Green Technologies for Environment, Health and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 26991
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh
Interests: environmental pollution; emerging contaminants; bioremediation; ecotoxicology and microbial ecology
Interests: environmental pollution; heavy metals; organic pollutants; bioremediation; phytoremediation; rhizoremediation; bioenergy and biofuels; resource recovery; microbial and genetic engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable development is at the heart of human survival on Earth; thus, achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) is crucial in today’s world. The safeguarding of the environment and human health is an integral part of sustainable development, aspects threatened by a wide variety of environmental crises and problems, including environmental pollution, water and energy crises, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, global warming and climate change, predominantly derived from indiscriminate development activities, natural resource consumption and waste generation. Green technologies, also known as clean and/or eco-friendly technologies, offer enormous opportunities towards achieving SDGs by meeting the societal needs whilst reducing environmental impacts of conventional technologies, removing hazardous environmental pollutants, minimizing the volume of wastes, and alleviating environmental and human health risks.
This Special Issue aims to collect both original research and review papers reporting on newly developed green technologies, as well as recent advancements in existing technologies for environmental (soil, water, and groundwater) remediation, water and wastewater treatment, waste management, and biofuels and bioenergy production. In addition, papers focusing on novel approaches, biomarkers and analytical methods developed for the assessment of environmental pollution, contaminant dynamics, and associated risks are also welcome. This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive and insightful view of the recent developments in green technologies for promoting environmental sustainability towards achieving SDGs.
The potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Environmental pollution, contaminant dynamics and associated health risks by toxic metals and organic pollutants, including ECs (per- and poly-fluorinated compounds, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, macro–micro–nanoplastics and nanomaterials, and disinfection byproducts);
- Novel approaches and eco-friendly strategies for the remediation of environmental pollutants and the treatment of water and wastewater;
- New technologies for and advances in biofuel production from biomass materials;
- Technological advancements for green and low-carbon energy generation;
- Bioelectrochemical systems for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production;
- Green technologies for waste management and resource recovery;
- Life cycle assessment (LCA) of emerging technologies for environmental sustainability.
Dr. Tanmoy Roy Tusher
Dr. Mei-Fang Chien
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental pollution
- contaminant dynamics
- emerging contaminants
- health risk assessment
- bioremediation
- phytoremediation
- rhizoremediation
- bioelectrochemical systems
- microbial fuel cell
- nanotechnology
- biomass and biofuels
- bioenergy
- green energy
- water and wastewater treatment
- resource recycling and recovery
- nutrients recovery
- sustainable waste management
- biochar and hydrochar
- emerging technology
- life cycle assessment
- environmental sustainability
- climate change mitigation
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