Sustainable Chemicals, Practices, and Environmental Engineering for Energy, Civil, and Resources Industries

Dear Colleagues,

You will agree that sustainable practices remain the central link to a well-conserved future and economic growth. In recent years, we have witnessed the development of various engineering techniques directed towards transitioning into a sustainable future. These technologies are evolving rapidly; they are versatile and expected to improve different sectors. Therefore, this Special Issue seeks to publish innovative technologies, frameworks, and policies that feature (or support) sustainable chemicals, methods, and environmental engineering techniques in the energy, civil, and resources industries.

The scope covers contributions from the following broad fields:

• Chemical technology within the context of pollution remediation, energy recovery, clean energy, and water resources. The topic may include, but is not limited to, catalysis, biomass, biochar, decarbonization of organics wastes, and novel H₂ synthesis routes.
• Structural technology dealing with sustainable composite materials and applications in the civil sector. The topic may include, but is not limited to, waste-reinforced geopolymers, sustainable road solutions, and sustainable paints and polymer coatings.
• Waste-to-wealth technology, including treatment and upcycling of mining wastes and tailings, e-wastes, and plastics, as well as resource recovery.

Furthermore, submission of perspective reviews and well-balanced mini-reviews are welcome. We also encourage multidisciplinary-focused papers, e.g., those that incorporate the interplay of the three broad technologies highlighted above.

Dr. Ibukun Oluwoye
Dr. Xihong Zhang
Dr. Anita Parbhakar-Fox
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.