Life Cycle Thinking and Industrial Symbiosis: Challenges for A Sustainable Growth

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit articles for a Special Issue on “Life Cycle Thinking and Industrial Symbiosis: Challenges for a Sustainable Growth”, by 31 May 2021.

We believe that the Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) approach is an essential part of Industrial Symbiosis experiences, supporting the transition to the traditional focus on a single production facility to the system vision that includes environmental, social and economic impacts of a product over its entire life cycle and that improves synergies among different organizations.

Starting from this belief, this Special Issue covers discussions on methodologies and practices for sustainability and Circular Economy based on the implementation of Life Cycle Thinking in Industrial Symbiosis challenges, which include but are not limited to:

• Role of LCT in planning, implementing and assessing industrial symbiosis challenges
• Investigating Industrial Symbiosis through Life Cycle Assessment
• Investigating Industrial Symbiosis through Life Cycle Costing
• Investigating Industrial Symbiosis through Social-Life Cycle Assessment
• Circular Economy and Life Cycle Thinking
• Local sustainability and Life Cycle Thinking

We would like to invite you to share a wide range of studies, experiences and knowledge that helps to promote sustainability issues (not limited only to environmental aspects but also covering social and economic aspects) linking life cycle thinking and industrial symbiosis.

In recognition of the fact that the benefits sought are diverse, contributions from various sectors are welcome. Special encouragement goes to the papers that extend the presentations from the 24th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference “Actions for a Sustainable World: from Theory to Practice” (ISDRS 2018).

Prof. Roberta Salomone
Prof. Andrea Raggi
Dr. Laura Cutaia
Dr. Andrea Cecchin
Dr. Pauline Deutz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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 2400 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.