Waste Treatment and Sustainable Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 2850
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioresource and bioprocess engineering; water science; technology and engineering; biotechnology engineering; green chemistry; waste management
Interests: waste treatment; food technology; waste management; biotechnology; bioprocessing; environmental protection; fermentation technology; biocontrol
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Dear Colleagues,
Industrialization has resulted in the generation of various wastes. There is a consensus on industries to mitigate waste generation and develop sustainable systems to handle such waste. Sustainable development goal 12 highlights the need for sound waste management “through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse (targets 12.4 and 12.5) and reduction of food waste (target 12.3)”. The generation of waste and its disposal not only affects humans but the lives of other creatures and puts the planet we share in jeopardy, culminating in other outcomes such as climate change. Overall, it is desirable to evaluate the (de)efficiencies of current waste management systems and develop novel, sustainable technologies for waste management in the medium-term, refining them in the long-term to handle the ever-increasing quantity of waste being generated.
We are pleased to invite you to participate in this Special Issue on “Waste Treatment and Sustainable Technologies”. This Special Issue aims to highlight novel approaches to waste treatment and its management in the following broad areas: (1) agro/food-waste; (2) municipal-biosolid waste; and (3) waste from mining and metallurgical operations.
Dr. Seteno K. O. Ntwampe
Dr. Boredi Silas Chidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agro-waste processing
- municipal biosolid treatment and applications
- mining and metallurgical waste treatment and applications
- reactor development for waste treatment
- nutrient recovery and transformation to value added products
- waste (pre)treatment technology
- environmental pollution and protection
- technology in waste management
- smart waste management systems
- sustainability
- recycling
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