Sustainable Practices for Valorizing Wastewater and Organic Waste from Drink or Food Industry into Clean Energy as a Form of Sustainable Urban Pollution Control
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 March 2026 | Viewed by 84
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the era of climatic change, it is mandatory that waste management from the drink and food industry focus on more sustainable processes due to the high water consumption levels in production and/or raw materials, leading to a high volume of waste or discharge. The valorizing of wastewater and/or organic waste from these processes through chemical routes (pyrolysis, gasification, etc.) or biological routes (dark fermentation, photofermentation, etc.) is considered a practice for converting process byproducts into clean energy, serving as a sustainable means of controlling water or soil pollution in urban areas, as well as transforming this sector into a green industry. However, to address this emerging and concerning issue, it is crucial to understand the different types of waste in the food sector and the current technologies available to efficiently recycle or transform these wastes into new, high-value-added products. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which aims to collect innovative research and advances in this critical field to foster a comprehensive understanding of how they intersect and contribute to sustainable development in urban zones. This Special Issue seeks to highlight the transformative potential of emerging technologies and their application in wastewater or organic waste valorization technologies that convert them into hydrogen, biofuels, or value-added products, thereby promoting a circular economy and reducing environmental impact.
Dr. Arquímedes Cruz López
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- value-added products
- green industry
- lignocellulosic biomass waste
- sustainable development
- circular economy
- wastewater
- microalgae
- thermochemical treatment
- microbial communities
- seafood waste
- biorefinery
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