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Editor in Chief: RAFFAELLO COSSU

Volume 34 - March 2026

ISSN: 2611-4135

Issued: 31 Mar 2026

Pages: 1-143

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Editorial

WASTE MANAGEMENT IS PIVOTAL IN THE CROSSROAD BETWEEN FOOD AND BIOCHAR PRODUCTION OUTCOMES

Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, Waheed A. Rasaq and Daniel Ciolkosz

Pages 1-3 -

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Circular economy indices

A SCORING SYSTEM TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF ENTITIES AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF A MSW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Vinod M.K., Muhammed Firoz, Mariam Shajan, Niranjana Nandini, George Varghese, Ganaraj K. and Sudheesh Thiyyakkandi

Peer Reviewed Pages 4-12 -

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Deposit on soil in CE strategies

MINING ALUMINUM FROM LANDFILLS: CHALLENGES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND THE CASE FORPRE-LANDFILL INTERVENTION.

Daniel Amponsah-Berko, Rebecca Kwofie, Timothy Eisele and Jonathan Robins

Peer Reviewed Pages 13-29 -

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TEMPORARY MATERIAL HUBS TO ENHANCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Romana Kopecká, Marlies Hrad and Marion Huber-Humer

Peer Reviewed Pages 30-44 - PDF


Recycling

FROM RECLAIMER INTEGRATION TO GETTING INTEGRATED INTO THEIR RECYCLINGSCAPE: THREE STORIES FROM BRAZIL

Tiago José Cocco Liberatori and Antonella Maiello

Peer Reviewed Pages 45-53 -

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Waste plastics management

RECYCLED SISAL FIBER-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE DERIVED FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE STREAM

Vesna Žepič Bogataj, Carmen Martínez-García, María Teresa Cotes-Palomino, Ana B. López, Barbara Mezek and Simon Kotnik

Peer Reviewed Pages 78-87 -

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COMPOSTING WITH MEALWORMS FOR PLASTICS DEGRADATION

Carina M. Jung and Kevin R. Pilkiewicz

Peer Reviewed Pages 88-96 -

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Energy recovery

WASTE TO ENERGY: HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION OF AGRO-WASTE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH VALUABLE SOLID BIOFUEL

Antonio Messineo, Antonio Picone, Chiara Corrado, Dario Ticali and Maurizio Volpe

Peer Reviewed Pages 97-103 -

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Environment and health

FROM CORRECT WASTE MANAGEMENT TO HEALTH PROTECTION: A FOCUS ON NANOTOXICS.

Gea Oliveri Conti, Marco Dettori, Carmen Sica, Maria Castrogiovanni, Paola Rapisarda, Eloise Pulvirenti and Margherita Ferrante

Peer Reviewed Pages 111-117 -

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THE ROLE OF BIOGENIC WASTE AND RESIDUES IN A CLIMATE NEUTRAL WORLD

Michael Nelles, René Backes, Karl-Friedrich Cyffka, Arne Gröngröft, Peter Kornatz and Volker Lenz

Peer Reviewed Pages 118-129 - PDF


Columns

ENVIRONMENTAL FORENSICS, LAW AND POLICY

Environmental liability allocation - Principles

Managing editors: George Varghese and Maria Pettersson and Christian Zafiu

Pages I-V - PDF


DETRITUS & ART

The Garbage Story

Managing editor: Rainer Stegmann

Pages VI - PDF



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