Hazardous Waste Management: An Overview of Advanced and Cost-Effective Solutions

Hazardous Waste Management: An Overview of Advanced and Cost-Effective Solutions includes the latest practical knowledge and theoretical concepts for the treatment of hazardous wastes. The book covers five major themes, namely, ecological impact, waste management hierarchy, hazardous waste characteristics and regulations, hazardous wastes management, and future scope of hazardous waste management. It serves as a comprehensive and advanced reference for undergraduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of hazardous wastes and focuses on the latest emerging research in the management of hazardous waste, the direction in which this branch is developing as well as future prospects.

The book deals with all these components in-depth, however, particular attention is given to management techniques and cost-effective, economically feasible solutions for hazardous wastes released from various sources.

• Comprehensively explores the impact of hazardous wastes on human health and ecosystems
• Discusses toxicity across solid waste, aquatic food chain and airborne diseases
• Categorically elaborates waste treatment and management procedures with current challenges
• Discusses future challenges and the importance of renewing technologies

Dr. Deepak Yadav is presently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University (Formerly HBTI), Kanpur, India. He has earned his PhD and M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in Chemical Engineering. He has earned multidisciplinary experiences in the teaching, research, process engineering, Industrial Gases, Catalysis, Vehicular pollution abatement, Catalytic converters, Adsorption, incubation and Eutrophication (2.5 years teaching, 6 years research and 7 years industrial experience) after been graduated from Kurukshetra University, India. He has authored 1 book, 2 book chapters and 12 research papers in reputed International (SCI and Scopus) Journals.

Dr. Pradeep Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He has done his PhD from IIT Roorkee and Post-Doctoral Fellow from University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Dr. Kumar has awarded 2 PhD degrees and 20 PG degrees. At present 3 PhD Scholars and 2 PG students are undergoing research projects. He has successfully completed Rs. 70 Lakhs projects and Rs. 30 Lakhs (in progress). He has published 35 research articles and participated 14 international conferences. He is also working on the socioeconomic dynamics governing urban energy and urban land use in secondary cities of India.

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environment Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, India in 2011 and then his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India, in 2017. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management and co-edited over 30 books with various publishers.

Professor Daniel A. Vallero is a renowned environmental scientist and engineer with four decades of experience. He has advised U.S. government agencies on critical issues like PBTs, climate change, acid rain, and chemical risks. At Duke University, he led the Engineering Ethics program and taught courses on air pollution, sustainable design, and ethics. Vallero has served on the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Committee and the National Institute of Engineering Ethics. An expert in emerging technologies, he focuses on societal, ethical, and public health challenges related to nanotechnology and environmental biotechnology. His work also encompasses emergency response and homeland security, making him a leading voice in environmental risk and ethics.