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Concepts of Advanced Zero Waste Tools

Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices

  • 1st Edition - November 25, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
  • Language: English

Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices, Volume One in the Concepts of Advanced Zero Waste Tools series addresses the fundamental principle… Read more

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Description

Advanced Zero Waste Tools: Present and Emerging Waste Management Practices, Volume One in the Concepts of Advanced Zero Waste Tools series addresses the fundamental principles of zero waste that encourages the redesign of resource lifecycles so that products are reused. By promoting reuse and recycling, as well as prevention and product designs that consider the entire product lifecycle, the zero waste philosophy advocates for sustainability and environmental management and protection. This book takes the first step toward addressing the tools needed to implement zero waste, both on a practical and conceptual scale.

In addition to environmental and engineering principles, the book also covers economic, toxicologic and regulatory issues, making it an important resource for researchers, engineers and policymakers working toward environmental sustainability.

Key features

  • Uses fundamental, interdisciplinary and state-of-the-art coverage of zero waste research to provide an integrated approach to tools, methodology and indicators
  • Covers current challenges, design and manufacturing technology, and sustainability applications
  • Includes up-to-date references and web resources at the end of each chapter, as well as a webpage dedicated to providing supplementary information

Readership

Students, scientists, college and university professors, and research professionals in Environmental Science

Table of contents

1. The realm of zero waste technology: The evolutionSunpreet Singh, Seeram Ramakrishna, and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain2. Zero waste certificationShweta Kailash Pal, S. Subhashini, and Kantha Deivi Arunachalam3. Zero waste manufacturingSunpreet Singh and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain4. Challenges, issues, and problems with zero-waste toolsK.S. Vignesh, Suriyaprakash Rajadesingu, and Kantha Deivi Arunachalam5. Application of poultry industry waste in producing value-added products—A reviewSathish Kumar Karuppannan, Mohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath, G.I. Darul Raiyaan, Suriyaprakash Rajadesingu, and Kantha Deivi Arunachalam6. Zero waste hierarchy for sustainable developmentSunpreet Singh and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain7. Application of advanced technologies in managing wastes produced by leather industries—An approach toward zero waste technologyMohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath, Sathish Kumar Karuppannan, Pratheeka Rajan, S.B. Mohamed Khalith, Suriyaprakash Rajadesingu, and Kantha Deivi Arunachalam8. Modern society and zero waste tools Suriyaprakash Rajadesingu, V. Deepankara, Mohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath, Sathish Kumar Karuppannan, and Kantha Deivi Arunachalam9. Toward “Zero Liquid Discharge” industrial facilities: Reducing the impact on freshwater resources by reusing industrial and urban wastewaters Antonio Santos Sánchez10. ConclusionsSunpreet Singh and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 26, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry & EVSC Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA

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