Enhanced Waste Management Models to Support Waste Prevention and Circularity
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 4050
Special Issue Editors
Interests: circular economy; industrial mechanical plants; multiphase flow engineering; renewable energy; plant automation; waste management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Significant efforts to decouple economic growth and waste generation are required. Several technological and non-technological barriers exist according to different industrial sectors and value chains. In particular, in the new European Circular Economy Action Plan, seven key value chains have been identified as the most urgent to effectively shift to more sustainable production and consumption patterns, which are: electronics and ITC; batteries and vehicles; packaging; plastics; textiles; construction and buildings; and food, water and nutrients.
Starting with these value chains, but not exclusively, this Special Issue of Sustainability aims to collect reviews and research on sustainable and circular models and solutions to manage and reduce waste. The main focus is on technological innovations, to both prevent waste generation and recover, recycle and reuse them as new resources and materials, in the same or in other value chains. However, other relevant topics, necessary to develop further technologies and solutions, such as the characterization and quantification of waste, potential barriers and drivers and the definition of end-of-waste criteria, are important to consider the problem with a comprehensive approach. The use of quantitative approaches to measure the environmental, economic and social impacts of proposed solutions are encouraged to effectively monitor the contribution of waste management models and solutions to circularity and sustainability and to compare them to the current waste management patterns.
Prof. Dr. Augusto Bianchini
Dr. Jessica Rossi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste management
- circular economy
- waste prevention
- recovery and reuse
- technological innovation
- quantitative indicators
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