Waste Management and Recycling for Sustainability (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce a new Special Issue of the journal Sustainability titled “Waste Management and Recycling for Sustainability (2nd Edition)”.

Increasing environmental and societal pressures in recent years have called for more responsible processing of end-of-life (EoL) waste. To achieve the aim of a sustainable future and circular economy, the development of technology to recycle and dispose of waste efficiently is urgently required. Wastes such as WEEE, LIBS, metallurgical slags, CO₂-bearing flue gas, etc., generated in manufacturing processes and industries have been raising concerns recently because of their high potential values and possibilities to be alternative metal resources considering the depletion of high-grade ores.

This Special Issue will focus on recent advances in the microstructural properties of waste composites, innovative experimental techniques, analytical methods, and the design, production, and practical applications of disposing of these materials. We are especially interested in theories or technologies related to extracting and recycling metals from various wastes through physical, thermochemical, or combined processes. The use of special characterization methods such as X-ray diffraction, SEM-EDS, and other thermal analysis is advisable.

We are pleased to invite scientists in the field of metallurgy, construction, environmental engineering, chemistry, materials engineering, and related fields to publish their own and original research articles and reviews in this Special Issue.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Thermodynamics and kinetics studies;
• Innovation recycling technologies and processes;
• E-waste recycling;
• Spent lithium battery recycling;
• Metallurgical slag recycling;
• Phase diagram studies for waste oxides systems;
• Carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

Dr. Junjie Shi
Dr. Qing Zhao
Dr. Xingbang Wan
Guest Editors

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