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Books in Biological waste

  • Hazardous, Industrial, and Biological Waste Management

    Technologies, Treatments, and Sustainable Solutions
    • 1st Edition
    • October 1, 2026
    • Zhao Youcai + 1 more
    • English
    Hazardous, Industrial, and Biological Waste Management: Technologies, Treatments, and Sustainable Solutions provides a comprehensive overview of the treatment and sustainable management of hazardous, industrial, electronic, and biological wastes, addressing one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges of our time. With chapters authored by leading experts, it covers the entire spectrum of waste streams- from hazardous materials and healthcare waste to e-waste and sewage sludge, offering practical and research-based insights into prevention, treatment, and resource recovery. The book explores innovative approaches such as detoxification and pretreatment methods, recycling and reuse pathways, advanced thermal processes, secure landfill strategies, and cutting-edge biological conversions. Special focus is given to emerging technologies, including thermodynamics of CO₂ bioelectroconversion and the circular economy implications of e-waste recycling.

  • Earthworm Technology in Organic Waste Management

    Recent Trends and Advances
    • 1st Edition
    • October 8, 2023
    • Kui Huang + 3 more
    • English
    Earthworm Technology in Organic Waste Management: Recent Trends and Advances is a suitable contribution to the Waste and The Environment: Underlying Burdens And Management Strategies series that will be helpful in classifying and broadly addressing assessments, mitigation strategies, and the management of organic wastes using earthworms. In addition, the book provides a summary of the latest findings on emerging pollution-related issues, their sustainable management, and future perspectives. The book covers recent trends and developments in organic waste management, including the use of earthworms in municipal and industrial waste management, the role of earthworms in vermifiltration/verm... and of vermicompost in crops. Finally, the book covers the potential of earthworms in the remediation of emerging contaminants. This includes antibiotic resistance genes, heavy metals, pesticides, microplastics, and other emerging pollutants that are not covered in-depth in previously published titles.

  • Bio-Based Materials and Waste for Energy Generation and Resource Management

    Volume 5 of Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices
    • 1st Edition
    • May 8, 2023
    • Ram Naresh Bharagava + 3 more
    • English
    Bio-Based Materials and Wastes for Energy Generation and Resource Management is the fifth and final volume in the series, Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices. It addresses processes and practices for utilizing bio-based materials and wastes to support efforts to promote a more sustainable society and provide readers with a better understanding of the major mechanisms required to achieve zero waste in different fields. This book covers numerous mechanisms supported by scientific evidence and case studies, as well as in-depth flowcharts and process diagrams to allow for readers to adopt these processes. Summarizing present and emerging zero waste tools on the scale of both experimental and theoretical models, Advanced Zero Waste Tools is the first step toward understanding the state-of-the-art practices in making the zero waste goal a reality. In addition to environmental and engineering principles, it also covers economic, toxicologic, and regulatory issues, making it an important resource for researchers, engineers, and policymakers working toward environmental sustainability.

  • Nitrogen in Organic Wastes

    Applied to Soils
    • 1st Edition
    • December 2, 2012
    • Bozzano G Luisa
    • English
    Organic wastes are traditionally applied to land to recover their fertilizer value, but the microbial turnover of such organic matter in soil is often out of phase with the requirements of growing plants. Therefore, nutrients may be lost and may even act as potential pollutants of water and air, posing a particular challenge to agricultural and environmental engineers.This book addresses both experimental and modeling methodology under the main headings of nitrogen and carbon transformations, gaseous losses, chemical means of controlling nitrification, and nitrate leaching. The articles are based on material presented at a specialized seminar held under the auspices of ISWA and DAKOFA at Aalborg University, Denmark, in September, 1988.

  • Global Environmental Biotechnology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 66
    • July 23, 1997
    • D.L. Wise
    • English
    Environmental biotechnology is an emerging field of scientific and technological investigations that is truly global. Popular recognition is high for the environmental problems being faced and solved by biotechnology methods. This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium of the International Society for Environmental Biotechnology, held in Boston in July 1996. The following topics are covered: metals, mine drainage, removal and toxicity; waste treatment/monitoring... bioremediation; water quality; biodegradation; and local, national and international issues in biotechnology.