Solid Waste Treatment Technologies: Challenges and Perspectives (Environmental Nexus in Waste Management)

Sustainable waste management is a major step towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals. This book covers all technical, managerial, and legislative aspects of waste management at a global scale, providing a detailed description about different types of wastes, their characteristics, legal perspectives, and sustainable practices for their management. It explains developments in waste treatment technologies (classified based on waste type) and understanding the fundamentals of circular economy in waste management, supported by various case studies.

Features:

• Discusses fundamentals of solid waste management for sustainable waste management practices
• Describes technological aspects of waste management covering various physicochemical, biochemical, and thermochemical processes
• Summarizes regulatory framework for waste management at the global level
• Highlights the scope for circular economy in managing solid wastes
• Includes dedicated chapters on case studies imperative for capacity building in waste management

This book is aimed at researchers, graduate students, and professionals in environmental engineering, and waste management.

Dr. Pratibha Gautam is Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Science & Technology at UPL University of Sustainable Technology, Ankleshwar (Gujarat), India. Dr. Gautam is also a QCI-NABET approved Functional Area Expert (FAE) for air pollution monitoring, prevention, and control (AP). She is also designated as Technical Manager (TM) for NABL accredited Environmental Laboratory. In total, she has more than 10 years of industrial as well as academic experience. At present, she is actively involved in the environmental audit of industries and several research and consultancy projects based on environmental issues for industries. She has guided several graduate and postgraduate students on their thesis projects. She has a wide knowledge of different environmental aspects including solid waste management, air pollution control, advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment, environmental audits, etc. She has many publications in reputed international journals and has published several book chapters. She is a GATE and NET qualified environment professional and is the recipient of scholarships from the Indian government (MHRD) and the Netherlands government (NFP fellowship).

Dr. Vineet Kumar is presently working as a National Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences at the Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, India. He earned his Ph.D. (2018) in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India. Dr. Kumar’s research work mainly focuses on the wastewater treatment, biofuel production, and solid waste management. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, 2 books, and 55 book chapters on various aspects of science and engineering, with more than citations 2300, and h-index 28. Dr. Kumar has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in more than 60 prestigious International Journals. In addition, he has served the editorial board of various reputed journals. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas in national and international conferences. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies including the Microbiology Society (UK), the Indian Science Congress Association (India), the Association of Microbiologists of India (India), etc. He is the founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (www.sgeindia.org). He can be reached at drvineet.micro@gmail.com and vineet.way18@gmail.com.

Dr. Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 20 years of experience in leading, supervising, and undertaking research in the broad field of environmental engineering and science with a focus on solid and hazardous waste management. His primary area of expertise is solid waste management (municipal solid waste, electronic waste, biomedical waste, etc.) over a wide range of environmental topics including contaminated sites, EIA, and wastewater treatment. He has contributed extensively to these fields and has a citation of 8825, an h-index of 44, and an i10-index of 168 (Google Scholar). His contributions since inception at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), India in 2000 include 300 refereed journal publications, 5 books and 40 book chapters, 10 edited volumes, and numerous project reports to various governmental and private, local, and international academic/research bodies. He is the Associate Editor of peer-reviewed journals of the international repute, that is, Environmental Chemistry Letter, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology and ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. He also serves as Editorial Board in Bioresource Technology, Elsevier. He has completed more than 22 research projects as PI with 17 (7 awarded) Ph.D. and 17 M.Phil/M.Tech thesis/dissertations under his supervision. Dr. Kumar was also awarded the most prestigious award “Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Jean-Paul-Str.12 D-53173 Bonn, Germany” as a Senior Researcher for developing a Global Network and Excellence for more advanced research and technology innovation.