Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Contents: 1. Global waste stream scenario/Suraj Negi, Aishwarya Rani, Chang-Tang Chang and Allen H Hu. 2. Greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture: management and mitigation strategies/Jaipal, Hardeep Rai Sharma and Asha Gupta. 3. Waste recycling/Mehak Puri and Sonam Paliya. 4. Legislations and management practices of municipal solid waste in developing countries/Ashootosh Mandpe and Lakshay Tyagi. 5. Challenges associated with waste management in developing countries/Hardeep Rai Sharma and Nisha Rani. 6. Economic assessment of waste management in India/Alpana Gupta and Athar Hussain. 7. Novel tactics for sustainable waste management/Vivek Manyapu and Ashootosh Mandpe. 8. An innovative approach towards sustainable development/Rucha Vikas Moharir and Sunil Kumar. 9. Environmental impacts of waste management/Anoop Jaiswal, Sneha Singh, Ashootosh Mandpe and Sunil Kumar. 10. Environmental education and communication as a foundation in sustainable development/Prachi Goyal and Sonam Paliyaa. Solid Waste Management has been a major challenge for the Urban local bodies in developing countries like India. It is one of the major concerns for the environmental managers, industry personnel and policymakers. It has been one of the areas on which the research community focused the greatest energy in the last couple of decades. This book offers readers methodical and technological aspects of solid and hazardous waste management, Challenges associated with waste management in developing countries, Techno-economic assessment of waste management systems in the Indian context. Special emphasis is given on applying advanced technologies coupled with novel tactics used for sustainable solid waste management, and various environmental impacts caused due to improper waste management practices are also discussed in detail. Environmental education and communication as a foundation in sustainable development, an essential aspect for strict enforcement of various environmental policies, is also explicated in the present book.…