From Waste to Resource: Water, Energy and Material Recovery Pathways
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 181
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drain water heat recovery; waste heat recovery systems; building installations; alternative water sources; multicriteria decision making; decision support; sustainable water and energy management; machine learning; optimization of renewable energy systems; low-impact development; hydrodynamic modeling; drainage systems; sewage systems
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Interests: environment; environmental analysis; water resources management; drain water heat recovery; waste heat recovery; explainable machine learning; low-impact development; environmental sustainability; power engineering; optimization of renewable energy systems
Interests: direction and wave of rainfall; detention tank; stormwater management; urban environmental engineering; precipitation; rainfall; hydrodynamic modeling; SWMM; machine learning; smart drainage systems; building installations; sustainable water and energy management
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Interests: urban water management; water supply and urban drainage systems; sustainable stormwater management in urban areas; low-impact development; hydrodynamic modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the face of increasing pressure on natural resources, the water crisis, and the need to minimize environmental impacts, the issue of converting waste into valuable resources is becoming one of the key directions of development in contemporary environmental engineering. Dynamic technological progress, growing environmental awareness, and the need to implement circular economy principles are making solutions aimed at recovering water, energy, and raw materials from waste increasingly important, in both scientific and practical terms.
The overarching aim of this Special Issue is to present modern methods for converting waste into valuable resources, with particular emphasis on the recovery of water, energy, and valuable materials. The focus will be firmly placed on solutions that improve process efficiency and reduce resource losses, emphasizing their role in building a circular economy and supporting sustainable development. Our hope is that this Special Issue will foster the dissemination of innovative technologies and the exchange of experiences crucial to transformations towards a more responsible economy.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome, and research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following topics: waste heat recovery technologies, including heat from wastewater; the use of alternative water sources; advanced wastewater and sludge treatment; environmental biotechnologies; raw material recovery processes; process modeling; environmental, energy, and economic assessments; secondary resource management; and functional recycling. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sabina Kordana-Obuch
Dr. Beata Piotrowska
Dr. Mariusz Starzec
Dr. Réka Wittmanová
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy recovery
- resource recovery
- water recycling
- circular economy
- sustainable waste management
- recycling technologies
- environmental impact reduction
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