Industrial Ecology: Hazardous Waste and Environmental Chemistry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 6128
Special Issue Editors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the Special Issue of the Applied Sciences journal devoted to “Industrial Ecology: Hazardous Waste and Environmental Chemistry”.
The continuous pressure on natural resources and the related environmental pollution are a source of concern around the world. In addition, the intensive development of industry causes a direct or indirect impact on the environment and human health and wellbeing as a result of the production of large quantities of waste and emission of toxic chemicals. In response to these concerns, Industrial Ecology has emerged as a holistic conceptual framework for studying the relationships between industrial systems and the natural environment. Industrial Ecology aims to contribute to sustainable development at different levels (local, regional, national or global) through the following main objectives: optimizing consumption of natural resources and energy in a circular economy; developing new environmentally friendly technologies; minimizing generation of waste and pollution and reducing the negative impact of human activities on the environment.
This Special Issue is open to research, case studies, or review papers that will contribute to advances in hazardous waste management and interaction of various toxic pollutants with different environmental compartments (water, air, soil, and organisms).
The following are some of the topics proposed for this Special Issue:
- Recovery of waste as potential feedstock and its conversion into valuable products;
- Control and management of hazardous waste disposal;
- Identification of environmental release of pollutants (e.g., emerging pollutants);
- Effective environmental risk assessment;
- Innovative techniques in remediation.
We especially encourage multidisciplinary papers. We hope you will contribute with your high-quality research, and we look forward to reading your valuable results.
Dr. Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Siebielec
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Industrial ecology
- Hazardous wastes
- Waste management
- Circular economy
- Environmental chemistry
- Environmental hazards
- Toxic chemicals
- Emerging contaminants
- Ecotoxicity
- Ecological risk assessment
- New techniques in remediation
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