Editors:
- Covers complete domain of solid waste management
- Presents original research from more than thirty countries in waste management
- Serves as a good reference material for future work
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Table of contents (106 papers)
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Front Matter
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Swachh Bharat Mission in India
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Solid Waste Management in Asia-Pacific, African and European Countries
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Sustainability and Climate Change
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About this book
The book contains high-quality research papers presented at Sixth International Conference on Solid Waste Management held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata India during November 23-26, 2016. The Conference, IconSWM 2016, is organized by Centre for Quality Management System, Jadavpur University in association with premier institutes and societies of India. The researchers from more than 30 countries presented their work in Solid Waste Management. The book is divided into two volumes and deliberates on various issues related to innovation and implementation in sustainable waste management, segregation, collection, transportation of waste, treatment technology, policy and strategies, energy recovery, life cycle analysis, climate change, research and business opportunities.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
About the editor
He has been serving as the member of international steering committees and editorial boards and served as the Keynote / Plenary speaker in many international conferences, namely in Australia, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Laos, Malaysisa, USA, UK, and India. He has initiated the movement for worldwide Sustainable Waste Management with partners in many countries through the “Task Force for International Cooperation on Waste Utilization” (TF4ICWU) and Consortium of Researchers in International Collaboration (CRIC). He was the convener of ISO TC 61 WG24, member in the Indianmirror committee of ISO TC 207 and chaired the ISO TC 61 WG2 meeting in several countries. He has been Principal Investigator of more than 24 research projects. He has been requested to act as the organizing Chair of 4th 3RINC, by Materials Cycles Society, Japan and the Chair Elect of 7th IconSWM 2017. He wrote nine books, more than 24 edited volumes, more than 140 national and international publications and Book Chapters. He was the State Level Advisory Committee Member of Plastics Waste (Management & Handling) Rules 2011. He is available at: sadhankghosh9@gmail.com.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Waste Management and Resource Efficiency
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of 6th IconSWM 2016
Editors: Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7290-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7289-5Published: 22 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3933-2Published: 23 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7290-1Published: 21 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 1290
Number of Illustrations: 457 b/w illustrations
Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis