Research Progress on Resource Recovery in Industrial Wastewater Treatment

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Abstract

The implementation of the strategy of circular economy and green development has changed people’s understanding of industrial wastewater, which is no longer regarded as a burden, but has unlimited potential in resource utilization, and can bring good benefits to enterprises. The research focuses on the development of industrial wastewater resource recovery from three aspects: technological progress, policy support and economic pressure, and introduces the research results of scholars in recent years from the aspects of chemical energy conversion, water resource circulation and reuse, and the selective recovery of high value substances. It is suggested that in order to improve the efficiency of resource recovery, we should not only promote the development of industrial wastewater treatment technology, but also strengthen the governance of multiple stakeholders, and provide theoretical support for the sustainable development of industrial wastewater resource recovery.

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