Sustainable Industrial Waste to Energy Processing

Dear Colleagues,

The disposal of industrial waste and its subsequent recovery and energy use is a key element in the circular economy, the purpose of which is to reduce the extraction of primary resources, reduce produced emissions and enable sustainable development of economy. Waste recovery processes include not only its final use, but also all other steps in the chain of use of this secondary raw material, from collection to waste processing into a form usable for energy recovery. Responsible waste management also contributes to reducing the burden on the environment and thus can help create a clean environment and remove burdens caused by industrial activity. The conversion of waste to energy can, in turn, make it possible to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, or reduce the need to import them. The major challenge of Waste-to-Energy processes is to secure safe handling of industrial waste, ensuring ecological collection, processing, refining and recovery of waste, to secure economic feasibility.  Various strategies should be proposed to propose new processes, such as the development of new methods of waste collection, processing and utilization to improve the overall efficiency and economy of waste to energy conversion.

This Special Issue on “Sustainable Industrial Waste to Energy Processing” intends to present novel examples of processes as waste collection, processing, refinery and utilization to improve the overall efficiency and economy of waste to energy conversion. Topics include but are not limited to:

• Waste collection, processing, refinery, treatment;
• Waste utilization;
• Waste valorization processes design and optimization;
• Process optimization by statistical methodologies;
• Waste as resource for energy production.

Dr. Lukasz Orman
Dr. Peter Durcansky
Guest Editors

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• waste processing
• waste utilization
• waste to energy
• circular economy
• treatment
• process optimization