Waste Management and Sustainable Development: Social, Environmental, and Economic Co-Benefits
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 April 2023) | Viewed by 11535
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental and civil-engineering; waste management; climate change; bioenergy; waste to energy; biogas and bio-hydrogen from organic waste; systems modelling; decision-support tools; renewable energy from waste; GHGs control from zero waste in Africa and developing countries; circular economy
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Interests: waste management; sustainability; circular economy; climate change; air pollution
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent research on waste has focused on the relationships between waste, resource use, pollution, and climate change. Despite the vast amount of evidence demonstrating the positive impacts of waste reduction and improved waste management (i.e., through social, environmental, and economic benefits) at different scales (i.e., local, regional, and global), global waste generation is increasing and the composition of waste is becoming more complex; the waste management systems currently in place are not able to cope with the high quantities and complexity of waste, especially in the global south. Therefore, efforts such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the Circular Economy Framework, the EU waste-related directives (e.g., Directive 2018/851, Directive 2018/851, Directive 2018/852), and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, among others, are crucial to fostering sustainability by promoting waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. These actions constitute the foundation of a movement to transform waste management systems into resource and energy providers; this is an especially critical step in achieving sustainability. This Special Issue aims to provide readers with new insights into the role of waste management as an important catalyst for realizing sustainability. Contributions should focus on assessing strategies in the waste sector that foster sustainability and evaluating the environmental, social, and/or economic co-benefits of those strategies.
1. Focus
The rising quantity of waste generation and the of suitable treatment facilities to handle it has resulted in various environmental, social, health, and economic impacts. The adoption of strategies (e.g., behavioral, technical, and political) aimed at improving waste management, such as waste reduction, recovery (reuse and recycling), and energy generation, will foster sustainability in several fronts.
2. Scope
We welcome scientific manuscripts or reviews that address waste management and its impact on resource use, reduction in GHG emissions, and air and water pollution. All types of waste and fractions are of interest, including: municipal, industrial, agricultural, plastics, textiles, glass, metal, electronic waste, etc. The following are several areas in which papers are required:
- Waste reduction, reuse, and recycling;
- Assessments of waste systems as providers of secondary materials and in replacing raw materials;
- Waste management and circular economy;
- Waste valorization;
- Environmental assessments ( impacts on GHG, air, water);
- Cost–benefit analysis;
- Environmental economics;
- Baseline and mitigation scenarios;
- Policy and regulations.
3. Propose
This issue hopes to expand the knowledge surrounding waste management and its role in sustainability. Manuscripts should explore new sustainable strategies and actions at social, technical, and political levels. This issue builds upon the current state of the art and aims to present innovative approaches to assess the impacts of waste, minimize waste, improve its management and valorization, and highlight its relevance in sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Cristina Trois
Dr. Adriana Gómez-Sanabria
Dr. Ivonne Angulo De Castro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circular economy
- climate change
- resource use
- sustainability
- waste management
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