Sewage Sludge Management and Environmental Control
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 368
Special Issue Editors
Interests: circular agriculture; waste valorization; waste-to-resource innovations in agriculture; sewage sludge; recycled fibre
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: phytoremediation; immobilisation of toxic elements; metals in sludge; sewage sludge; remediation; combustion of hyperaccumulator and sludge
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The quantity of sewage sludge (or biosolids) rises sharply in society, causing serious environmental pollution. Sewage sludge contains relatively large amounts of harmful substances, and the appropriate disposal of it is challenging but must be achieved to protect human and environmental health. Thus, the successful utilization of sewage sludge is an essential process for decreasing the impact of sewage sludge management and environmental control. Current research on the sustainable utilization of sewage sludge mainly focuses on co-incineration, phosphorus recovery, building material production, thermal conversion, and anaerobic as well as aerobic technologies. These technologies can recover the recyclable organic materials from sewage sludge into various solid, liquid, and gas fuels, which are significant for sustainable development. Therefore, sewage sludge treatment through sustainable utilization is essential and will be part of the cutting-edge research in environmental engineering and science.
The Special Issue explores the barriers to and opportunities of the sustainable application of sewage sludge treatment for enabling a decrease in environmental impact. In addition, the Special Issue will bring ideas together from academia and industry to environmental organizations and governments to exchange ideas and formulate integrated solutions.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Sustainable wastewater treatment technologies for sludge treatment and sewage sludge utilization.
- Resource (nutrients, energy, and valuable chemicals) mining/recovery technologies from sewage sludge.
- Sustainable regulation/management methods of sewage sludge that enable the remediation of contaminated environments.
- Novel and holistic methods for sewage sludge treatment and management.
- Treatment and disposal of sewage sludge and carbon emissions.
- Treatment of sewage sludge and the phosphorus crisis.
- Heavy metals and organic pollution of sewage sludge.
- Dewatering and incineration of sewage sludge.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yangmei Chen
Dr. Zebin Wei
Dr. Xianke Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sewage sludge
- treatment and disposal
- dewatering
- resource recovery technologies
- landfill
- incineration
- carbon emission
- carbon neutrality
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