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Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Pollution: Urban Sustainability and Education for Waste Management explores methods for treating waste and pollution while examining strategies for managing environmental resources. It aims to underscore the critical role of education in promoting environmental sustainability, particularly in urban waste management. This book presents recent research and innovative ideas concerning sustainable environmental development, investigating the diverse impacts of pollution and the urgent need to address ecological costs associated with waste contamination. It also provides practical information for managing green resources through empirical analyses, reduction trials, and bioremediation techniques.
List of contents
1. Water Resources Pollution Management: Issues and Perspectives
2. Global Environmental Pollution: History, Science and Solutions
3. Impact of Environmental Pollution on Food Security: Concepts and Issues
4. Soil Health and Environmental Sustainability from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
5. Environmental pollution and Medicinal Plants
6. Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Pollution
7. Treatment of Industrial Wastewater: A Sustainable Approach
8. Sustainable Electronic Waste Management: Processes, Technologies and Impact
9. Waste Treatment in Food Processing Industries
10. Environmental Impacts of Plastic Waste Disposal: Innovative Approaches
11. Negative Effects of Improper Waste Management: From Crisis to Cure
12.Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
13. Development of Smart and Automated Solid Waste Management Systems
14. Sustainable Solid Waste Management for Clean and Safe Environment
15. Waste Management, Informal Recycling, Environmental Pollution and Public Health
16. Sustainable Household Waste Management: Limiting Environmental Impacts
17. Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal
18. Innovative Waste Treatment Technologies
19. Sustainable Disposal Solutions: Challenges and Strategies for Mitigation
20. Sustainable and Economic Waste Management
21 . Policies and Strategies for Waste Management
22. Case Studies in Waste Management
23. Waste Management and Future Implication
24. Sustainable Waste Management and Circular Economy
About the author
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.
Prof. Cristina Trois is a Full Professor in Environmental Engineering and serves as South African Research Chair in Waste and Climate Change (SARCHI) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), in Durban. She is also the Chair of the joint secretariat for the Southern Africa Region of UN-IPLA Program (International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management) and the International Waste Working Group for the Southern Arica Region. Prof. Trois has over 20 years of experience in waste management, through designing and delivering multi-million rand/dollars projects in South Africa and across the wider continent. She is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Her expertise lies in Environmental/Geo-Engineering, Waste and Climate Change, Waste and Resources Management, Renewable Energies, and Climate mitigation.
