Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - The winners of JMCWM Outstanding Paper Award 2023

Published in 2020～2022(Vol.22-24) of Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JMCWM) 

We are pleased to announce the selected 5 papers for the award among about 541 Original and Review Articles published in JMCWM during 2020-2022. The award is given to outstanding papers to acknowledge their scientific contribution to JMCWM. Congratulations to all the awardees. 

Editors of JMCWM,
Toshiaki Yoshioka, Junya Yano , Shinichi Sakai

The following publications by the winners will be available for free 
reading until May 29, 2024

Two-step mineral carbonation using seawater-based industrial wastewater: an eco-friendly carbon capture, utilization, and storage process (this opens in a new tab)

Injun Kim ¹
Yunsung Yoo ¹
Juhee Son ¹
Jinwon Park ¹
Il‑Sang Huh ²
Dongwoo Kang ¹
1)Yonsei University
2)Wooju Envitech, Inc.
Korea
March 2020, Vol.22(2), 333-347
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-019-00950-1 (this opens in a new tab)

Precious metal recoveries in secondary copper smelting with high‑alumina slags (this opens in a new tab)

Katri Avarmaa ¹
Hugh O’Brien ²
Lassi Klemettinen ¹
Pekka Taskinen ¹ 
1)Aalto University
2)Geological Survey of Finland
Finland
May 2020, Vol.22(3), 642-655
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-019-00955-w (this opens in a new tab)

Crystalline phase analysis and phosphorus availability after thermochemical treatment of sewage sludge ash with sodium and potassium sulfates for fertilizer production (this opens in a new tab)

Hannes Herzel ¹
Zeynep Aydin ¹
Christian Adam¹
1)Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung (BAM)
Germany
November 2021, Vol.23(6), 2242-2254
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01288-3 (this opens in a new tab)

China’s ban of imported recyclable waste and its impact on the waste plastic recycling industry in China and Taiwan (this opens in a new tab)

Aya Yoshida ¹
1)National Institute for Environmental Studies
Japan
January 2022, Vol.24(1), 73-82
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01297-2 (this opens in a new tab)

Tannic acid as a novel and green leaching reagent for cobalt and lithium recycling from spent lithium-ion batteries (this opens in a new tab)

Erik Prasetyo^1,2
Widya Aryani Muryanta¹
Astria Gesta Anggraini¹
Sudibyo Sudibyo¹
Muhammad Amin¹
Muhammad Al Muttaqii ³
1)National Research and Innovation Agency
2)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
3) National Research and Innovation Agency
Indonesia
May 2022, Vol.24(3), 927-938
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-022-01368-y (this opens in a new tab)