Sustainable Waste Management and Recycling for Achieving a Circular Economy: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 620
Special Issue Editors
Interests: waste plastic issues; end-of-life vehicle recycling; plastic sorter using terahertz wave; urban mining; end-of life battery; recycling cooperative behavior; integrated waste management; international resource recycling; SDGs education; disaster waste treatment
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Interests: recycling cooperative behavior; household solid waste management; recycling policy; recyclable resources collection; collection stations; recycling company; waste recycling; consumer behavior
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the contemporary world, growing attention is being directed towards how to address issues related to the circular economy. These issues are transboundary by nature and thus require transboundary solutions, each issue becoming increasingly interwoven with others. In the absence of sustainability, the circular economy, which encompasses waste management, resource recycling, and carbon neutrality, each of them addressing a single issue, is more crucial than ever. However, these issues inevitably complicate effective resource allocation and generate conflicts. For instance, the scarcity of rare metals and ocean pollution can be traced back to improper waste management and the 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 unquestionable, hence the establishment of sustainable waste management and recycling. More so than in the past, the diversification of waste management and recycling issues, like other global issues, has clarified the role of each stakeholder.
This Special Issue considers waste management and resource recycling based on the circular economy, covering the role of related policies, advanced technologies, the responsibility of each actor, and 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. The aim is 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. Xiaoyue Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste management
- circular economy
- recycling
- carbon neutral
- SDGs
- co-design
- sharing
- reuse
- data science
- international cooperation
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