Description: Sustainable and Circular Management of Resources and Waste Towards a Green Deal highlights the importance of resource recovery, phosphorus management, climate action, clean energy transition, and a circular economy. The world is facing significant challenges, including climate disruption, environmental changes, pollution, and population explosion. Sustainable management of finite natural resources within the carrying capacity of the bio-geo-hydrosphere is the crux of transforming the global economy for a sustainable future. Moreover, keeping raw materials in circulation as long as possible and minimizing the amount of waste generated has grown in significance as a part of transitioning to a circular economy (CE) model.
Brief description: 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.