Emerging Trends to Approaching Zero Waste

Environmental and Social Perspectives

Sunpreet Singh, Lalit Goswami, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780323854030
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323854047
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Emerging Trends to Approaching Zero Waste: Environmental and Social Perspectives thoroughly examines the impact of various technological innovations, current guidelines and social awareness on the reduction of waste, with the ultimate aim of achieving the zero-waste target. Insights in the book will help users adopt the best possible methodologies at grass-root levels and show how modern societal procedures are becoming sustainable, with a goal of zero waste. It comprehensively discusses the scientific contributions of the environmental and social sector, along with the tools and technologies available for achieving the zero-waste targets. This book is the first step toward understanding state-of-the-art practices in making the zero-waste goal a reality. It will be especially beneficial to researchers, academics, upper-level students, waste managers, engineers and managers of industries researching or hoping to implement zero-waste techniques. - Uses fundamental, interdisciplinary and state-of-the-art coverage of zero waste research to provide an integrated approach to tools, methodology and indicators for waste minimization - Presents a unique look at environmental and social perspectives, challenges and solutions to zero waste - Includes up-to-date references and web resources at the end of each chapter, as well as a webpage dedicated to providing supplementary information

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Emerging trends of zero waste in the built environment and a paradigm shift toward sustainability
• Chapter 2 : Indian indigenous knowledge system: Sustainable approach toward waste management
• Chapter 3 : Leveraging the potential of aquaponics for urban sustainability
• Chapter 4 : Waste management to zero waste: Global perspectives and review of Indian law and policy
• Chapter 5 : Recent evolution in green technologies for effective valorization of food and agricultural wastes
• Chapter 6 : Catalytic remediation of chlorinated organic compounds (COCs) in wastewater
• Chapter 7 : Fidelity of NGOs toward zero waste in India: A conceptual framework for sustainability
• Chapter 8 : Sorption of pharmaceutical and personal care products from the wastewater by carbonaceous materials
• Chapter 9 : Social factors influencing household waste management
• Chapter 10 : Waste management in fashion and textile industry: Recent advances and trends, life-cycle assessment, and circular economy
• Chapter 11 : Techno-economic feasibility and hurdles on agricultural waste management
• Chapter 12 : Ammonia as a carrier of renewable energy: Recent progress of ammonia synthesis by homogeneous catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts, and electrochemical method
• Chapter 13 : Solid waste management through the concept of zero waste
• Chapter 14 : Economics and market of wastes
• Chapter 15 : Roadmap from microalgae to biorefinery: A circular bioeconomy approach
• Chapter 16 : Recent advances in melanoidin removal from wastewater: Sources, properties, toxicity, and remediation strategies
• Index
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