Urban mining for waste management and resource recovery : sustainable approaches / edited by Pankaj Pathak, Prangya Ranjan Rout.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pathak, Pankaj, editor.

Ranjan Rout, Prangya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic wastes--Recycling.

Organic wastes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida ; Abingdon, Oxon : CRC Press, [2022]

Summary:

Scientific management strategies can help in exploring anthropogenic wastes (human-made materials) as potential resources through the urban mining concept and be a panacea for sustainable development. This book covers five broader aspects of waste management and resource recovery in urban mining including solid and liquid waste management and treatment. It explains sustainable approaches of urban mining for the effective management of solid and liquid wastes and facilitates their conversion into secondary resources. Overall, this book provides details of urban mining and its different applications including current waste management problems, practices, and challenges faced worldwide. Presents a holistic approach for urban mining considering various types of wastes Describes contemporary integrated approaches for waste management with specific case studies Provides technical, social, and environmental aspects of solid and liquid wastes Considers aspects of sustainability and a circular bio-economy Incorporates pertinent case studies on water and wastewater management This volume caters to researchers and graduate students in environmental engineering, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, and materials science.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003201076

1003201075

9781000509632

100050963X

OCLC:

1285168440