日常的人類活動(dòng)影響環(huán)境和自然材料和能源的消耗。社會(huì)面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是盡量減少這些影響，維持可接受的環(huán)境質(zhì)量，并為后代維持生活質(zhì)量和資源供應(yīng)。固體廢物的產(chǎn)生是不可避免的，因?yàn)樗挟a(chǎn)品都有生命的盡頭，人類和動(dòng)物產(chǎn)生的廢物必須加以管理，以維持衛(wèi)生、健康和整潔的城市和開放的農(nóng)村環(huán)境。《廢物管理與研究》(WM&R)雜志的一個(gè)主要目標(biāo)是通過傳播基于科學(xué)的可靠信息來應(yīng)對(duì)這些挑戰(zhàn)，例如在廢物預(yù)防、廢物回收、從不適合回收或再利用的材料殘?jiān)谢厥漳茉础U物處理和廢物處理方面。WM&R是一份經(jīng)過同行評(píng)審的期刊，它滿足了學(xué)術(shù)界、政府、工業(yè)、規(guī)劃、工程、管理和運(yùn)營(yíng)等領(lǐng)域的廢物管理專業(yè)人士對(duì)新和科學(xué)信息日益增長(zhǎng)的需求。WM&R以評(píng)論文章、原創(chuàng)文章、短文和給編輯寫信的形式呈現(xiàn)原創(chuàng)作品。環(huán)境監(jiān)測(cè)和評(píng)價(jià)鼓勵(lì)提交關(guān)于可持續(xù)廢物管理設(shè)計(jì)、作業(yè)、政策或做法以及處理發(fā)展中國(guó)家和發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家所面臨問題的有組織的手稿。質(zhì)量流量分析、生命周期評(píng)估、政策規(guī)劃和系統(tǒng)管理,創(chuàng)新過程和技術(shù)及其工程特性和成本效率的關(guān)鍵問題之一WM&R試圖覆蓋通過良好的文檔記錄報(bào)告新概念,系統(tǒng),實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)(包括案例研究),理論和實(shí)驗(yàn)研究工作。一般不接受范圍有限或有專門用途的稿件。對(duì)特殊廢物流或只與固體廢物管理有關(guān)的產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行測(cè)試和表征的研究，通常是針對(duì)這類主題的期刊。當(dāng)模型和軟件應(yīng)用程序在公共領(lǐng)域仍然可訪問時(shí)，關(guān)于建模和軟件開發(fā)的手稿是可以接受的。手稿必須根據(jù)現(xiàn)有的文獻(xiàn)和知識(shí)，包括最近和較老的出版物，建立良好的基礎(chǔ)。同行審稿員和編輯將審稿作為出版的關(guān)鍵標(biāo)準(zhǔn);理論和/或?qū)嵺`中結(jié)果的原創(chuàng)性、新穎性和適用性。文章必須用英國(guó)英語寫清楚，作者必須避免重復(fù)已經(jīng)發(fā)表的信息，避免引用沒有參考依據(jù)的觀點(diǎn)。嚴(yán)格遵守這些和其他WM&R手稿提交指南是必要的，以觸發(fā)同行審查過程，可能導(dǎo)致隨后接受出版。

Routine human activities impact the environment and the consumption of natural materials and energy resources. The challenge to society is to minimize these impacts, maintain an acceptable quality of the environment, and sustain the quality of life and resource supplies for future generations. The generation of solid wastes is inevitable because all products have an end of life and humans and animals create wastes that have to be managed to maintain hygienic, healthy and tidy urban and open country environments. A key objective of the Waste Management and Research (WM&R) journal is to address these challenges through dissemination of scientifically based reliable information, e.g. in terms of waste prevention, waste recycling, recovery of energy from material residuals not suited for recycling or reuse, waste treatment, and waste disposal.WM&R is a peer-reviewed journal that satisfies the growing demand for new and scientific information that can be referenced by waste management professionals in academia, government, industry, planning, engineering, management and operation. WM&R presents original work in the form of review articles, original articles, short articles, and letters to the editor.WM&R encourages the submission of well organized manuscripts relating to sustainable waste management designs, operations, policies or practices and those addressing issues facing both developing and developed countries. Mass flow analyses, life cycle assessments, policy planning and system administration, innovative processes and technologies and their engineering features and cost effectiveness are among the key issues that WM&R seeks to cover through well documented reports on new concepts, systems, practical experience (including case studies), and theoretical and experimental research work. Manuscripts with limited scope or specialised application are normally not accepted. Studies on testing and characterisation of special waste streams or products with only a peripheral pertinence to solid waste management are normally referred to journals that focus on such topics. Manuscripts about modelling and software development are acceptable, when model and software applications remain accessible in the public domain. It is imperative that manuscripts are well founded in terms of existing literature and knowledge, including both recent and older publications.Peer reviewers and editors evaluating manuscripts for publication consider as key criteria; originality, novelty and applicability of results in theory and/or in practice. Articles must be clearly written in UK English and authors must avoid duplication of information already published and avoid citing opinions without referenced foundations. Strict compliance with these and other WM&R manuscript submission guidelines is necessary to trigger the peer review process that could lead to subsequent acceptance for publication.