Sustainable Organic Waste Transformation and Resource Recovery in the Circular Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2027 | Viewed by 144
Special Issue Editor
Interests: organic waste treatment; composting; biological treatment; bioreactors; sustainable bioprocessing; waste valorization; environmental biotechnology; environmental microbiology; compost microbiome; enzymatic pathways in compost microbiota; carbon monoxide (CO); bacterial CO production; biological CO production; carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH); gas emission; emissions modeling; biorefinery processes; circular economy; bioeconomy; food waste measures; food waste management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Achieving sustainability and climate neutrality requires integrated approaches to resource management within the circular economy. Transforming residual biomass, organic side streams and secondary resources into valuable products, materials and energy carriers is central to improving resource efficiency, reducing environmental burdens and advancing low-carbon development pathways.
This Special Issue, "Sustainable Organic Waste Transformation and Resource Recovery in the Circular Economy", contributes to defining, quantifying and monitoring sustainability in resource recovery systems, advancing both scientific understanding and practical implementation of circular economy principles. It aims to explore innovative biological, biochemical, thermochemical and other processes that enable the sustainable conversion and recovery of resources.
The scope includes (and is not limited to):
- Sustainable valorization of biomass and organic residues
- Biological and thermochemical conversion technologies
- Microbial, biochemical and molecular transformation processes
- Formation, characterization and recovery of volatile organic compounds and bioactive substances
- Instrumental analysis in the waste-to-resource cycle
- Biochar and carbon-based materials in circular applications
- Integrated waste-to-resource and biorefinery strategies
- Environmental impact assessment and life cycle assessment
- Food waste management and upcycling
Both fundamental and applied research are welcome, including laboratory investigations, pilot-scale systems, industrial case studies and system-level modeling, provided they clearly contribute to sustainability quantification, resource efficiency improvement, or circular economy implementation.
Dr. Karolina Sobieraj
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- organic waste valorization
- food waste management and upcycling
- sustainable resource recovery
- circular bioeconomy
- biological and thermochemical conversion technologies
- biochar and carbon-based materials
- microbial and biochemical processes
- volatile organic compounds and bioactive substances
- environmental impact and life cycle assessment
- sustainable waste management systems
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