Waste Management

Waste Management
From Trash to Treasure

Editors: Rajesh Kumar, PhD
S. S. Kanwar, PhD

Waste Management

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming January 2025
Hardback Price: $220 US | £170 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781774919705
Pages: Est. 438pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / eBook
Notes: 10 color and 40 b/w illustrations

Waste generation is a global issue, with waste piles increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. The total amount of waste generated annually worldwide is predicted to reach 2.2 billion tons by 2025. Addressing this crucial issue, this new book, Waste Management: From Trash to Treasure, is a comprehensive guide to waste management—its types, characteristics, regulations, and management and reuse strategies.

The book first introduces waste, its history, types, characteristics, regulatory development, and legislation. It then discusses various ways to convert waste into useful materials, starting with waste from fruits and vegetables and agricultural wastes, and moving on to various other types of waste, such as plastics and electronics. The book discusses how food and agro-waste can be effective tools for the preparation of functional materials. Various mitigation strategies are discussed, such as the use of termites in waste management, employing microbial enzymes aid in bioremediation, and vermicomposting. Also explored is the use of artificial intelligence in waste management as a time and money saver. A chapter discusses bioplastics and biopolymers—the ideal versus the reality. Finally, the harmful health impacts of unscientific waste disposal are discussed, such as from indiscriminate dumping that leads to the emission of poisonous methane gas and that can lead to fires and extreme air pollution.

Compiled with contributions from experts in industry and academia, this volume is a comprehensive introduction and guide to waste management and will a valuable resource for students and researchers working in the area of waste management as well as industry professionals.

CONTENTS:

Preface

1. Introduction, Brief History, Waste Types, Characteristics, Regulatory Development

Rajesh Kumar, Ajay Kumar, and Shamsher S. Kanwar

2. Management of Fruit and Vegetable Waste for Potential Bio-Commodities: Conventional Utilization and Emerging Opportunities
Sumangala Narasimhamurthy, Subramani Srinivasan, Raju Murali, Devarajan Raajasubramanian, Kuppan Narendra, Nagarajan Paramaguru, and Chinna Krishnan Shanmuga Sundaram

3. Agricultural Waste: From Trash to Treasure
Agapi Vasileiadou

4. Food and Agro-Waste as an Effective Tool for the Preparation of Functional Materials
Tanuj, Rajesh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Dhiraj Singh Rawat, Neerja Kalra, and Subhash Sharma

5. Role of Termites in Waste Management: Current Progress and Future Potential
Sandeep, Narayan Singh, Rahul Kumar, Raj Bala, Indu Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, and Sonika Sharma

6. Electronic Garbage Management: Global Challenges for Developing Countries
Sunita, Sunny Sharma, and Vijay Rana

7. Waste Objects Classification Through Computer Vision Techniques for Efficient Waste Management
Anshul Kalia and Rishi Rana

8. Artificial Intelligence as Money and Time Saver in Waste Management
Sunny Sharma, Sunita, Vijay Rana, and Rajesh Kumar

9. Bioplastics and Biopolymers Dreams and Reality
Dimple, Ruby, Ajay Balda, Manju Yadav, Ikbal Mandal, Rajesh Kumar, and Arup Giri

10. Microbial Enzymes Aid in Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents to Make Environments Cleaner
Deepak Kumar, Aastha Khullar, Vijay Singh Gondil, Nancy Mehra, Shweta Sharma, Tanvi Sharma, and Abhishek Sharma

11. Food Waste: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Management
Sanju Bala Dhull, Anita Singh Kirrolia, Pawan Kumar Rose, Mohd. Kashif Kidwai, Jyoti Rani, and Natoavina Faliarizao

12. Vermicomposting: A Way Toward Sustainable Economy and Environment
Diksha Pathania, Indu Kumari, Neha Salaria, Suresh Kumar, and Rajesh Kumar

13. Waste Reduction, Minimization, and Its Biological Processing
Preeti Kaundil and Susheel Kumar

14. Health Impacts of Unscientific Waste Disposal, Incineration, Biological Recycling, and Processing
Sunanda Biswas, Sneha De, Bijoya Bhattacharjee, and Anindita Ghosh



Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Rajesh Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla, India

Rajesh Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences at Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla, India. With over 10 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Kumar has been teaching animal physiology and applied zoology to postgraduate students and supervisiong PhD, MPhil, and MSc students for their research work. His own research activities also include environmental toxicology, waste management, and the impact of environmental degradation on animal physiology. He is an expert lecturer at beekeeping training/extension activities. Dr. Kumar has successfully completed two major research projects and two startup projects sponsored by government agencies and has published many research articles, book chapters, abstracts, and conference papers as well as several books and monographs. He has successfully organized about 20 seminars and conferences and has delivered more than 30 invited talks and extension lectures at different institutions. He received a fellowship for the year 2009–2011 from the University Grants Commission for working on honey/honeybees. He is a life member of the Indian Science Congress, National Bee Board, Applied Zoologists Research Association, and Society for Science and Environmental Excellence; an affiliate member of the International Society of Zoological Sciences; and a Fellow of Himalayan Science and Technology. He has earned 12 awards for his excellent research in honeybees/physiology to date. Dr Kumar is also a reviewer of several journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kumar earned his master’s degree and PhD in Zoology at Jiwaji University, India.

S. S. Kanwar, PhD
Senior Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla, India

S. S. Kanwar, PhD, is a Senior Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. Dr. Kanwar has published over 225 journal papers and book chapters during a career spanned over 30 years. He has filed six patents, all of which have been published and one of which has been granted. Dr. Kanwar is a certified reviewer of 56 international and national peer-reviewed journals. He is also editor of the journals Current Biotechnology, Trends in Oncology, Journal of Advanced Microbiology, Insight in Enzyme Research, and Current Research in Virology & Retrovirology. His research is focused on nanotechnology, medicinal chemistry, therapeutics, and biocatalysis, and he pursues his research activities by developing bioproducts and bioprocesses for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes to assess the antitumor and anticancer activities of purified microbial enzymes. One of his current projects is on “the improvement of activities of industrially important enzymes by protein engineering, rational design and enzyme immobilization.” Dr. Kanwar has guided over 175 students for their postgraduate degrees in Biotechnology, 30 students for their master’s degrees in Philosophy in Biotechnology, and 21 candidates for PhD degrees in Biotechnology.




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