Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 935
Special Issue Editors
Interests: resource recovery; biofouling; biofilm; membrane technology; machine learning
Interests: persistent organic pollutants; biotoxicity; wastewater treatment; carbon neutral
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Interests: wastewater treatment; membrane technology; MABR
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the face of emerging contaminants, sustainable wastewater treatment and resource recovery have become vital components in building environmental resilience and moving towards a circular economy. By transforming wastewater into a valuable resource stream and capturing bioenergy, nutrients, minerals, and metals, these technologies remove contaminants, reduce waste, conserve finite materials, and lessen ecological impacts. Among them, membrane-based processes are especially important, enabling contaminant removal, precise separation, concentration, and the subsequent reuse of valuable components. Implementing sustainable wastewater management strategies not only optimizes resource utilization but also safeguards long-term environmental health and economic prosperity.
This Special Issue, "Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery", focuses on addressing the challenges posed by emerging contaminants and highlights innovative research, methodologies, and solutions. We welcome high-quality original research articles, short communications, and reviews on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Bioenergy production from wastewater;
- Nutrient and metal recovery from wastewater;
- Membrane technologies for resource separation and contaminant removal;
- Advanced processes for resource extraction and contaminant mitigation;
- Nutrient recovery from wasted activated sludge;
- Sustainable application for wasted activated sludge.
Your contributions will help enrich our understanding, drive sustainable initiatives, and shape the future of wastewater treatment and resource recovery. We look forward to your submissions.
Dr. Boyan Xu
Prof. Dr. Xueqing Shi
Dr. Han Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioenergy
- nutrient recovery
- membrane technology
- resource extraction
- circular economy
- contaminant removal
- wasted activated sludge conversion
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