Waste to Resources - Environmental Sustainability, Safety, and Health

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.

List of contents

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Shrikaant Kulkarni (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9780443335303
• ISBN: 978-0-443-33530-3
• Series: Developments in Environmental Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Energy technology & engineering, Waste Management, Waste treatment & disposal, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Energy technology and engineering, Waste treatment and disposal