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360-Degree Waste Management, Volume 2 [electronic resource] : Biomedical, Pharmaceutical, Industrial Waste, and Remediation.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raut, Nishikant A.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (435 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Section 1: Biomedical and pharmaceutical waste
- Chapter 1. Pharmaceutical waste: an emerging threat to the ecosystem
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Background
- 1.3 Definition of pharmaceutical waste
- 1.4 Classification of pharmaceutical wastes
- 1.5 Scenario
- 1.6 Impact of pharmaceutical waste on ecosystem and disposal methods
- References
- 2. Evolving toxicological measurements for pharmaceutical waste-induced health hazards
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 In vitro approaches for toxicological testing of pharmaceutical waste
- 2.3 In vivo methods in pharmaceutical waste toxicological testing
- 2.4 Conclusion and future direction
- 3. Domestic pharmaceutical and personal care products waste: are we wise enough to deal with it?
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Sources
- 3.3 Hazards
- 3.4 Metabolic products as contaminants
- 3.5 Domestics and pharmaceutical and personal care products disposal practices
- 3.6 Remedies
- 3.7 Environmental regulation
- 4. Pharmaceutical waste: a health risk for humans
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Sources of pharmaceutical waste products and health risks
- 4.3 Summary and future prospects
- 4.4 Conclusion
- 5. Development strategies for pharmaceutical waste management: in view of healthcare perspectives
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Different sources of pharmaceutical waste and its generation
- 5.3 Methods of pharmaceutical waste management and their limitations
- 5.4 Novel strategies for minimization and management of pharmaceutical waste
- 5.5 Governmental policies
- 5.6 Regulatory bodies for the control and management of waste
- 5.7 Role of stakeholders in waste management
- 5.8 Summary
- 5.9 Future prospects
- 6. Processes for the treatment of biomedical wastes: challenges and issues
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Biomedical waste and its sources
- 6.3 Classification of biomedical waste
- 6.4 Potential hazards of biomedical waste
- 6.5 Challenges of biomedical waste in India
- 6.6 Management of biomedical waste
- 6.7 Benefits of biomedical waste management
- 6.8 Scope of future work
- 6.9 Conclusion
- References
- Section 2: Industrial waste and E-Waste
- 7. Treatment of hazardous industrial solid wastes from electroplating industry: a comprehensive review
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Classification of industrial solid wastes
- 7.3 Industrial solid waste in process industries
- 7.4 Major heavy metals from electroplating industries
- 7.5 Available methods for heavy metal removal
- 7.6 Conclusion and future prospects
- 8. E-waste: application ethics towards reutilizations
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Main issues
- 8.3 E-waste generation in the world
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- 8.4 Global e-waste scenario
- Other Format:
- Print version: Raut, Nishikant A. 360-Degree Waste Management, Volume 2
- ISBN:
- 9780323910392
- 0323910394
- OCLC:
- 1389612623
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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