Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Carbon Emission Reduction
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wastewater treatment
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Dear Colleagues,
Global economic expansion and population growth have driven energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions to unprecedented levels (37.4 billion tonnes in 2023), leading to climate impacts, such as ocean thermal expansion, intensified tropical cyclones, and accelerated species extinction. These underscore the urgency of implementing the Paris Agreement's 1.5–2 °C framework and China's dual-carbon roadmap (peak by 2030/neutrality by 2060) through systematic decarbonization strategies. It is noteworthy that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), acting as both environmental protectors and climate impactors, currently account for approximately 1–2% of global societal carbon emissions through two pathways: direct biogenic greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂: 0.5–2.2 kg/m³ [7,8], CH₄: 2.4–11.4 g/m³, N₂O: 0.5–1.8 g/m³) and indirect energy-related emissions (0.3–0.6 kWh/m³). Therefore, research on sustainable wastewater treatment and carbon emission reduction has become a key focus in the field of wastewater treatment.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Low-carbon wastewater treatment;
- Wastewater resource recovery;
- Wastewater energy recovery;
- Carbon emission reduction in wastewater treatment processes;
- Application of AI technology in wastewater treatment processes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Han Wang
Dr. Weigang Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low carbon
- wastewater treatment
- sustainable development
- carbon emission reduction
- energy recovery
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