Special Issue "Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue with Global Impacts"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Hani Abu-Qdais
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Guest Editor
Civil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan
Interests: integrated solid waste management; circular economy; application of artificial intelligent in solid waste management
Prof. Dr. Anna Kurbatova
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Guest Editor
Department of Ecological Monitoring and Forecasting, Faculty of Ecology, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 117198 Moscow, Russia
Interests: global climate change; waste management; integrated water resources management
Dr. Caterina Picuno
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Guest Editor
Sustainable Resource and Waste Management, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: plastic packaging; packaging management systems and recycling; solid waste management in southeast Asian countries

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Gaining and preserving value in solid waste resources are becoming increasingly relevant global challenges. Local socio-economic specificities raise different needs for solid waste management and engender diverse strategies in terms of waste reduction, collection systems, recovery and recycling. In this sense, it is crucial that new policies in view of Circular Economy are correctly contextualized. This issue focuses on sustainable municipal solid waste management in different contexts (i.e., urban vs. rural, region-specific, etc.).

As municipal solid waste management has become an area of increasing interest and concern, our goal is to publish articles on recent research concepts, models and tools for sustainable municipal solid waste management. We welcome original research  as well as review papers in relevant areas, including: indicators for assessing the sustainability of municipal solid waste management systems, material flow analysis and life cycle assessment, municipal solid waste management logistics, best available technologies in municipal solid waste management, use of artificial intelligence in solid waste management, municipal solid waste treatment technologies, profitability assessment in municipal solid waste management, economic aspects and tools of solid waste management and regional case studies.  This issue is aiming to stimulate the consolidation of scientific potential in the field of sustainable municipal waste management by publishing state-of-the art studies that will lead to a deep understanding of the structure of the municipal solid waste management systems according to the principles of a circular economy.

Prof. Dr. Hani Abu-Qdais
Prof. Dr. Anna Kurbatova
Dr. Caterina Picuno
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • municipal solid waste management
  • zero waste
  • green technologies
  • circular economy
  • material flow analysis
  • life cycle assessment

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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