Controlling Environmental Pollution : Practical Solutions

This book highlights current efforts and research on pollution management and advanced technology for pollution treatment. It presents an overview of various aspects of environmental pollution, including water resources management in minimizing the pollution effect. Recent achievements in air pollution monitoring and control including sustainable urban design are also discussed. Chapters in the book also focus on tackling food waste disposal and advanced techniques on pollution treatment. The book concludes with a discussion of a special case study on Malaysian agricultural industry efforts to tackle pollution.

Dr. Abu Zahrim Yaser, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Waste Processing Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and holds the chair for UMS Engineering and Technology Research Cluster. He is also holding the chair for Kundasang Compost Living Lab. He obtained his Ph.D. from Swansea University. His inventions for the composting systems have been adopted by Kundasang and Nabawan districts in Sabah. He is a professional engineer (Malaysia) and was a visiting scientist at the University of Hull.

Dr. Mohd Armi Abu Samah obtained his Dip (Forestry), B.Sc. (Env), M.Sc., and Ph.D. from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with expertise in solid waste management focusing on composting treatment process. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, IIUM Kuantan Campus, Malaysia.

Dr. Fazilah Ariffin is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). She earned her Ph.D. from Universiti Sains Malaysia. She has published more than 15 peer-reviewed technical papers (indexed by WOS and Scopus) in microbiology, as well as one book chapter and proceedings, and has actively participated in international and local conferences. She is a Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT) member.

Dr. A. K. Haghi is currently a senior material engineering consultant in the UK. He has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is the founder and former editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. He holds a B.Sc. in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two M.Sc., one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiegne (France). He was awarded a Ph.D. in engineering sciences at Universite de Franche-Comte (France).