Waste Management in Climate Change and Sustainability Perspectives: Organic and Medical Waste

This handbook discusses the relationships and effects of climate change on waste treatment and its sustainable management. The waste management sector is in a unique position to transition from a minor source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to a major contributor to reducing GHG emissions. This book compiles the potential impacts and benefits of various waste management systems in terms of climate impact. It investigates the global climate impact of municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste, agricultural waste, and hazardous waste management systems.

Key features:

• Reviews advanced and innovative processes for sustainable waste management
• Covers green waste treatment technologies using microbes, green soldier flies, earthworms and bacteriophages
• Discusses the negative and positive effects of waste treatment and disposal
• Provides relevant case studies from different regions of the world
• Examines the role of climate change on emerging pollutants

The book is meant for researchers and professionals in environmental sciences, chemical and biochemical engineering.

Dr. Sunita Varjani is a Scientific Officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology, Wastewater Treatment & Process Engineering, Bioprocess Technology, and Waste Management.

Dr. Izharul Haq is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He has completed his Ph.D. in Microbiology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. He has expertise in bioremediation and detoxification of emerging pollutants from industrial wastewater using microbial approaches.

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently a Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India, and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, India.

Dr. Vijai Kumar Gupta is a Senior Fellow and Group Leader at the Center for Safe and Improved Foods & Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, SRUC, Edinburgh, UK. He is the Secretary of the European Mycological Association and Visiting Professor at SCBG-China; SZIU-Hungary; USTM-India.

Dr. Xuan-Thanh Bui is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. He obtained a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He serves as the Chairman of the Department. of Water Science & Technology and head of VNU-HCM Key Laboratory of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology.