Overview
- Presents chapters on original research outcomes in relation to waste management
- Outlines typical management strategies for today's waste problems
- Provides methods to minimize waste and recover energy from waste
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Alternate Clean Energy Fuel Technologies
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Front Matter
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Waste Management Strategies
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Bioremediation and Environmental Sustainability
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About this book
This book provides insights into the current status of waste management in India and research approaches to minimize waste and convert useful waste into energy alternatives towards achieving environmental sustainability. It also discusses the implications of waste on human health and approaches to minimize the burden. Waste disposal, especially municipal solid waste (MSW), is one of the major environmental problems facing Indian cities. Inadequate management of MSW poses risks to inhabitants and is also a breeding ground for various diseases. Environmental health and the impact of waste on health is another major topic that has to be addressed.
In India, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social welfare groups play a major role in collecting and managing waste. However, waste management is still a huge problem and has also expanded into rural areas. Contributed research papers from academic studies and industry focus on applied waste-management methods currently being practiced, waste strategies and ecofriendly approaches such as bioremediation. The outcomes of the research contributions in the book will be useful in implementing and developing a task force to combat the waste-management and energy-demand crises.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Integrated Waste Management in India
Book Subtitle: Status and Future Prospects for Environmental Sustainability
Editors: Marimuthu Prashanthi, Rajakumar Sundaram
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27228-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27226-9Published: 30 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80095-0Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27228-3Published: 21 March 2016
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 277
Number of Illustrations: 104 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Renewable and Green Energy, Public Health, Sustainable Development