Sustainable and Circular Management of Resources and Waste Towards a Green Deal

1st Edition - February 10, 2023
Editors: Marzena Smol, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad
Language: English
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Sustainable and Circular Management of Resources and Waste Towards a Green Deal highlights the importance of resource recovery, phosphorus management, climate action, clean energy transition, and a circular economy. The world is facing significant challenges, including climate disruption, environmental changes, pollution, and population explosion. Sustainable management of finite natural resources within the carrying capacity of the bio-geo-hydrosphere is the crux of transforming the global economy for a sustainable future. Moreover, keeping raw materials in circulation as long as possible and minimizing the amount of waste generated has grown in significance as a part of transitioning to a circular economy (CE) model.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1: Strategies for implementation of Green Deal
Chapter 1. Achieving sustainable development goals via green deal strategies
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The 2030 Agenda
1.3 The European Green Deal—driving force of a more cohesive continent
1.4 Europe in the leadership of the environmental agenda
1.5 The opportunity generated by the new European agreement
1.6 Two good reasons to congratulate the European Commission
1.7 Greywater treatment in constructed wetlands
1.8 Grey water quantity
1.9 Constructed wetlands
1.10 Act now campaign of the United Nations toward sustainable lifestyles
References
Further reading
Chapter 2. Farm to fork: sustainable agrifood systems
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Journey from Farm to Fork
2.3 Economic, social, and environmental impacts
2.4 Redesigning agriculture for nature and nutrition
2.5 Global transition to sustainable food systems
2.6 Policy objectives versus legal actions
2.7 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3. Global directions for the green deal strategies—Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials and methods
3.3 Results and discussion
3.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Section 2: Circular economy
Chapter 4. Circular economy in Green Deal strategies
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Circular Economy in EU Green Deal
4.3 Strategic Principles of Circular Economy in Circular Economy Action Plan
4.4 State of fact at the macrolevel
4.5 Strategic principles of circular economy in practice: the microlevel
4.6 Best Practices in the Case of Groupe Renault, “Pioneer of the Circular Economy”
4.7 Circular economy in Green Deal strategies beyond the EU
4.8 Greenwashing practices and related threats to circular economy and Green Deal policies
4.9 Conclusions and future perspectives
References
Chapter 5. Circular economy—the new innovation wave
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Materials and methods
5.3 Results
5.4 Conclusions
Funding
References
Chapter 6. Circular economy from a water and wastewater management perspective
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The concept of community-based reclaimed water
6.3 Community-based reclaimed water and circular economy
6.4 Community-based reclaimed water system overview and consideration
6.5 Recommendation for further studies
6.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7. Mine waste: contributions to the circular economy
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Mining waste
7.3 Mining waste management for circular economy
7.4 Circular economy in mining: case studies and sector challenges
7.5 Epilogue
References
Chapter 8. Waste to energy and circular economy: the case of anaerobic digestion
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Anaerobic digestion at an intersection of waste management, energy, and agricultural sectors
8.3 Anaerobic digestion
8.4 Environmental performance
8.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 9. Food waste management in Thailand for sustainable development
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Food waste in Thailand
9.3 Appropriate food waste treatment guidelines
9.4 Food waste management: a Thai perspective
9.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 10. Sustainable use of construction and demolition wastes in a circular economy perspective
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Construction and demolition wastes—definition, classification, and composition
10.3 Current state of construction and demolition wastes management in European Union
10.4 Construction and demolition wastes management toward circular economy
10.5 Practical example of construction and demolition wastes reuse at the landfill site
10.6 Conclusion
References
Section 3: Sludge management−resource recovery
Chapter 11. Biofiltration as an ecological method of removing sewage sludge odors by solar drying
Abstract
11.1 Sewage sludge and solar sludge dryers
11.2 Biofiltration
11.3 Biofiltration as an ecological method of removing sewage sludge odors by solar drying—own research
11.4 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 12. Sustainable/integrated/sewage sludge management
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Local options as determinants for wastewater treatment sequence selection
12.3 Strategies to maximize recoveries
12.4 Technical aspects
12.5 Governance aspects
12.6 Sustainability and circular economy as fundamental principles
12.7 Digitalization as a management tool
12.8 Summary
Acknowledgments
References
Further reading
Chapter 13. Bioleaching of heavy metals from a contaminated soil using bacteria from wastewater sludge
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Source and screening method of strain
13.3 Influencing factors of bioleaching heavy metals in soil
13.4 Analysis of bioleaching mechanism
13.5 Insufficiency of bioleaching heavy metals in soil
13.6 Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 14. Sewage sludge valorization in the context of resource recovery
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Materials and methods
14.3 Directions of sewage sludge management
14.4 Sewage sludge treatment methods
14.5 Resource recovery from sewage sludge
14.6 Conclusions
References
Section 4: Phosphorus management
Chapter 15. Importance of phosphorus raw materials in Green Deal strategies
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Methods
15.3 Results and discussion
15.4 Conclusions
15.5 Funding
References
Chapter 16. Regional strategies for the management of phosphorus
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Strategy for the management of raw phosphorus materials in the European Union
16.3 Strategy for the management of raw phosphorus materials in North America
16.4 Strategy for the management of raw phosphorus materials in Asia-Pacific
16.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 17. Integrated Nutrient Management as a driving force for sustainable use of phosphorus
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Phosphorus dynamics in the soil
17.3 Rock phosphate sources and vulnerability
17.4 Strategies for improving P-use efficiency
17.5 Conclusions
Funding
References
Chapter 18. Phosphorus raw materials in sustainable agriculture
Abstract
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Materials and methods
18.3 Phosphorus sources
18.4 Phosphorus flow
18.5 Phosphorus availability
18.6 Conclusions
Funding
References
Chapter 19. Phosphorus-driven eutrophication mitigation strategies
Abstract
19.1 Introduction: the biogenic role of phosphorus in water ecosystems
19.2 Legal measures to mitigate eutrophication caused by P discharged loads
19.3 The efficiency of eutrophication mitigation strategies—case studies of P loads reductions
19.4 Limiting agricultural P sources
19.5 Summary and outlook
References
Chapter 20. Phosphorus recovery—recent developments and case studies
Abstract
20.1 Phosphorus supply from conventional sources
20.2 Phosphorus recovery from secondary sources
20.3 Rationale
20.4 Phosphorus recovery from aqueous phase
20.5 Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge and derived ash
20.6 Conclusions
References
Section 5: Climate action
Chapter 21. Action toward carbon neutrality—essential elements of the Green Deal
Abstract
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Current greenhouse gas emissions
21.3 Key measures to reach carbon neutrality
21.4 Measures implemented or proposed in current climate policy
21.5 Barriers against effective climate action
21.6 The way forward
Funding
References
Chapter 22. Water and climate change from the regional, national, and international perspective
Abstract
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Water and climate change: case study in Asian countries
22.3 Recent practices to adapt and mitigate the climate change
22.4 Climate change variability and water harvesting and management
22.5 Impact of climate change on hydrological processes
22.6 Impact of regional land use land cover (LULC) change on hydrological process
22.7 Climate change and education for environmental sustainability
22.8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 23. Water resources and climate change: regional, national and international perspective
Abstract
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Water sources
23.3 Impact of human activities on the hydrosphere—interactions between climate change and water cycle
23.4 Soil and climate change—biosphere–atmosphere interactions
23.5 Land use/land cover and climate change interaction
23.6 Drought and climate change impacts on water resources
23.7 Protect of water resources in MENA region: transition to a circular economy
23.8 Conclusion
References
Further reading
Chapter 24. Environmental footprint as a tool to measure climate neutrality activities
Abstract
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Methods to calculate the carbon footprint
24.3 Open issues, criticism, and needs for further research
24.4 Conclusions
Funding
References
Chapter 25. How to achieve climate neutrality—the impact of fertilizer usage on climate change
Abstract
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Materials and methods
25.3 Results
25.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Section 6: Clean energy transition
Chapter 26. Energy efficiency to improve sustainability
Abstract
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Technologies for improving energy efficiency to achieve sustainable recycling
26.3 Conclusions
References
Chapter 27. Green strategies for waste to energy
Abstract
27.1 Introduction
27.2 Waste conversion technologies
27.3 Green strategies in the collection and transportation of waste to energy operation
27.4 Country experiences: strategies to achieve sustainability in waste to energy project
27.5 Conclusion
References
Section 7: Sustainable management and global agenda
Chapter 28. Digital technologies and clean energy
Abstract
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Clean energy
28.3 Sustainable energy
28.4 Digital tools
28.5 The network and the servers
28.6 The economic angle of information
28.7 The material world and clean energy: entropy as a waste
28.8 Sustainability
References
Chapter 29. From waste to value: enhancing circular value creation in municipal solid waste management ecosystem through artificial intelligence-powered robots
Abstract
29.1 Introduction
29.2 Theoretical background
29.3 Data and methods
29.4 Results and findings
29.5 Discussions and conclusions
References
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