Sustainable Utilization of Agro-Wastes ＆ Pollution Reduction and Control
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 1817
Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal waste management and pollution prevention and control
Interests: monitoring and measurement of agro-environmental pollutants
Interests: nutrient recovery from wastewater by microalgae transformation; antibiotic and drug-resistant gene contaminant removal technology
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Dear Colleagues,
During the treatment and recycling of agro-wastes, various pollutants such as odours and GHGs, heavy metals, antibiotics and ARGs, and microplastics can have negative impact on the surrounding environment. Accumulative harmful effects can even impede sustainable agricultural production and rural development. The migration and transformation course of the nutrients and contaminants, along with potential mechanisms, should be taken into consideration, and how to comprehensively make use of diversified technologies to promote the sustainable recycling and reutilization of agro-wastes is also public concern. This Special Issue aims at disseminating information regarding sustainable and green technology concerning the recycling of agro-wastes, along with pollution reduction and control, based on the definition of mechanism and theory. For instance, research regarding in situ monitoring and measurement, composting and anaerobic digestion, land applications, high value conversion and utilization, pollution reduction and control, and other relevant topics may be involved in this Special Issue.
(1) outline the overall a. focus, b. scope and c. purpose of the Special Issue;
- Agro-wastes as a sustainable recycling resource in combination with pollution reduction and control.
- Monitoring and measurement technology, high value conversion and utilization technology, pollution reduction and control technology, etc.
- Disseminate sustainable and green technology of agro-wastes recycling with pollution reduction and control.
(2) suggest how the issue will usefully supplement (relate to) existing literature.
Many researchers have drawn increasing attention to the mutual interaction mechanism of different pollutants such as methane and ammonia, heavy metals and antibiotics and ARGs, and even crossover matters, simultaneously and synchronously, at the basic theoretical points. Engineers and end users have paid close attention to the efficient utilization of agro-waste, together with contamination control. The following Special Issue is in accordance with the existing literature regarding the development of sustainable trends in green agriculture.
Prof. Dr. Keqiang Zhang
Dr. Run Zhao
Dr. Suli Zhi
Dr. Huiying Du
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- in situ monitoring and measurement
- agro-waste treatment
- nutrients management
- microalgae transformation
- land application
- ammonia and odour reduction
- GHG control
- heavy metal control
- antibiotics and ARGs resistance
- sustainable utilization
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