The Environmentally Friendly Management and Treatment of Solid Waste to Approach Zero Waste City

Dear Colleagues,

Waste generation has increased massively around the world in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing down. By 2050, worldwide municipal solid waste generation is expected to have increased by roughly 70 percent to 3.4 billion metric tons. This is due to a number of factors, such as population growth, urbanization, and economic growth, as well as consumer shopping habits. Every year, humans produce millions of tons of waste, and this is increasingly becoming a major issue worldwide. With such immense volumes of waste arising, the need for authorities to provide adequate waste treatment and disposal services has become ever more important. However, less than 20 percent of waste is recycled each year, with huge quantities still sent to landfill sites. Waste is also often disposed of at hazardous open dump sites, especially in developing nations. Therefore, ensuring effective and proper solid waste management and treatment is critical to the achievement of the sustainable development goal.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Various solid waste are included, such as biomass, municipal solid waste, e-waste, hazardous waste, etc.
• Solid waste generation, collection and transportation
• Solid waste thermal treatment
• Solid waste recycling
• Solid waste management
• Life cycle assessment (LCA) of solid waste management...
• Zero waste city

Prof. Dr. Zhitong Yao
Prof. Dr. Wei Qi
Dr. José Luiz Francisco Alves
Guest Editors

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