Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategies

Dear Colleagues, 

With the increasing development of human society and the continuous expansion of industry, the amount of solid waste is also increasing, which results in serious environmental and pollution problems. However, traditional industrial development will certainly form a contradictory opposition with people's expectations for a better living environment. Therefore, resource utilization of solid waste can not only effectively reduce environmental pollution but also improve resource utilization and reduce production costs, which has important implications for sustainable development.

A common way of maximizing resource utilization is to use solid waste for road base materials. With the acceleration of urbanization, the volume of road construction is increasing, and the demand for road base materials is growing. The use of solid waste as road base materials can realize the effective utilization of solid waste. At the same time, it can also reduce the construction cost and improve the stability and durability of the roadbed, which has a wide range of application prospects.

Another way of utilizing resources is to use solid waste for biomass catalytic pyrolysis, coal combustion, and gasification. This way, we can capture and convert CO₂ and achieve the purpose of clean and efficient energy use. At the same time, this approach can also convert solid waste into efficient energy, which has important economic and environmental benefits.

Dr. Jie Yang
Dr. Quxiu Dai
Guest Editors

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• solid waste resources
• bioenergy
• coal gasification
• CO₂ capture and conversion
• chemical looping gasification
• hazardous waste
• construction materials