Challenges and Opportunities in Plastic Waste Management
A special issue of Recycling (ISSN 2313-4321).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 89
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical recycling; microplastics; biodegradable materials; ocean plastic waste; hydrothermal processing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: chemical recycling; plastic waste; biomass conversion; supercritical fluids; hydrothermal processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plastic waste has a significant impact on the environment, affecting ecosystems and human health. Inadequate plastic waste handling practices, such as lack of recycling, incineration, or proper disposal in landfills, result in severe environmental repercussions. Annually, an alarming one to two million tonnes of plastic find their way into the oceans, endangering marine life and ecosystems.
This Special Issue aims to address the challenges and opportunities in plastic waste management. It will cover the latest technologies and methods for plastic waste treatment and recycling and discuss sustainable waste management solutions to reduce environmental degradation. Additionally, this Special Issue will explore the economic and environmental benefits that a plastic circular economy may provide.
Dr. Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen
Dr. Daniel Lachos-Perez
Guest Editors
Dr. Taofeng Lu
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Recycling is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- physical recycling
- chemical recycling
- plastic waste
- microplastics
- hydrothermal process
- pyrolysis
