Results from this study contribute to define a complete set of environmental and social data and information, which can help European decision makers to define new criteria for sustainable management of the waste plastics of interest. A new methodological approach has been proposed: it appears able to be applied in future research projects involving innovative management options.

This paper explores the potential implementation of the Consumption Footprint rationale to define a footprint indicator for the EU Bioeconomy, henceforth ‘Bioeconomy Footprint’. This indicator can be a powerful tool for a comprehensive and effective monitoring of the bioeconomy sectors: to capture environmental impacts over time, identifying environmental hotspots, highlighting geographic and sectorial trade-offs, and identifying burden shifts among impact categories and along the supply chain.

This study aims to identify the factors that constrain and enable the sustainability of reusable packaging systems, considering environmental, economic, social and technical dimensions. This research is critical to the effective implementation and scale-up of reusable packaging systems.

This study shows that agricultural water consumption tends to use internal water resources at a maximum level for export and national use, significantly impacting renewable and non-renewable water resource availability, especially in groundwater.

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 12 and 10 by attempting to explore, analyze, and demonstrate the different traditional methods practiced by indigenous communities of the NE India, in context to NRM. It also explores various aspects of TEK and practices like indigenous farming and irrigation systems, conservation of sacred forests, age-old ethnobotanical knowledge, and cultural customs and rituals of different tribes of NE India.

This chapter aligns with Goals 12 and 13 by reviewing the potential pathways of nanofibers’ release to the environment and discussing the impact of various types of nanofibers on human and animal health.

This chapter aligns with Goals 12 and 13 by reviewing the role of functionalized nanofibers in wastewater treatment.

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 12: Responsible Consumption by making public policymakers and nutrition marketers aware of how food and nourishment are linked to environmental conditions, as well as how sustainable approaches in nutrition marketing enhance positive behavior and build healthy societies.

This review artcile, with contributionsform allover the world, describes various approaches to convert plastic wastes into new products known as an efficient way to manage them and to enhance the sustainability of the environment.

The article describes how to turn waste plastics into high-quality liquid oils by thermal and catalytic pyrolysis.