15 March 2009

Call for papers: Advances in Waste Engineering and Management

Call for papers: Advances in Waste Engineering and Management

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

At present, our unique planet 'Earth' is facing immense environmental problems due to ignorance, over-exploitation and waste generation. All the three basic components of the environment, i.e., air; water and land, are in the disturbed state. The quality of air we inhale, the water we drink and the land we live are all deteriorating day-by-day. In such a situation, it is of utmost importance and necessity to improve the understanding of environmental risk and learn how to minimise waste generation and utilise the same for useful products. Globally, many environmental technologies have been developed towards better waste management, but developing countries are still facing problems in solving the grave concern of waste management. Hence, a special issue is proposed to cover the advances made in waste engineering and management globally in general and developing countries in particular.

Globally, the most widely accepted technologies for MSW treatment are incineration and landfill disposal. Incineration is an efficient way to reduce the waste volume and demand for landfill space. Incineration plants can be located close to the centre of gravity of waste generation, thus also reducing the cost of waste transportation. Incineration provides the best way to eliminate methane emissions from waste management processes. Waste incineration may be advantageous when a landfill cannot be sited because of lack of suitable sites or long haulage distances resulting into higher costs. Hence, incineration will have the upper hand for reducing the quantum of MSW reaching landfills. But incineration practices have not become lucrative in developing counties due to low calorific value of wastes. Other technologies like anaerobic digestion are also not gaining popularity to date. Similarly, there are number of technologies for wastewater treatment. This special issue invites submissions addressing innovative research globally on waste engineering and management which will have great impact on policy makers, technologist and academicians.

Original research papers or reviews are invited in the following and related areas:
  • R & D on different aspects of waste management
  • Case studies including critical reviews on different aspects of waste management
  • Modelling in waste management
  • Various processing technologies waste management in general and MSW management in particular
  • Climate change issues related to waste management
  • Economics of technologies for waste management
Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission: 31 December 2009
First turn of papers review: 30 January 2010
Second turn of papers review: 30 July 2010
Final papers submission: 31 September 2010

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