Synthesis, Characterization and Performance of Materials for a Sustainable Future

The commonly applied resource management strategies are rarely characterized by medi-um-long term sustainability, but an indispensable and urgent shift is necessary, according to a circular economy approach that includes actions aimed at saving and reusing resources. This need is universally recognized as particularly pressing for air, water, soil and food, all indispensable resources for life and for all human activities. By applying the concept of circular economy, it is immediately clear a significant boost in actions devoted to reduce wastes along the entire utili-zation chain, to encourage reuse in production processes in order to limit final discharges as much as possible, to optimize purification treatments with a view to material recovery and energy val-orisation (biorefineries), to promote the safe and sustainable reuse of purified effluents, especially in the agronomic field.