Sustainable Solid Waste Management and Resource Recycling

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable solid waste management (SSWM) is an emerging problem in an increasing number of countries due to the misconnection among management networks. SSWM requires the incorporation of economic benefits, environmental impacts, and social assessment perspectives as it often encounters difficulties since authorities cannot confront the multiperspectives (Bui et al., 2020). Authorities are necessary for all phases of the resource recycling system, including planning, design, restructuring, organization and response—to preserve environmental quality for future development goals. Still, different technical resource recycling practices in urban or suburban environments are needed to address the economic features, ecological conservation, and social conventions toward sustainable development. This SI aims to collect academic models/methodologies/practical solutions that support an appropriate SSW to handle the huge volume of generated waste, provide high economic benefits, and stabilize the local social situation.

In addition, SSWM plays fundamental roles in utilizing resources while producing new commercial prospects by renovating new resource-management practices and encourages private-sector participation by generating more employment and business opportunities. Proper SSWM is important to its TBL impact, and different approaches are necessary to reflect the attributes of human consumption and guarantee the sustainability of the biological environment through appropriate waste management activities. Waste management processes involve basic waste management such as assortment, transport, treatment, and disposal. The current literature is lacking when it comes to effectively and efficiently enhancing resource recycling and depends on internal resources but also requires resources from outside stakeholders. This Special Issue seeks advanced research to enhance or guide sustainable solid waste management and resource recycling.

Interesting topics include but are not limited to:

• Systematic frameworks for sustainable solid waste management and their influential attributes to resources recycling;
• A proper practical approach or method for promoting sustainable solid waste management and resource recycling;
• Innovative approaches for sustainable solid waste management and resource recycling;
• Novel theories and methods for sustainable solid waste management and resource recycling;
• Decision making on sustainable solid waste management and resource recycling.

Prof. Dr. Ming-Lang Tseng
Dr. Mohd Helmi Ali
Dr. Yeneneh Tamirat Negash
Guest Editors

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