Waste Management and Resource Recycling in the Developing World

Presents traditional and modern emerging approaches for addressing waste management and circular economy solutions in the developing world

Pardeep Singh (Edited by), Pramit Verma (Edited by), Rishikesh Singh (Edited by), Arif Ahamad (Edited by), André C. S. Batalhão (Edited by)

9780323904636, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 9 December 2022

870 pages
23.5 x 19 x 5.2 cm, 0.45 kg

Waste Management and Resource Recycling in the Developing World provides a unique perspective on the state of waste management and resource recycling in the developing world, offering practical solutions based on innovative tools and technologies, along with examples and case studies. The book is organized by waste type, including electronic, industrial and biomedical/hazardous, with each section covering advanced techniques, such as remote sensing and GIS, as well as socioeconomic factors, transnational transport and policy implications. Waste managers, environmental scientists, sustainability practitioners, and engineers will find this a valuable resource for addressing the challenges of waste management in the developing world.

1. Waste generation in Brazil: municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes
2. Generation of Waste: Problem to Possible Solution in Developing and Underdeveloped Nations
3. Use of participatory methodologies to improve the Urban Solid Waste Management System in Cape Verde – Sal Island
4. Waste Characterization in Brazil
5. E-Waste Management– Sources, Strategies, Impacts and Consequences
6. Translational Transport of E-Waste and implications on human well beings and the environment
7. Electronic (e-waste) Conduct: Chemical assessment and treatment methods
8. Biological methods for the treatment of e-waste
9. Chemical Methods for the treatment of e-waste
10. E-Waste Management Using Different Cost-Effective, Eco-friendly Biological Techniques: An Overview
11. Life cycle assessment of e-waste management: Current practices and future research agenda towards sustainability
12. E-waste: Policies and Legislations for a sustainable green growth
13. E-waste policies and implementation: a global perspective
14. The future of e-waste in the circular economy of Ghana: Implications for urban planning, environmental and human health risks
15. The role of the informal sector on e-waste management: a case study from Brazil
16. Recent Perspectives of Nanoparticles in Industrial Waste Management-an overview
17. Advances in industrial waste management
18. Nano- and microplastics in the environment: a potential threat to in-situ bioremediation of wastewaters
19. Biological Methods For The Treatment Of Industrial Waste
20. Adsorptive Removal Of Hazardous Dyes From Industrial Waste Using Activated Carbon: An Appraisal
21. Hazardous waste management lessons from developed countries
22. Hazardous biomedical waste management scenario of the developing countries
23. Chemical methods for the treatment of biomedical hazardous waste
24. Advances in Biomedical waste management technologies
25. Biological treatment of pharmaceutical wastes
26. Municipal solid waste management, its fate and waste-to-energy in the context of a developing economy like India
27. Applications of waste-to-economy practices in urban water sector: Implications for Environmentaland Human health
28. Cost-benefit analysis act as a tool for evaluation of waste to the economy: A synthesis
29. Conversion of waste materials into different by-products of economic value
30. Vermicomposting – the sustainable Solid Waste Management
31. Sustainability Of Biorefineries For Waste Management
32. Municipal solid waste management in Brazil: overview and trade-offs between different treatment technologies
33. Waste management practices in a developing nation: Challenges and opportunities

Subject Areas: Waste treatment & disposal [TQSR], Energy technology & engineering [TH], The environment [RN]