Waste Management in Climate Change and Sustainability Perspectives

Dr Sunita Varjani is currently working as a visiting fellow at the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Her major areas of research are Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology, Wastewater Treatment and Process Engineering, and Bioprocess Technology and Waste Management. She has worked as a visiting scientist at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Varjani has authored more than 400 publications, including research and review papers, books, book chapters, and conference communications with h index of 67 and > 17,800 citations. Dr Izharul Haq is an Assistant Professor at Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur, India. He had worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He obtained his PhD in Microbiology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. He is working on liquid and solid waste management through microorganisms and their toxicity evaluation. Dr. Haq has 62 publications with h index of 18 and > 1400 citations. Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels & chemicals, waste to wealth & energy, etc. He has 16 patents, 120 books, >1000 papers and book chapters, etc with h index of 139 and >81,400 citations. Dr Vijai Kumar Gupta earned a doctoral degree in Microbiology from Dr RML Avadh University, India. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor in Dublin City University, Ireland. His focus of research is on developing bioprocess technologies to valorize available bioresources for the production of value-added biochemicals, bioproducts, and fuels and their potential to address the key challenges in agri-food-pharma-environment importance. He has >500 publications, including 48 book chapters and 42 books with h-index 81 and > 28,000 citations. Professor Xuan‐Thanh Bui earned his PhD degree in environmental engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He currently serves as the chairman of the Department of Water Science & Technology and the head of Key Laboratory of Advanced Waste Treatment Technology in Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. His research focuses on membrane processes, water and waste treatment technologies, and green technologies. He has published >250 papers (6,800+ citations, h‐index=44), eight books, 36 book chapters, and has four patents with h index of 44 and >6800 citations.

SECTION A: WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Chapter 1 – Emerging green technologies for organic waste management

Jeanger P. Juanga-Labayen, Ildefonso Villavecer Labayen, Melissa Montalbo-Lomboy, My Thi Tra Ngo, Phuong Vu Mai Doan

Chapter 2 - Phages and their role in natural and directed microbial control

Amro Abd Al Fattah Amara

Chapter 3 - Biodegradable Waste Management Technologies to Mitigate Climate Change

Chaichi Devi, Meena Khwairakpam

Chapter 4 - Rehabilitation of ecosystem service in hard climate change

Hayfa Rajhi and Anouar Bardi

SECTION B: WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

Chapter 5 - Sustainable waste management and circular economy paradigm

Jean Pierre Doussoulin, Qahraman Kakar

Chapter 6 - Waste as a source of raw material in circular economy for value-added products

Simone Kubeneck, Caroline Dalastra, Suzana Fátima Bazoti, Júlia Nerling,

Gabriel Henrique Klein, Helen Treichel

Chapter 7 - Biodrying of municipal solid wastes for producing Refused Derived Fuel

Chart Chiemchaisri, Wilai Chiemchaisri, Sakulrat Sutthiprapa, Ruchira Perera,

Noppharit Sutthasil, Panida Payomthip, Komsilp Wangyao, Sirintornthep Towprayoon

SECTION C: CASE STUDIES

Chapter 8 - Large-scale rotary drum composting for urban organic waste management

Suryateja Pottipati and Ajay S. Kalamdhad

Chapter 9 - Integration of technologies for value-added products from industrial waste in Ho Chi Minh City

Le Thi Kim Oanh, Ho Thi Thanh Hien, Huynh Tan Loi, Nguyen Dang Khoa

Chapter 10 - Biomedical waste management in Covid-19 pandemic

Linh-Thy Le, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Ho Thi Ngoc Ha, Huu Hao Ngo, Sunita Varjani

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