Urban Mining for Waste Management and Resource Recovery - Pathak, Pankaj; Ranjan Rout, Prangya; (ed.) - Prospero Internet Bookshop

Urban Mining for Waste Management and Resource Recovery

Sustainable Approaches
 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: CRC Press
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Short description:

Scientific management strategies can help in exploring anthropogenic wastes (human-made materials) as potential resources through the urban mining concept and be a panacea for sustainable development.

Long description:

Scientific management strategies can help in exploring anthropogenic wastes (human-made materials) as potential resources through the urban mining concept and be a panacea for sustainable development. This book covers five broader aspects of waste management and resource recovery in urban mining including solid and liquid waste management and treatment. It explains sustainable approaches of urban mining for the effective management of solid and liquid wastes and facilitates their conversion into secondary resources. Overall, this book provides details of urban mining and its different applications including current waste management problems, practices, and challenges faced worldwide.




  • Presents a holistic approach for urban mining considering various types of wastes



  • Describes contemporary integrated approaches for waste management with specific case studies



  • Provides technical, social, and environmental aspects of solid and liquid wastes



  • Considers aspects of sustainability and a circular bio-economy



  • Incorporates pertinent case studies on water and wastewater management


This volume caters to researchers and graduate students in environmental engineering, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, and materials science.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Introduction 1. Basic Concepts, Potentials and Challenges of Urban Mining Section 2: Solid Waste management 2. Food Waste 3. Construction and Demolition Waste 4. Biomedical Waste Section 3: Liquid Waste Management 5. Domestic Wastewater 6. Agricultural Wastewater 7. Industrial Wastewater Section 4: Solid Waste Treatment 8. Municipal Solid Waste 9. Industrial Solid Waste Section 5: Liquid Waste Treatment 10. Municipal Wastewater Treatment 11. Industrial Wastewater Treatment 12. Summary and Conclusions