Energy from Waste: Towards Sustainable Development and Clean Future
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 4 March 2025 | Viewed by 768
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Interests: bioremediation; biotechnology; environmental contaminants; organic waste management; soil organic carbon sequestration
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Interests: soil carbon sequestration; soil remediation; mining; CO2 emissions; soils; environmental biotechnology; soil amendments
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the face of dynamically developing technology and changing climatic conditions, the world faces the challenge of transitioning to a circular economy that is based on sustainable resource management. The transformation of organic waste into valuable energy and material resources is of particular importance. Our daily activities must be consistent with a sustainable development strategy, where recovery and reuse are key elements.
The circular economy focuses on the optimal use of natural resources and the recycling and reuse of all materials derived from these resources. This knowledge comes from observations of natural biological processes. Adaptation to environmental and climatic conditions is a challenge for all societies.
In this era of modern energy, bioenergy and biorefinery technologies, advanced sewage treatment methods, modern plant cultivation, and animal breeding, it is necessary to develop environmentally friendly technologies that imitate natural biological cycles. Biodegradable waste from various human activities, such as municipal, industrial, food processing, and agriculture, must be treated as valuable sources of energy and matter.
This Special Issue aims to popularize and develop knowledge in the field of the circular economy, Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies, transitions in low-carbon technologies, and deepening our scientific and multidisciplinary knowledge. We want to focus on the most sustainable organic waste management strategies that mimic biological cycles and consider all their components and streams. A description of the state of the art in terms of legislation, characterization, ecotoxicology, waste management, and current methods used in various countries will allow us to present a holistic approach to organic waste management in accordance with the concept of a circular economy.
We invite you to submit original research articles, review articles, case studies, and analytical articles from various disciplines related to sustainable waste management systems and renewable energy sources that meet the requirements of closed loops in energy and matter cycles.
Dr. Anna Grobelak
Dr. Aneta Kowalska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circular economy
- sustainable resource management
- organic waste transformation
- Waste-to-Energy (WtE)
- biodegradable waste
- bioenergy technologies
- biorefinery processes
- low-carbon technologies
- renewable energy sources
- advanced sewage treatment
- recycling and reuse
- natural biological cycles
- waste management strategies
- environmental adaptation
- sustainable development
- energy and matter recovery
- legislation and policy in waste management
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