Circular Economy and Sustainability
Volume 2: Environmental Engineering
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2021
- Editors: Alexandros Stefanakis, Ioannis Nikolaou
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 6 6 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 2 3 6 - 1
The concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, re… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe concept of circular economy is based on strategies, practices, policies, and technologies to achieve principles related to reusing, recycling, redesigning, repurposing, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recovering water, waste materials, and nutrients to preserve natural resources. It provides the necessary conditions to encourage economic and social actors to adopt strategies toward sustainability. However, the increasing complexity of sustainability aspects means that traditional engineering and management/economics alone cannot face the new challenes and reach the appropriate solutions.
Thus, this book highlights the role of engineering and management in building a sustainable society by developing a circular economy that establishes and protects strong social and cultural structures based on cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills. It includes theoretical justification, research studies, and case studies to provide researchers, practitioners, professionals, and policymakers the appropriate context to work together in promoting sustainability and circular economy thinking.
Volume 1, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Management and Policy, discusses the content of circular economy principles and how they can be realized in the fields of economy, management, and policy. It gives an outline of the current status and perception of circular economy at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels to provide a better understanding of its role to achieve sustainability.
Volume 2, Circular Economy and Sustainability: Environmental Engineering, presents various technological and developmental tolls that emphasize the implementation of these principles in practice (micro-level). It demonstrates the necessity to establish a fundamental connection between sustainable engineering and circular economy.
- Presents a novel approach linking circular economy concept to environmental engineering and management to promote sustainability goals in modern societies
- Approaches the topic of production and consumption at both the micro- and macro-levels, integrating principles with practice
- Offers a range of theoretical and foundational knowledge in addition to case studies that demonstrate the potential impact of circular economy principles on economic and societal progress
Professionals, researchers, and graduate students working on sustainability in practice and in industry. Environmental scientists, economists, corporate sustainability, policy makers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Circular economy approach in the water and wastewater sector
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Research framework
- 3: Results
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 2: Integrating circularity to achieve sustainability: Examples of various wastewater treatment systems
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Case study 1: Sustainability assessment for wastewater treatment systems in Latin America
- 3: Case study 2: Decision making framework for wastewater treatment in New Delhi
- 4: Discussion and conclusion
- Appendix
- Chapter 3: Risks associated with the circular economy: Treated sewage reuse in agriculture
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Limitations of the circular economy in sewage treatment
- 2: Antibiotics as a potential risk factor for treated sewage reuse in agriculture
- 3: Potential impacts on human health and in the environment
- Chapter 4: Wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation in Greece: Review of guidelines under the prism of the latest European Union's policy developments
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Wastewater treatment status in Greece
- 3: Wastewater reuse status in Greece
- 4: EU policy developments
- 5: Future trends and conclusions
- Chapter 5: A circular model for sustainable produced water management in the oil and gas industry
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction to PW
- 2: Constructed wetlands technology
- 3: Constructed wetlands in the oil and gas industry
- 4: A circular model to close the loop of waste in PW management
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 6: College of engineering Pune hostel campus: An Indian experience of sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Material and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Wastewater treatment and sludge management strategies for environmental sustainability
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sludge management
- 3: Sustainability aspects
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Recovery of nutritional resources of urban sewage sludge in lettuce production
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Results
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Sludge drying reed beds: A key ecotechnology for a sustainable sanitation infrastructure in Brazil
- Abstract
- 1: Humankind and agriculture as unbalanced geological forces
- 2: Sewage treatment in Brazil
- 3: Sludge drying reed beds: A key ecotechnology for a sustainable sanitation infrastructure in Brazil and similar countries
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 10: Manure treatment and recycling technologies
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Solid-liquid separation
- 3: Composting
- 4: Anaerobic digestion
- 5: Land application of manure and digestates
- 6: Environmental risks control
- Chapter 11: Circular economy in the Mesopotamian Marshes: The Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden Project
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction: Historical and ecological context
- 2: The wastewater project
- 3: Eden in Iraq and the circular economy
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 12: Design concept and performance of a constructed wetland system engineered for the circular economy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 13: Valorization of solid waste in subsurface flow constructed wetlands based on renewable modular structures: A contribution to a circular economy
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Case study description
- 3: Perspective for future applications
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 14: Nature-based solutions for socially and environmentally responsible new cities: The contribution of green roofs
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Green roofs as nature-based solution
- 3: Green roofs strategy for cities
- 4: Case study—Porto City Council
- 5: Highlights for the future
- Chapter 15: Constructed wetlands’ application for flower farms wastewater treatment in developing countries: Case study in Kenya
- Abstract
- 1: Description of constructed wetlands
- 2: Constructed wetlands for Naivasha flower farms’ wastewater treatment
- 3: Sustainability of constructed wetlands
- 4: Benefits associated with CWs in Naivasha flower farms’ wastewater treatment
- Chapter 16: Ecotoxicity evaluation of diclofenac potassium in vertical flow constructed wetlands as posttreatment of septic tank effluent
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and discussion
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 17: Searching for sustainability in organic matter and nitrogen removal by integrating constructed wetlands and microbial fuel cells
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Constructed wetlands from a circular economy perspective
- 2: Organic matter and nitrogen transformation and elimination processes in constructed wetlands
- 3: Integration of a microbial fuel cell into a constructed wetland to control methane emissions
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 18: Creative approaches in engaging the community toward ecological waste management and wetland conservation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Research methodology
- 3: Wetland management
- 4: Regulatory framework
- 5: Waste pollution in wetlands
- 6: Interventions
- 7: Discussion
- 8: Conclusions
- Chapter 19: Circular economy in the building sector: Towards a holistic framework for implementing circular business models
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review and research questions
- 3: Methodology, research framework and empirical analysis
- 4: Results
- 5: Conclusion, limitations, and directions for future research
- Chapter 20: Improving circular building under uncertainty and complexity: Exploring recent trends in the Netherlands
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical and practical background
- 3: Research methodology
- 4: Results
- 5: Discussion
- 6: Conclusions, future research, and limitations
- Chapter 21: Circular materials—An essay on challenges with current manufacturing and recycling strategies as well as on the potential of life cycle integrated designs
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Enablers and barriers to circular design
- 3: Producing sustainable circular secondary raw materials
- 4: Producing circular products—Redesigning for easy dismantling and recycling
- 5: Conclusions and perspectives
- Chapter 22: Waste to energy at the neighborhood microscale in the urban regeneration of Madrid peripheries: Towards effective circular neighborhoods
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction: Changes in urban regeneration processes within vulnerable peripheries
- 2: Towards “circular neighborhoods” on the outskirts of Madrid: A model of sustainable urban regeneration that finds its resources in the intervention itself
- 3: Waste to energy processes at the neighborhood microscale
- 4: Opportunities and barriers in the implementation of waste to energy processes in the context of urban regeneration in the airport neighborhood of Madrid
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 23: Optimization of surface mining operation based on a circular economy model
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Environmental aspects of surface mining
- 3: The circular resource flows in a surface mining project
- 4: Circular resource modeling
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 24: Sustainability assessment of bioleaching for mineral resource recovery from MSWI ashes
- Abstract
- 1: Municipal waste treatments call for sustainability
- 2: Waste-Bioleaching Nexus
- 3: Bioleaching Sustainability Assessment
- Chapter 25: Circular economy for the sustainability of the wood-based industry: The case of Caraga Region, Philippines
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Status and progress of circular economy initiatives across Asia (with emphasis on East and Southeast Asia)
- 3: Looking into the potentials of the circular economy for forestry development
- 4: The science-based initiatives on improving the wood-based industry in the Caraga Region
- 5: The development agenda for the sustainability of the wood-based industry
- 6: Developing the wood-based industry roadmap to sustainable development
- 7: Conclusion
- Chapter 26: Equilibrium modeling and statistical analysis of struvite precipitation for nutrient recovery from corn-ethanol downstream process
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review
- 3: Materials and methods
- 4: Results and discussion
- 5: Conclusion
- Chapter 27: Food processing wastes as a potential source of adsorbent for toxicant removal from water
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction on waste generated from food processing industries
- 2: Food processing wastes as potential adsorbents and their application in water and wastewater treatment
- 3: Advantages and obstacles of using food processing wastes as a valuable source of adsorbents for water treatment
- 4: Technological and policy solutions for supporting the application of food processing wastes as adsorbents in the water treatment industry
- Chapter 28: Sustainable circular economy design in 2050 for water and food security using renewable energy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Five technological possibilities
- 3: Sustainability, circular economy, and food security in the year 2050
- 4: Conclusion
- Chapter 29: Towards circular economy in e-waste management in India: Issues, challenges, and solutions
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Circular economy practices in India
- 4: Existing technologies for e-waste management in India
- 5: New and upcoming technologies for e-waste management
- 6: Case studies
- 7: Findings and discussion
- 8: Conclusion and future direction
- Index
- No. of pages: 582
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 14, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128216644
- eBook ISBN: 9780128232361
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Alexandros Stefanakis
Alexandros I. Stefanakis is Assistant Professor at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. His expertise lies in ecological engineering and technology, specifically in nature-based solutions for sustainable water and wastewater management. He is known as an expert and enthusiast of the green technology of constructed wetlands. He studies and investigates the role of nature-based solutions in a circular water economy.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering and Management Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, GreeceIN
Ioannis Nikolaou
Ioannis E. Nikolaou is Associate Professor of Corporate Environmental Management and Performance in the Department of
Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His current work focuses on linking knowledge-based
views of firms with corporate environmental management and engineering, circular business models, as well as developing
essential system dynamic models to explain strategic alliances of firms to face contemporary environmental challenges.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Business Economics and Environmental Technology Laboratory, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, GreeceRead Circular Economy and Sustainability on ScienceDirect