Occurrence and Behavior of Emerging Contaminants in Organic Wastes and Their Control Strategies

1st Edition - March 8, 2024
Editors: Kui Huang, Sartaj Ahmad Bhat
Language: English
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Occurrence and Behavior of Emerging Contaminants in Organic Wastes and Their Control Strategies provides updated information on the occurrence, monitoring, and behavior of emerging contaminants discharged into the environment from different anthropogenic activities as well as organic wastes management practices, which can be beneficial in classifying and broadly addressing the assessment, treatment, disposal, and management of organic wastes. This book covers the occurrences of nanoparticles, microplastics, antibiotic resistance genes, disinfection by-products, medical waste, pharmaceutical and personal care products, and other emerging contaminants discharged in different types of organic wastes.

Researchers, scientists, graduate, and postgraduate students will find this book to be a timely contribution that will be useful in identifying and comprehensively addressing occurrence and behavior of emerging contaminants in organic wastes.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Occurrence of emerging contaminants in different organic wastes
1. Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in organic wastes from sewage treatment plants in the framework of circular economy
1. Introduction
2. Antibiotic resistance genes in sewage treatment plants
3. Organic wastes from sewage treatment as a source of antibiotic resistance genes
4. Risks associated to the reuse of organic wastes in agriculture in the framework of circular economy
5. Final remarks, future perspectives and recommendations
2. Fate and behavior of microplastics in biosolids
1. Introduction
2. Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in biosolids
3. Effect of microplastics on soil fertility and plant growth
4. Effect of microplastics on earthworms
5. Conclusions and perspectives
3. Occurrence, fate, detection, ecological impact and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance genes derived from animal waste
1. Introduction
2. Occurrence and fate of antimicrobial resistance genes in animal waste
3. Detection and quantification of antimicrobial resistance
4. Ecological impact of animal waste-derived antimicrobial resistance genes
5. Mitigation strategies
6. Conclusions and future perspectives
4. Electrical and electronic waste: An emerging global contaminant
1. Introduction
2. E-waste classification worldwide
3. Global e-waste production
4. Effects of e-waste on environmental and human health
5. Global e-waste legislative framework
6. Green and sustainable e-waste management
7. Recommendations and future prospects
8. Conclusion
5. Occurrence, detection, and classification of microplastics in excess sludge
1. Introduction
2. Sources, content, and potential hazards of microplastics
3. Detection methods for microplastics in excess sludge
4. Classification of microplastics in excess sludge
5. Outlook
Part II. Behavior of emerging contaminants in organic wastes
6. Occurrence and fate of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge
1. Introduction
2. Deposition routes of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge
3. Occurrence of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge
4. Analytical techniques for quantification of personal care products and pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge
5. Elimination of personal care products and pharmaceuticals from sewage sludge
6. Conclusions and future perspectives
7. Environmental behaviors of exogenous emerging contaminants on the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge
1. Introduction
2. Potential impacts of exogenous ECs on WAS digestion and the underlying mechanisms
3. Conclusion and prospects
Part III. Control strategies of emerging contaminants in organic wastes treatment
8. Role of biochar in removal of contaminants from organic wastes: A special insights to eco-restoration and bio-economy
1. Introduction
2. Adsorption capacity of biochar
3. Potential role of microbial augmentation in biochar: A synergism
4. Application of biochar: Environmental perspectives
5. Role of nanobiochar in removal of environmental contaminants
6. Bio-economy with biochar
7. Conclusion
9. Effect of additives on the reduction of antibiotic resistance genes during composting of dewatered sludge
1. Reduction technologies for sludge antibiotic resistance genes
2. Effect of aerobic composting on antibiotic resistance genes
3. Common antibiotic resistance genes in sludge
4. Common additives and their effect on antibiotic resistance gene removal
5. Conclusions
Credit authorship contribution statement
10. Removal of antibiotic resistance genes in sewage sludge vermicomposting: a mini-review
1. Introduction
2. Species and abundance of ARGs in vermicomposting products
3. Effects of additives on ARGs in vermicomposting
4. Effects of experimental conditions on ARGs in sewage sludge vermicomposting
5. Conclusion
Part IV. Organic waste
11. Critical influencing factors for decreasing the antibiotic resistance genes during anaerobic digestion of organic wastes
1. Introduction
2. Generation of organic waste materials
3. Antibiotic resistance genes in organic waste materials
4. Anaerobic digestion of organic waste materials
5. Conclusions
12. Occurrence, behavior, and fate of microplastics in agricultural and livestock wastes and their impact on farmers fields
1. Introduction
2. Microplastic production and uses
3. Primary sources of MP in agricultural fields
4. Microplastics distribution in agricultural fields around the world
5. Characteristics and behavior of MPs in the soil environment
6. Migration of MPs
7. Effect on soil properties and soil microorganisms
8. Effect on plants
9. Association of MPs with other contaminants in the soil
10. Conclusion
Acknowledgment
13. Organic waste management and health
1. Waste definition in EU and extra-EU countries
2. Waste management and health-related risks
3. Physical risks in the management of organic wastes
4. Myths and realities of human health and waste management
5. Current emergencies
6. Conclusions
Index

Kui Huang

Kui Huang is a professor and department chairman of specializing in the subject of environmental ecological engineering at the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China. He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Gifu University, Japan in 2014. He served as a researcher for the River Basin Research Center at Gifu University for two years before joining Lanzhou Jiaotong University in 2015. His teaches courses including water engineering construction and environmental ecological engineering. His research interest involves fundamental and applied aspects of biological contaminant reduction, aerobic biodegradation process, water quality safety in river basin, and organic solids recycling, with a focus on biological and sustainable treated system of wastes by earthworms.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, China

Sartaj Ahmad Bhat

Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as a JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at the River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University, India, in 2017. His primary research focuses on the development and evaluation of treatment technologies for organic waste and wastewater from domestic and industrial outlets as well as organic waste recycling, with a focus on the biological and sustainable treatment by earthworms. He has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-edited 13 books. Dr. Bhat serves as an associate/academic editor, editorial board member, or advisory board member on more than 15 journals. He has been awarded several postdoctoral/research fellowships, and has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Top Peer Reviewer 2019 award for Environment and Ecology (Web of Science).

Affiliations and expertise

Postdoctoral Researcher, River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

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