sustainable management of urban plastic waste through circular economic approaches

Sustainable Management of Urban Plastic Waste Through Circular Economic Approaches covers the technologies and methods essential to overcome single-use plastic processing waste. It describes the biotechnological methods, cutting-edge research, procedures, and applications required to safeguard global sustainable development along with plastic waste management.

This book:

- Describes technological advances made towards remediation and valorization technologies of plastic pollutants to reduce microplastic pollution.

- Focuses on accelerating using single-use plastic waste in value-added products.

- Includes examples and case studies of impact and treatment of plastics in the circular economy.

- Explains the socio-economic benefits of reducing plastic pollution.

This book will be of interest to researchers, scientists, and engineers working on sustainable management of plastic waste, especially in the chemical and environmental engineering and biotechnology sectors.

Dr. Alok Prasad Das is Assistant Professor in Department of Life Sciences, Rama Devi Women’s University, Odisha, India. Prior to that Dr. Alok was working as Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Tripura Central University, Agartala, India. He is an academician, author of journal articles, several books, and book chapters and Editorial member of several reputed journals. He has more than 15 years of research experience.

Dr. Akbar John is Associate Professor in the field of Marine Science and Aquatic Biology at the University of Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates. He has contributed over 140 research papers and authored three books. His research focuses on marine biodiversity and conservation and pollution management in light of achieving sustainable management goals.