Feature Papers Collection in ‘Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability’
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 1496
Special Issue Editors
Interests: enzymatic processes; biotransformation; computational chemistry; computational toxicology; PAHs; fluorochemicals; plastic recycling
Interests: theory and methods of thermodynamics in complex systems; molecular simulation in conformational transformation; aggregation, reaction, and separation behaviours of complex systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastic pollution has become an increasingly important global issue. Over 360,000,000 metric tons of plastics are manufactured annually, and this number is still increasing. However, only a limited amount of plastic waste is recycled, which poses a great challenge for the sustainability of plastics. To achieve the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a timely manner, it is urgent and of great significance to comprehensively understand the sources and distribution of plastic wastes, their environmental migration, transformation, and their crushing and aging. It is also critical to find ways to prevent and mitigate plastic pollution, and to develop more sustainable technologies to treat/recycle the current plastic wastes and new green strategies to produce more biodegradable plastics. For instance, recently, biotechnology, an efficient, green, and environmentally friendly method, has shown great potential in dealing with PET plastic pollution. The Special Issue seeks high-quality studies on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Sources and distribution of plastic wastes;
- Environmental migration, transformation, crushing and aging of plastics;
- Formation and migration of micro- and nanoplastics;
- Enrichment of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment;
- Sustainable technologies in prevention, mitigation, and recycling of plastic waste;
- Sustainable technologies in developing green and biodegradable plastics.
Given the emerging studies and increasing importance in this area, we believe this Special Issue will surely attract a large number of submissions and have a huge impact on the community.
Dr. Yanwei Li
Prof. Dr. Diannan Lu
Prof. Dr. Weiliang Dong
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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