Special Issue "Sustainable Solutions for the Prevention and Control of Mercury Pollution"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. M. Rosa Martinez-Tarazona
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Guest Editor
Institute of Carbon Science and Technology (INCAR), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: mercury; metal contamination; carbon materials; gas cleaning; soil amendments
Dr. M. Antonia López Antón
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Guest Editor
Institute of Carbon Science and Technology (INCAR), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: mercury control; solid sorbents; toxic metals; air pollution control; environmental conservation (soil); carbon materials
Dr. Roberto García Fernandez
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Guest Editor
Institute of Carbon Science and Technology (INCAR), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: carbon materials; metal contamination; PAH contamination; gas cleaning; soil amendments
Dr. Elena Rodríguez Vazquez
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Guest Editor
Institute of Carbon Science and Technology (INCAR), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 33011 Oviedo, Spain
Interests: carbon materials; mercury control; PAH contamination; gas cleaning; soil amendments

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

To protect people and the environment from mercury, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through the Minamata Convention of Mercury, has set an objective to act and make anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds a matter of the past. In this context, different objectives have been set, focusing on eliminating mercury mining and the use of mercury, as well as developing control measures for emissions produced in industrial activities. This includes the control of emissions to air and releases to land and water, with the goal of finding alternatives to mercury and mercury-containing products, and designing control processes. In this way, it is intended to avoid future contamination by mercury, but, also, to implement methods and processes to clean already contaminated soils and waters.

This Special Issue intends to gather innovative contributions, providing an overview of the most recent achievements and potential challenges, for sustainable solutions in the prevention and control of mercury pollution. It is the intention of the editors to cover all the areas related to mercury, and, with this aim in mind, the articles will provide a multidisciplinary perspective of the actions, alternatives and developments currently in progress to comply the Minamata Convention objectives, with sustainability being the mandatory and inescapable principal attribute ot the policies, actions, methods and technologies provided.

Dr. M. Rosa Martinez-Tarazona
Dr. M. Antonia López Antón
Dr. Roberto García Fernandez
Dr. Elena Rodríguez Vazquez
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • artisanal and small scale gold mining
  • mercury accumulation
  • mercury control in energy production
  • industrial mercury control
  • occupational exposure to mercury
  • mercury sorbents
  • soil amendments for mercury
  • alternatives to the use of mercury

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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