Resource Recycling and Reuse—Practices, Modeling, Health and Safety Issues
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 506
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy and building; heat transfer; materials; CFD
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: water quality analysis and modeling; hydrological modeling; chemical–microbial health risk assessment; holistic approaches to complex environmental challenges that encompass technical, social, and economic aspects; water supply and wastewater treatment systems; health risk assessment frameworks to identify management targets for improved living conditions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Humans generate several tons of waste every day, and concurrently, there is a growing concern over the impact of such waste on the environment and human health. Poor waste management systems on any scale can create environmental problems, health problems, and even economic concerns. However, this waste is also rich in water, nutrients, energy content, and materials that can be retrieved for various usages if managed properly. Therefore, to create a sustainable society with a healthy environment without depleting limited resources, we need to create a “circular economy” in which we sustainably utilize resources. In this regard, recycling and reuse of waste play a vital role in conserving resources and achieving sustainable development. Utilizing resources sustainably has several advantages: 1) reducing pollution, 2) saving energy and mineral resources, 3) saving money, 4) reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and 5) reducing the amount of waste.
This Special Issue focuses on resource recycling and reuse from municipal waste, wastewater, construction, and demolition waste. This Special Issue aims to gather contributions addressing the concerns of resource recycling and using recycled materials and their in-use performance and effect on human health. Papers discussing practices, modeling, health and safety issues which include identification of hazards, exposure assessments with a possible route of transmission, risk characterization, management, and communication are very much welcomed.
Dr. Fasil Ejigu Eregno
Prof. Dr. Rajnish Kaur Calay
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycling
- reuse
- health risk
- waste management
- wastewater management
- environment
