Special Issue "Advanced Waste Technologies for Sustainable Materials and Products"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alessandra Zanoletti
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123, Brescia, Italy
Interests: waste valorization; reuse of raw materials; municipal solid waste stabilization; synthesis and characterization of porous material; air pollution; pollutant adsorption
Dr. Luca Ciacci
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Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, viale Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: material cycles; industrial ecology; critical materials; environmental sustainability
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Prof. Dr. Ivano Vassura
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Guest Editor
Department of Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna, viale Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Interests: environmental chemistry; waste management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid growth of waste generated around the world is a great concern from multiple environmental perspectives.

It is estimated that the worldwide annual production of waste is around 4 billion tonnes. Half of this constitutes municipal solid waste, while the other half originates from industrial and production activities.

Landfilling still represents one of the main waste management strategies today, preventing the possibility to exploit potentially recyclable resources. In this context, it is necessary to move toward a circular economy and more efficient resource management to minimize wastage, maximize the (re)use of materials and products, and decouple economic growth from materials extraction and consumption. This transition would minimize the reliance of modern society on natural raw materials, as well as mitigate the climate emergency as reuse, recovery and recycling strategies are often less energy- and carbon-intensive than primary production routes.

The development of new sustainable and ecomaterials based on recycled resources in the frame of “Azure chemistry” can be a more powerful way to respect all the sustainability pillars. Without greater resource efficiency, the Sustainable Development Goals will likely stay out of our reach.

This Special Issue welcomes original articles or reviews addressing the following issues:

  • Recovery of valuable sustainable materials from wastes;
  • Reuse of stabilized residues, such as ecomaterial;
  • Novel methods for environmental and economical sustainability assessment of new materials/technologies;
  • Dissemination of best practices for waste management.

Dr. Alessandra Zanoletti
Dr. Luca Ciacci
Prof. Dr. Ivano Vassura
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • waste recycling
  • ecomaterials
  • end of waste
  • circular economy
  • sustainability tools

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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