材料循環(huán)和廢物管理雜志有兩個重點:研究材料循環(huán)和廢物管理的技術(shù)、政治和環(huán)境問題;以及促進材料循環(huán)和廢物管理跨學科科學發(fā)展的信息。其目的是為材料循環(huán)開發(fā)解決方案和處方。該雜志出版的原始文章，評論，并邀請論文從廣泛的學科與材料循環(huán)和廢物管理。該雜志是與日本材料循環(huán)和廢物管理學會(JSMCWM)和韓國廢物管理學會(KSWM)合作出版的。

The Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management has a twofold focus: research in technical, political, and environmental problems of material cycles and waste management; and information that contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. Its aim is to develop solutions and prescriptions for material cycles. The journal publishes original articles, reviews, and invited papers from a wide range of disciplines related to material cycles and waste management.The journal is published in cooperation with the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management (JSMCWM) and the Korea Society of Waste Management (KSWM).