Environmental Sustainability through Innovative Biomass Waste Treatment and Degradation Strategies
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solid waste treatment; anaerobic fermentation; environmental microbiology; rumen microorganisms; photosynthetic bacteria; volatile fatty acids
Interests: wastewater treatment and resource utilization; solid waste treatment and resource utilization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomass waste, such as straw biomass, sewage sludge, food waste, etc., is an important renewable biomass resource, which has the potential to be converted into biofuels for use in the case of energy shortage and for the sake of environmental sustainability. From the perspectives of environmental sustainability and the circular economy, the transformation of biomass waste for biofuels or even valuable products has gained particular attention. However, due to the extremely complex and resistant rigid structure of biomass waste, the hydrolysis of lignocellulose has always been the bottleneck in sustainable resource utilization. Thus, this Special Issue aims to highlight innovative treatment and degradation strategies for the conversion of various biomass waste (including industrial by-products, municipal solid waste, agricultural residues, etc.) into biofuels and bioenergy.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following subjects:
- Biological waste treatment and resource recovery;
- Biofuels and biorefineries;
- Microbial bioprocesses and products;
- Thermochemical processes for lignocellulose and algal biomass;
- Novel pretreatment technologies.
Dr. Jinsong Liang
Dr. Longyi Lv
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological waste treatment
- resource recovery
- biofuels and biorefineries
- microbial bioprocesses and products
- thermochemical processes
- pretreatment technologies
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