed by 100
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental engineering; wastewater engineering; biological treatment; waste sludge reduction; GHGs emissions; nanomaterials in wastewater treatment; cyanobacteria-based wastewater treatment; bio-hydrogen production
Interests: agronomy; plant pathology; precision agriculture; sustainability; phytochemistry; food science, circular economy, pollution mitigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While the terms “sustainability” and “circularity” are often overused, they remain critical drivers for revolutionizing waste management and combating the urgent global challenge of pollution. As industries and populations grow, the need to innovate waste processes that reduce environmental harm, recover resources, and tackle pollution has never been more pressing. This Special Issue invites cutting-edge research that bridges sustainability, circularity, and pollution control across wastewater, water, flue gas, and solid waste systems. We seek contributions that optimize, monitor, and reimagine these processes through valorization, carbon sequestration, advanced remediation, and low-impact technologies.
Join us in shaping a future where waste management not only minimizes ecological footprints but also actively cleans our air, water, and soil. Authors are encouraged to submit breakthroughs in biological, physicochemical, photochemical, electrochemical, and mechanical processes, as well as machine learning applications for smarter, cleaner systems. Interdisciplinary collaborations spanning engineering, biology, ecology, materials science, and data analytics are all welcome.
Objective:
This Special Issue will curate high-impact studies that accelerate the transition to sustainable, circular, and pollution-conscious waste technologies. Contributions should address core challenges while emphasizing scalability, efficiency, and environmental justice.
Topics of Interest:
- Activated sludge processes for wastewater/sewage treatment;
- Anaerobic digestion for biogas production and soil nutrient recovery;
- Photoremediation for wastewater treatment and water sanitation;
- Catalytic/photocatalytic processes for pollutant conversion and waste valorization;
- Physicochemical, electrochemical, and mechanical processes for water purification, biomass recovery, and resource extraction;
- Biological/enzymatic processes for upcycling waste into feedstocks and high-value products;
- Remote management, energy/resource efficiency optimization, carbon sequestration, and GHG mitigation;
- Natural mitigation strategies for pollution control in waste systems;
- Innovative approaches for air pollution control and particulate matter reduction in waste processing.
Why Submit?
This Special Issue will spotlight actionable science that turns waste into wealth while addressing the intertwined crises of resource depletion and pollution. Your study could help to redefine how industries and communities manage waste, protect ecosystems, and safeguard public health. Let us advance technologies that do not just sustain but also regenerate.
Dr. Georgios Samiotis
Dr. Dimitrios Katsantonis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- circular economy
- waste management
- waste valorization
- resource recovery
- pollution control
- remediation processes
- environmental footprint mitigation
- carbon sequestration
- monitoring and remote sensing
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