Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Challenges, Innovations, and Resource Recovery
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 March 2026 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editor
Interests: landfill; leachate; toxicity; waste management; municipal landfills; toxicity tests; ecotoxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is a major concern due to the increasing volume of waste and concerns about its impact on the environment. The circular economy and the concept of sustainable development have changed the approach to MSW management from basic waste disposal to recycling and resource recovery. Producing energy from waste is another solution, but it may have environmental consequences.
This Special Issue welcomes both basic and applied research, which should be related to issues of interest to researchers and decision-makers involved in the management of MSW.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to increase knowledge about sustainable management of MSW.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Nutrient recovery from municipal solid waste leachate;
- Challenges for sustainable waste management;
- Sustainable MSW management approach;
- Sustainable landfill design;
- Energy recovery from MSW;
- MSW treatment (thermal treatment - incineration, pyrolysis and gasification; and biological treatment -anaerobic digestion, composting; sanitary landfills, etc.);
- Problems related to waste management;
- Concepts and practices related to waste management and storage technologies in countries;
We believe this Special Issue will shed new light on the topic of the sustainable management of MSW.
Dr. Aleksandra Wdowczyk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- waste management
- sustainable development
- nutrient and energy recovery
- landfill
- sustainable resources
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