Utilization and Repurposing of Industrial, Construction and Agricultural Waste and By-Products in Environmental Remediation: An Approach to a Circular Economy
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 533
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Interests: biomedical materials; calcium phosphate chemistry; metal colloids; IR spectroelectrochemistry; repurposing of byproducts/waste; application of IR spectroscopy; solid state NMR; drug delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
As our population grows, so too does the strain on the environment, given the greater utilisation of water resources, higher industrial activity, and other activities, such as intensive agriculture, which place a strain on resources and lead to by-products which may be sent to landfills. These waste by-products have the potential to be utilised for remediating the environment via their use as adsorbents, which not only provides benefits in terms of preventing its being sent to a landfill, but also cost advantages. In doing so, we begin an approach to a circular economy which, even if partially achieved, will provide benefits to the planet and its environment via the more efficient utilisation of resources
This Special Issue seeks novel experimental (or experimental with modelling) studies that utilise waste by-products from industrial, agricultural, or construction sources for environmental remediation, such as in the treatment of water or other applications. Such studies should show the potential for using these, hence avoiding the need for such materials to be sent to landfills. The studies could illustrate the materials being used to achieve various purposes, such as the adsorption of harmful substances from water or from air, for instance. Studies should demonstrate the good characterisation of the materials via various techniques, clearly proving their value as potential materials in environmental remediation. While welcoming fundamental bench scale studies, we would also appreciate to see studies where the scale-up from the bench has been demonstrated, alongisde its benefits. Manuscripts will be subject to rigorous peer review.
Dr. Michael R. Mucalo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- waste
- by-products
- remediation
- adsorption
- repurposing
- circular economy
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