Innovative Environmental Technologies and Challenges
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2021) | Viewed by 6437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental sciences; wastewater treatment; management of wastes; renewable energy sources; bioenergy; carbon capture and storage; bioplastics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; renewable energy fuels; biofuel; aerobic biodegradation; biosorption; biotechnology; probiotics; lactic bacteria; decolorization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of innovative environmental technologies that improve on the existing ones still represents an urgent need in the modern world. Soil, air, and water need new technologies that will help toward their sustainable development. Renewable energy sources are also important to help our environment to develop in a sustainable way. The demand for fuels is still increasing, and combustion of fossil fuels will contribute to the gradual increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Meanwhile, the increase in energy prices is becoming more and more noticeable. Therefore, special focus is placed on the use of alternative and efficient sources of energy. What is more, the circular economy can improve sustainability in the long term by contributing in the preservation of resources and decrease of costs of industries.
This Special Issue represents a platform for discussion on Innovative Environmental Technologies and Challenges. The topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Innovations in environmental technologies;
- Sustainable development;
- Environmental biotechnology;
- Water and wastewater treatment;
- Application of membrane technology;
- Waste treatment, recycling and disposal;
- Sediment treatment;
- (Bio)remediation methods for contaminated soil;
- Biodegradation of contaminants;
- Innovations in microalgae biomass production and utilization;
- Nanotechnology;
- New materials;
- Biofuels;
- Renewable energy technologies;
- Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration;
- Life cycle assessment;
- Bio-based industry;
- Transition to sustainable development.
Prof. Magdalena Zabochnicka-Świątek
Prof. Malgorzata Krzywonos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental biotechnology
- environmental engineering
- renewable energy sources
- biofuels
- biodegradation
- bioremediation
- bio-based industry
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