Sustainable and Circular Management of Resources and Waste Towards a Green Deal

Marzena Smol heads the Division of Biogenic Raw Materials in the Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (IGSMiE PAN). She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Protection and International Project Management and PhD in Environmental Engineering from Częstochowa University of Technology in 2015. Expert in the field of biogenic raw materials management in the context of sustainable development (SD), circular economy (CE) and strategies for the Green Deal. She participated in the development of the Roadmap Transformation towards circular economy in Poland. Holder of the Minister’s Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scientists. She is author and co-author over 100 papers. She is holder of Springer Nature 2020 Highlights in category “Water” for publication on CE in water and wastewater sector. Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.

• Section 1. Strategies for implementation of Green Deal 1. Achieving sustainable development goals via green deal strategies2. Farm to fork: sustainable agrifood systems, integrated pest management 3. Global directions for the green deal strategies—Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and AfricaSection 2. Circular economy 4. Circular Economy in Green Deal Strategies  5. Circular Economy - the new innovation wave 6. Circular Economy from a Water and wastewater management perspective 7. Mine waste: contributions to the circular economy 8. Waste to energy and circular economy: the case of anaerobic 9. Food waste management in Thailand for sustainable development10. Sustainable use of construction and demolition wastes in a circular economy perspectiveSection 3. Sludge management – resource recovery 11. Biofiltration as an ecological method of removing sewage sludge doors by solar drying 12. Sustainable/ Integrated / Sewage Sludge Management 13. Bioleaching of heavy metals from a contaminated soil using bacteria from waste water sludge 14. Sewage sludge valorization in the context of resource recoverySection 4. Phosphorus management 15. Importance of Phosphorus raw materials in Green Deal strategies 16. Regional strategies for the management of Phosphorus 17. Integrated Nutrient Management as a driving force for the sustainable use of phosphorus 18. Phosphorus raw materials in Sustainable Agriculture 19. Phosphorus-driven eutrophication mitigation strategies 20. Phosphorus recovery - recent developments and case studiesSection 5. Climate Action 21. Action toward carbon neutrality - essential elements of the Green Deal 22. Water and climate change in the regional, national and international perspective 23. Water resources and climate change: regional, national and international perspective 24. Environmental footprint as a tool to measure climate neutrality activities25. How to achieve climate neutrality—the impact of fertilizer usage on climate changeSection 6. Clean Energy Transition 26. Energy efficiency to improve Sustainability 27. Green Strategies for Waste to Energy Section 7. Sustainable management and global agenda29. Digital technologies and clean energy29. From waste to value: enhancing circular value creation in municipal solid waste management ecosystem through artificial intelligence-powered robots