Solid Waste Management and Sustainable Environmental Remediation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solid waste reutilization; geopolymers; heavy metal; thermal treatment; hazardous waste
Interests: resource recovery and safe disposal of solid waste; thermochemical treatment; biochar; biomass energy ; CCUS
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solid waste generation is inevitable with human activities, and harmless methods for recycling materials or energy should be developed for solid waste treatment. Solid waste is often complex and has limited reutilization ability. Thus, the process mechanism of recycling valuable products from solid waste must be further explored. Additionally, the waste–waste disposal collaboration enables a practical cost for recycling. Therefore, the co-disposal method of solid waste should be further developed in relation to recycling valuable resources. To date, considerable research has been conducted regarding co-disposal, including municipal, metallurgical, mining, and agroforestry solid waste. The aims of co-disposal recycling are to encourage their reuse as building materials (geopolymers and aggregates), as well as to improve energy production and environmental functional materials for waste gas/water/solid treatment (bio-char, catalysts, and zeolite). The transport and transformation behavior of pollutants in solid waste has been addressed, ecological and human health risk assessments have been performed, and the recycling process mechanism has been explored. Therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the co-processing of solid waste and its conversion into valuable products using cost-saving methods. As such, the performance of the resulting products was optimal and enhanced, and pollutants have been explored in order to determine their transport and transform mechanisms.
Dr. Xinyuan Zhan
Dr. Binhai Cheng
Dr. Rui Deng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- co-disposal process
- solid waste reutilization
- heavy metals transport
- building and cementitious materials
- thermal treatment
- geopolymer
- pyrolysis oil or gas
- phase change material
- risk assessment
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