Plastic Waste Valorization
Strategies to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution for Sustainable Environment
- 1st Edition - April 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Riti Thapar Kapoor, Helen Treichel, Jakub Zdarta
- Language: English
Plastic Waste Valorization: Strategies to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution for Sustainable Environment presents advanced approaches for mitigating the hazardous effects of plasti… Read more
Plastic Waste Valorization: Strategies to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution for Sustainable Environment presents advanced approaches for mitigating the hazardous effects of plastics on ecosystems and human health, offering a detailed examination of microplastics and their impacts. It highlights new, sustainable technologies for the bioremediation and biodegradation of plastic contaminants. This book explores methods for managing plastic contaminants and transforming plastic waste into valuable products. By advancing knowledge and practices in the field, this book significantly contributes to ongoing research and efforts toward achieving carbon neutrality and environmental protection.
- Provides extensive information on the state-of-the-art application of environmentally benign approaches and various biological treatment technologies for the treatment of plastic contaminants and the restoration of contaminated sites
- Combines current knowledge with future strategies for integrated approaches, technological advancements and optimization strategies by using microbes or other bioremediation tools in enhancing process efficiency to effectively degrade plastic pollutants
- Aims to contribute significantly to achieving sustainable development goals by promoting carbon neutrality and reducing the overall cost of plastic waste management through innovative and sustainable practices
Researchers, academicians, scientists, and professionals interested in environmental science, waste management, and sustainability
Section A: Plastic Pollution and application of sustainable technologies for degradation of plastic pollutants
1. Plastic in the environment, properties, types and applications
2. Hazardous effects of plastic wastes on the ecosystem, human-beings and animal health
3. Microplastics in marine ecosystem: ecotoxicological effects, health consequences, and food chain implications
4. Unveiling the effects of microplastics in marine ecosystem, current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile
5. Microplastics in ocean, recent trends of environmental pollution and toxicological profile mechanism : An update
6. Mechanism of plastic biodegradation : A step towards environmental sustainability
7. Microbial enzymatic remediation of synthetic plastic pollutants: a present and future perspectives
8. Relevance of microbes in plastic waste degradation
9. Microplastics: ecological and human health risks
10. Bio-chemical degradation of microplastics, its mechanisms, and methodologies
11. Microalgae-bacteria consortium for microplastic biodegradation : A strategy towards plastic mitigation
12. Biodegradable microplastics in soil ecosystem: effects on soil properties, plant and animal health
13. Role of microbial enzymes in the degradation of plastics: A sustainable tool for waste management
14. Plastic wastes in air and soil : health risks and challenges to mitigate plastic pollutant
Section B: Valorization of plastic wastes into value-added products
15. Use of waste plastic in preparation of value-added construction materials
16. Valorization of plastic wastes: current practices, challenges and future directions
17. Bioplastics production, and applications in industries : a step towards circular economy
18. Plastic waste management: a review on life cycle assessment studies
19. An integrated approach towards sustainable plastic waste management : case study from urban areas of Indonesia/other developing nation
20. Plastic wastes and its management strategies for environmental sustainability
21. Plastic recycling: applications, challenges and future prospects
1. Plastic in the environment, properties, types and applications
2. Hazardous effects of plastic wastes on the ecosystem, human-beings and animal health
3. Microplastics in marine ecosystem: ecotoxicological effects, health consequences, and food chain implications
4. Unveiling the effects of microplastics in marine ecosystem, current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile
5. Microplastics in ocean, recent trends of environmental pollution and toxicological profile mechanism : An update
6. Mechanism of plastic biodegradation : A step towards environmental sustainability
7. Microbial enzymatic remediation of synthetic plastic pollutants: a present and future perspectives
8. Relevance of microbes in plastic waste degradation
9. Microplastics: ecological and human health risks
10. Bio-chemical degradation of microplastics, its mechanisms, and methodologies
11. Microalgae-bacteria consortium for microplastic biodegradation : A strategy towards plastic mitigation
12. Biodegradable microplastics in soil ecosystem: effects on soil properties, plant and animal health
13. Role of microbial enzymes in the degradation of plastics: A sustainable tool for waste management
14. Plastic wastes in air and soil : health risks and challenges to mitigate plastic pollutant
Section B: Valorization of plastic wastes into value-added products
15. Use of waste plastic in preparation of value-added construction materials
16. Valorization of plastic wastes: current practices, challenges and future directions
17. Bioplastics production, and applications in industries : a step towards circular economy
18. Plastic waste management: a review on life cycle assessment studies
19. An integrated approach towards sustainable plastic waste management : case study from urban areas of Indonesia/other developing nation
20. Plastic wastes and its management strategies for environmental sustainability
21. Plastic recycling: applications, challenges and future prospects
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Riti Thapar Kapoor
Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is Associate Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has fourteen years of teaching and research experience and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 11 books and over 105 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kapoor has visited 8 countries for participation in different academic programmes. Dr. Kapoor has received prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation under CGIAR project for participation in International training programme held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of DST travel grant for participation in International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded with Teacher’s Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru in 2019. She has supervised and mentored a number of research projects sanctioned by different government funding agencies such as DAE, DST and UPCST etc. She has successfully supervised three research students for Ph.D. degree besides several (more than 80) masters and graduate students for their dissertation thesis.
Affiliations and expertise
Centre for Plant and Environmental Biotechnology, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaHT
Helen Treichel
Prof. Helen Treichel is a Research Productivity Scholar at level 1C in Environmental Sciences. She holds a degree in Food Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande (1999), a Master's and a Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the State University of Campinas (2001 and 2004, respectively). She is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS)-Campus Erechim. She works in undergraduate courses in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Agronomy and is a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Programs in Environmental Science and Technology (UFFS-Campus Erechim), Food Science and Technology (UFFS-Campus Laranjeiras do Sul) and Biotechnology and Biosciences (UFSC). She coordinates the Laboratory of Microbiology and Bioprocesses (LAMIBI) at UFFS (Erechim), working mainly on the following topics, design of experiments and statistical optimization of processes; production, purification, immobilization, and application of enzymes; use of microorganisms and enzymes in the treatment and/or recovery of effluents and residues; bioherbicides; biofuels. She acts as the leader of the Agroenergy research group.
Affiliations and expertise
Laboratory of Microbiology and Bioprocess, Environmental Science and Technology Department, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim, RS, BrazilJZ
Jakub Zdarta
Associate Professor Jakub Zdarta graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 2010 and the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the Poznań University of Technology in 2013. In 2017, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Chemical Sciences in the field of chemical technology, and in 2021 he become an associate professor. In 2017-2018 and in 2021, he completed internships at the Technical University of Denmark, and in 2019 at the University of Technology Sydney. Since 2018, he has been employed at the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering at the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Poznań University of Technology. His research area focuses on biotechnology, biocatalysis, enzyme immobilization, biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation, organic pollutant removal, membrane processes, membrane bioreactors, biomass pretreatment and conversion, as well as hybrid materials and biomaterials.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan university of Technology, Poznan, Poland