Waste to Resources

Environmental Sustainability, Safety, and Health
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-33530-3
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Waste to Resources: Environmental Sustainability, Safety, and Health features practical solutions to address environmental challenges. With a focus on converting waste into valuable resources, this book explores the pivotal roles of businesses and society in fostering innovation for sustainable waste management. Divided into four sections, the book covers waste-to-value added product conversion using biotechnology and emphasizes environmental sustainability through a cradle-to-cradle approach. By providing comprehensive knowledge, understanding, and practical solutions, this book will promote research initiatives for a sustainable future while aligning with the attainment of sustainable development goals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kulkarni, Shrikaant

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Waste to Resources: Circular Economy, Wealth creation
1. Circular economy, Growth, Supply chain, advantage
2. Cradle to Cradle Approach, Life Cycle Assessment
3. New Models for Sustainable Circular growth

Section 2: Waste to Resources and Environmental Sustainability
4. Sustainable Waste valorization to fuel and chemicals
5. Synthesis protocols for obtaining value added products from waste
6. Fuel cell technology for bioelectricity generation from waste waters

Section 3: Waste to Resources and Environmental Safety
7. Advances in bioremediation of toxic waste
8. Phytoremediation: An integrated and eco-friendly approach for waste water treatment and value added product potential
9. Emerging technologies for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial discharges

Section 4: Waste to Resources and Environmental Health
10. Risk assessment for environmental health and public health
11. Toxicological base to health risks, Pharmacokinetic Modeling for Modeling for health risk assessment
12. Tools and Technologies for health risk assessment

Über Autor(innen)

Kulkarni, Shrikaant
Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD, currently works as a Research Professor at Sanjivani University, Kopargaon, India, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Business, Victorian Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Kulkarni has been a Senior Academic and Researcher for 42 years. He has published 100+ research papers in national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has edited 50+ books and authored 100+ book chapters in books published by CRC, Springer Nature, Apple Academic Press, Elsevier, Wiley, and IET. He has authored four textbooks on engineering chemistry too. Dr Kulkarni possesses MSc, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Chemistry and Master's degrees in Economics, Business Management, and Political Science. Two of his patents have been published and two more are applied for grants. He was invited by UNESCO for an invited talk on "Green Chemistry Education for Sustainable Development.