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Waste-to-Wealth: Waste Valorization into Sustainable Materials

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 May 2024) | Viewed by 5173

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Dr. Mohammad Peydayesh

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Interests: sustainability; biomaterials; soft matter; waste valorization; environmental protection; water; bioplastics; membrane process; adsorption; circular economy; life cycle assessment; waste management
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Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, it is clear that developing new materials must be in accordance with the circular economy model and balanced against sustainable resources. By valorizing waste for the fabrication of novel materials, not only the issue of waste management can be addressed, but also the newly developed materials can be used for addressing other global issues. The Special Issue aims to cover the state of the art of novel functional materials development via a sustainable upcycling of various waste and by-products for use in emerging applications.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Advances in waste valorization and sidestream upcycling;
  • Sustainable processes and production;
  • Development and characterization of sustainable materials;
  • Soft matter;
  • Bio- and nature-inspired materials;
  • Novel hydrogels and aerogels;
  • Biofilms and bioplastics;
  • Energy and environmental applications of advanced sustainable materials;
  • Circular economy strategies;
  • Life cycle assessment (LCA) and sustainability measures.

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Is Loose-Fill Plastic Waste an Opportunity for Thermal Insulation in Cold and Humid Tropical Climates?
by Bruno Malet-Damour, Jean-Pierre Habas and Dimitri Bigot
Sustainability 2023, 15(12), 9483; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129483 - 13 Jun 2023
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This paper addresses the plastic waste management challenge by proposing a sustainable solution for the building sector. The proposed solution uses Loose-Fill Plastic Waste (LFPW) as a thermal insulation material, the world’s first in plastic waste recovery. To investigate the potential of this [...] Read more.
This paper addresses the plastic waste management challenge by proposing a sustainable solution for the building sector. The proposed solution uses Loose-Fill Plastic Waste (LFPW) as a thermal insulation material, the world’s first in plastic waste recovery. To investigate the potential of this new path, an experimental study was conducted on test cells in Reunion Island’s cold and wet climate. It was revealed that LFPW (size between 3 and 4 mm with 8 cm thickness) can reduce surface temperatures by nearly 3.2 °C, with a maximum difference by almost 22.2 °C. The thermal phase shift is significant (190 mn) and comparable to conventional thermal insulation solutions. The study results suggest that LFPW can provide an effective and economical solution to the challenge of plastic waste management while promoting sustainable development. Full article
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Towards Sustainability: Mapping Interrelationships among Barriers to Circular Bio-Economy in the Indian Leather Industry
by Koppiahraj Karuppiah, Bathrinath Sankaranarayanan and Syed Mithun Ali
Sustainability 2023, 15(6), 4813; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064813 - 8 Mar 2023
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Increasing environmental awareness and stringent environmental norms of developed countries have demanded eco-friendly industrial practices from the leather industry. On the path to achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), the concept of circular bio-economy (CBE) practices has gained significant attention from the leather industry [...] Read more.
Increasing environmental awareness and stringent environmental norms of developed countries have demanded eco-friendly industrial practices from the leather industry. On the path to achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), the concept of circular bio-economy (CBE) practices has gained significant attention from the leather industry with regards to waste management. CBE practices encourage the potential of recovering value from leather waste. However, the CBE concept has not been well received by the leather industries of developing countries for various reasons. Hence, this study aims to identify and evaluate various barriers to CBE practices from the context of the Indian leather industry. Twenty-five barriers to CBE practices in the leather industry are identified through literature review and interaction with managers. Then, a rough decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (R-DEMATEL) was utilized to reveal the interrelationships among the barriers to CBE practices. Restrictiveness to change, difficulty in forming a reliable supplier network, difficulty in developing customers, lack of vision, and unclear and partial understanding of the CBE concept have been identified as the five most critical barriers to CBE practices in the leather industry. Furthermore, in the current study, nine barriers fall into the cause group and sixteen barriers fall into the effect group. The outcome of the study reveals the causal interrelationships among the barriers to CBE practices to the industrial management and policymakers. This study is the first of its kind to analyze the barriers to CBE practices in the Indian leather industry context. Full article
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