Environmental materials and waste : resource recovery and pollution prevention / edited by Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prasad, M. N. V. (Majeti Narasimha Vara), 1953- editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Recycling (Waste, etc.).

Bioremediation.

Pollution prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (882 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2024]

Contents:

Front Cover

Environmental Materials and Waste

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

1

Recovery of resources from biowaste for pollution prevention

1. Introduction

2. Biowaste management

3. Bioremediation of waste disposed land or existing land fills

4. Solid waste management in Indian perspective

5. Utilization of biowaste from bioremediation-The case of aquatic weeds

6. Conclusion

References

2

Food waste management in Thailand for sustainable development

1. Introduction

2. Food waste in Thailand

3. Appropriate food waste treatment guidelines

3.1 Biodiesel

3.2 Incineration

3.3 Pyrolysis and gasification

3.4 Value-added products and materials

3.5 Biogas, biohydrogen, and bioethanol

3.6 Microbial fuel cell

3.7 Composting and biofertilizer

3.8 Animal feed

4. Food waste management: A Thai perspective

4.1 Community engagement management planning

4.2 Food waste management in hospitality sector

4.3 Startup business model management

5. Conclusions

Further reading

3

Resources from plastic waste for pollution abatement and circular economy

2. Plastic waste for pollution abatement and circular economy

3. Coprocessing of plastic waste in cement kilns

4. Cost of plastic waste to liquid RDF plant

5. Merits of plasma pyrolysis technology (PPT)

6. Mission starfish 2030: Restore our ocean and waters

Further reading

4

Plastic waste in a circular economy

2. Classification of plastics in the economy

3. Framework for plastic waste management in a circular economy

4. Plastic recycling and recovery processes: Opportunities, challenges, and trade-offs

4.1 Mechanical recycling process

4.2 Organic recycling

4.3 Quaternary recycling (energy recovery)

5. Concluding remarks

5

Integrated municipal solid waste management for energy recovery and pollution prevention

2. Typical landfill gas composition

2.1 Learn about alternative options for managing organic waste

3. Collecting and treating landfill gas

3.1 Landfill gas energy project types

3.2 Electricity generation

3.3 Direct use of medium-BTU gas

3.4 Renewable natural gas

Acknowledgment

6

Vinasse, a byproduct of the bioethanol industry-A valuable resource for sustainable agriculture and renewable e ...

1.1 Biofuel generation and bioethanol production

2. Sugarcane vinasse generation

3. Characterization of vinasse

3.1 Organic and inorganic contents of vinasse

4. Application of vinasse

4.1 Vinasse as fertilizer

4.2 Vinasse as microbiological culture medium

4.3 Vinasse in animal feed

4.4 Potential of vinasse as a renewable energy matrix

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

4.5 Vinasse as a component of circular economy

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Vara Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Environmental Materials and Waste

ISBN:

9780443220708

0443220700

Publisher Number:

40032397557

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