Industrial Waste Circularity: Utilization, Pollution Prevention and Data-Driven Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2027 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: waste resource management; pollution control; circularity; CO2 capture; fine particle solid–liquid separation; clean coal chemistry and technology
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Dear Colleagues,
The 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025) has positioned a circular economy as the core of China’s green low-carbon transition. The forthcoming 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) will further tighten controls on industrial waste and pollution. This Special Issue will be aimed at the global management of industrial waste.
This Special Issue therefore will invite interdisciplinary research, policy analyses and industrial case studies that jointly address the technical, regulatory and commercial bottlenecks hindering the closed-loop recycling of industrial waste and the risk governance of associated pollution emissions. We welcome contributions that integrate laboratory-scale innovation, pilot-plant demonstration, life-cycle sustainability assessment and governance models co-created by governments, enterprises and research institutes. Article types are suggested to include research articles, reviews, policy briefs, case reports, etc.
This SI welcomes high-impact studies on the safe disposal and circular use of solid, liquid and gaseous industrial wastes while curbing all pollutant pathways. Contributions are sought in (1) solid/liquid/gas waste valorisation technologies, such as coal chemical waste, petrochemical waste, metallurgical waste, wasted new energy batteries, retired wind turbine blades and used textiles; (2) pollution control covering heavy metals, VOCs, salinity and other emerging contaminants; (3) technology–economy–environment assessments, LCA and carbon footprints; (4) material–energy flow optimisation of integrated “three-waste” co-treatment; (5) data-driven methods such as AI, machine learning, digital twins and blockchain; (6) policy–economy–industry governance, EPR and green finance; (7) standards, indicators and certification for circular products; (8) case studies and demonstration projects from energy–chemical parks, steel–cement–photovoltaic value chains and transboundary symbiosis networks; (9) emerging technologies including plasma gasification, microwave-assisted extraction, bio-electrochemical systems and CO2-mineralisation; etc.
Dr. Fanhui Guo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- industrial solid waste/wastewater/gas management
- CCUS
- heavy metals
- circular economy
- AI and machine learning
- digital twin of waste processes
- policy and regulatory frameworks
- resource utilisation technology
- LCA
- pollution-risk control
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