Environmental materials and waste : resource recovery and pollution prevention / edited by M. N. V. Prasad, Kaimin Shih.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prasad, M. N. V., editor.

Shih, Kaimin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Recycling (Waste, etc.).

Bioremediation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (760 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Contains the latest information on environmental sustainability as a wide variety of natural resources are increasingly being exploited to meet the demands of a worldwide growing population and economy. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to fully realize the number of by-products which can be remanufactured, providing the foundation needed across disciplines to tackle this issue."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Front Cover; Environmental Materials and Waste; Environmental Materials and Waste: Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - RECOVERY OF RESOURCES FROM BIOWASTE FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 BIOWASTE MANAGEMENT; 1.3 BIOREMEDIATION OF WASTE DISPOSED LAND OR EXISTING LANDFILLS; 1.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE; 1.4.1 USE OF BIOWASTE FROM BIOREMEDIATION: THE CASE OF AQUATIC WEEDS; 1.5 FOOD WASTE TO FEED FISH; 1.6 BIOLOGICAL RECULTIVATION OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY-RAVAGED LAND

3.1 INTRODUCTION3.2 GENERATION AND COMPOSITION OF BIOSOLIDS; 3.2.1 GENERATION OF BIOSOLIDS; 3.2.2 COMPOSITION OF BIOSOLIDS; 3.3 LAND APPLICATION OF BIOSOLIDS AND POLLUTION PREVENTION; 3.3.1 HEAVY METALS; 3.3.2 NUTRIENTS; 3.3.3 PATHOGENS; 3.3.4 ODOR EMISSIONS; 3.3.5 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; 3.3.6 EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; 3.4 REGULATIONS OF BIOSOLIDS USE; 3.5 EFFECTS OF ADDITION OF BIOSOLIDS IN MINE SITE REHABILITATION; 3.5.1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; 3.5.2 CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; 3.5.3 BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; 3.6 CONCLUSIONS, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS; Acknowledgments

REFERENCES4 - APPLICATION OF BIOCHAR PRODUCED FROM BIOWASTE MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTUR ...; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SOURCES OF BIOWASTE; 4.2.1 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; 4.2.2 BIOSOLIDS; 4.2.3 ANIMAL AND POULTRY MANURE; 4.2.4 PAPER MILL SLUDGE; 4.2.5 OTHER ORGANIC WASTES; 4.3 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCHAR; 4.3.1 PRODUCTION METHODS; 4.3.2 BIOCHAR CHARACTERIZATION; 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; 4.4.1 HEAVY METAL(LOID)S; 4.4.2 ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; 4.5 AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS; 4.5.1 AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; 4.5.2 NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION

4.5.3 NITRATE LEACHING4.5.4 PHOSPHORUS LEACHING; 4.6 CASE STUDIES; 4.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 5 - PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF BIOCHAR FROM ORGANIC WASTES FOR POLLUTANT CONTROL ON CONTAMINATED SITES; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BIOCHAR PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES; 5.3 BIOCHAR APPLICATION AT CONTAMINATED SITES; 5.3.1 BIOCHAR IN SOIL IMPROVEMENT; 5.3.2 INTERACTION OF CONTAMINANTS WITH BIOCHAR; 5.3.2.1 Inorganic Pollutants; 5.3.2.2 Organic Pollutants; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Halogenated Hydrocarbon Compounds; Pesticides and Herbicides

5.3.3 BIOCHAR-BASED SOIL REMEDIATION FOR SITE-SPECIFIC CONTAMINANTS: CASE STUDIES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2016).

ISBN:

0-12-803906-X