**About the Editor**

**Linda Godfrey** (Prof.) is a Principal Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Extraordinary Professor at North-West University in South Africa, and holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. With over 20 years of sector experience, she manages the Waste Research Development and Innovation (RDI) Roadmap Implementation Unit on behalf of the Department of Science and Innovation, a unit tasked with implementing South Africa's 10-year Waste RDI Roadmap. She has provided strategic input to a number of local, regional and international waste and circular economy initiatives for the United Nations, European Union, World Bank, South African Government Departments, Academy of Sciences, International Solid Waste Association, universities and businesses. She lectures internationally on solid waste managemen<sup>t</sup> in developing countries, including the social, economic and environmental opportunities of "waste" within a circular economy context. She has published extensively in the field.
