Sustainable Waste Management and Recycling for Achieving a Circular Economy

Dear Colleagues,

Increasing attention is currently being directed towards issues related to circular economy. These issues, which are transboundary by nature, and thus require transboundary solutions, are becoming increasingly interwoven. In the absence of sustainability, circular economy, which encompasses waste management, resource recycling, and carbon neutrality, each of which addresses a single issue, is crucial. However, these issues inevitably complicate effective resource allocation and generate conflicts. For instance, rare-metal scarcity and ocean pollution can be attributed to improper waste management and a lack of recycling technology and environmental awareness. Ocean pollution and resource nationalism have led to regional conflicts, especially in the developing world. The necessity for policy coordination at the global and local levels is indisputable, hence the establishment of sustainable waste management and recycling. Today, the diversification of waste management and recycling issues, as is true with other global issues, has clarified the roles of stakeholders.

This Special Issue considers waste management and resource recycling based on circular economy with a focus on the roles of policy, advanced technology, each actor, and the SDGs. This Special Issue calls for contributions from various cross-border academic fields, including case studies on global environmental issues, international efforts to address these issues, and policy proposals for achieving a circular economy and carbon neutrality. Specifically, this Special Issue aims to provide international organizations, governments, municipalities, private companies, citizens, and scholars with useful knowledge on how to solve circular economy issues.

Prof. Dr. Jeongsoo Yu
Dr. Kazuaki Okubo
Dr. Xiaoyue Liu
Guest Editors

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• waste management
• circular economy
• recycling
• carbon-neutral
• SDGs
• eco-design
• sharing
• reuse
• data science
• international cooperation