Solid Waste: Environmental Resilience and Remediation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2022) | Viewed by 613
Special Issue Editors
Interests: waste management; biochar; water & wastewater; pollution remediation; soil amendments; microplastics
Interests: biochar; environmental remediation; pharmaceuticals; adsorption; toxic metals
Interests: soil chemistry; adsorption; carbon materials; nanoparticles
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Interests: soil chemistry; adsorption; carbon materials; nanoparticles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We welcome your manuscript submissions on the theme of solid waste management and pollution remediation. Municipal solid waste (MSW) generation is escalating with the advent of megacities and population growth. MSW mostly ends up in open dumps and landfills, producing continuous environmental pollution through various emissions into the air, water and soil. The emission of greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds contributes to climate change and health risks. The economic cost and technical difficulties involved lead to discharge leachate, which is one of the most difficult tasks to manage. Hence, it is essential to assess the risk of discharging highly toxic landfill leachate and gaseous emissions into the environment in order to facilitate decision-making for landfill leachate management and treatment. Among the various solutions proposed and practiced in MSW management, composting and energy production have received great attention. Due to the open dumping of waste, various organic and inorganic pollutants, including microplastics, are prominently seen in compost. The conversion of waste to energy has been hindered by the high moisture content in food waste disposed of in the Asian region. Therefore, this Special Issue of Sustainability invites manuscripts that address solid waste disposal and management, pollution monitoring and treatment, waste to energy conversion, and the circular economy, reflecting new concepts of sustainability in waste management and advancing knowledge in new research directions.
Prof. Dr. Meththika Vithanage
Dr. Anushka U. Rajapaksha
Dr. Hao Chen
Dr. Lukas Trakal
Dr. Hasintha Wijesekara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- municipal solid waste
- waste management
- landfill leachate
- air pollution
- toxic metals
- volatile organic compounds
- climate change
- greenhouse gases
- wastewater treatment
- waste to wealth
- circular economy
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