We invite you to contribute to our new collection aiming to highlight the environmental impact of mining and recycling of minerals and metals from batteries.
Research into the extraction and recycling of materials and minerals for batteries is crucial for protecting our environment and to promote sustainable resource use. Understanding the environmental impacts and challenges associated with these activities, such as health implications for local populations exposed to air and water pollution, biodiversity loss from mining and recycling activities, and the distinct environmental effects of deep-sea versus land-based mining, can support with the development of sustainable and more efficient practices.
For more information on the collection, which closes for submissions on 30 May 2025, see our open call for papers.
When you publish with Environmental Science: Advances you can:
- Put your trust in both our rigorous peer review process and fast times to publication.
- Expect your work to be promoted through our journal social media (@EnvSciRSC and LinkedIn)
- Be confident of a global audience for your work. This means that dissemination of this work will likely go beyond chemists and reach a broader audience.
Environmental Science: Advances is a gold open access journal and covers advances in all areas related to environmental sustainability. Authors are welcome to submit original research as a Communication, Full Paper or Review article. Please contact the editorial office to register your interest or for more information. Alternatively, you can submit a manuscript below.
Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please state the code “VABatMat25” in the “Comments to the Editor” submission question when you submit your manuscript, to indicate that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal’s usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and will be published in a regular issue of Environmental Science: Advances.