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Digital Waste Valorization

Pathways to Circularity and Environmental Innovation

  • 1st Edition - May 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Alaa El Din Mahmoud
  • Language: English

As global waste generation continues to rise, so do challenges like environmental pollution, resource depletion, prolonged waste persistence, and inefficient land use. Digital Wa… Read more

Description

As global waste generation continues to rise, so do challenges like environmental pollution, resource depletion, prolonged waste persistence, and inefficient land use. Digital Waste Valorization: Pathways to Circularity and Environmental Innovation offers a comprehensive and forward-looking overview of integrated waste valorization techniques and how advanced technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital tools can transform diverse waste streams including plastics, e-waste, biomass, and hazardous materials into valuable resources. Drawing on case studies and emerging strategies, it addresses the thermodynamics, kinetics, and life cycle assessments of valorization processes, while introducing AI-enhanced forecasting, digital twins, and computational materials design to optimize decision-making. Aimed at environmental researchers, engineers, policymakers, and industry professionals, the book promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and data-driven solutions to support circular economy goals. It provides a much-needed platform for global experts to converge on sustainable waste strategies, offering practical insights into the future of resource recovery and environmental management.

Key features

  • Serves as a one-stop reference for environmental scientists, engineers, and policymakers with foundational knowledge in waste valorization, AI, and nanotechnology
  • Presents the four diverse waste streams: plastic, e-waste, agro-food, and biomass along with hazardous waste for comprehensive valorization coverage
  • Provides forward-looking directions to overcome current limitations in sustainable material applications and resource recovery

Readership

Postgraduates, academics and researchers in Environmental Science disciplines such as waste management and valorization, resource recovery, industrial sustainability, environmental policy, and consultancy

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Integrated Waste Valorization

2. Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Waste Valorization Processes

3. Digital Transformations and Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Waste Management

4. Valorization of Plastic Wastes: Recycling and Circularity

5. Valorization of Electronic Wastes: Resource Recovery and Digital Transformations

6. Valorization of Landfill and Urban Mining Wastes: Resource Recovery

7. Digital Valorization of Agro-Food Waste: Pathways to a Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainability

8. Valorization of Hazardous Industrial Wastes into Valuable Products

9. Valorization of Biomass Waste: Recent Directions in Environmental Applications

10. Role of Nanomaterials in Waste Valorization for Environmental Applications

11. Optimizing Waste to Energy with Artificial Intelligence

12. AI-Enhanced Computational Materials Design for Waste Valorization

13. Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Valorization with the aid of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Applications

14. AI-Driven Environmental Impact Assessments of Waste Valorization Technologies

15. Sensitivity Analysis and Artificial Intelligence in Waste Valorization Systems

16. Digital Twins and AI Tools Integration for Sustainable Waste Management

17. Future Directions of Digital Transformation and Sustainable Waste Solutions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Alaa El Din Mahmoud

Dr. Alaa El Din Mahmoud is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, at Alexandria University, where he also serves as a DAAD Research Ambassador. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Alexandria University and a Ph.D. from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He has received prestigious fellowships from universities in the United States. His research interests include sustainability, waste valorization, water and wastewater treatment, microplastics, the circular economy, machine learning, and green nanotechnology. His accolades include the 2024 State Encouragement Award in Advanced Technological Sciences, the 2023 Alexandria University Academic Encouragement Award, and the 2021 Fulbright Award. Dr. Mahmoud has an outstanding publication record in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters. He also serves on the editorial boards of international journals and books and contributes to funded research projects as a principal investigator and consultant.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt