Analysis of the Implantation of a System for the Sustainable Management of Solid Urban Waste in Brazil Antonio Marco-Ferreira, Reginaldo Fidelis This chapter aims at prospecting a set of actions for the…
A Transition Toward a Circular Economy: Insights from Brazilian National Policy on Solid Waste Luís Paes, Barbara Bezerra, Rafael Deus, Daniel Jugend, Rosane Battistelle This chapter discusses how the actual Brazilian National Policy on Solid…
Current Waste Management Status and Trends in Russian Federation: Case Study on Industrial Symbiosis Amani Maalouf, Vladimir A. Maryev, Tatiana S. Smirnova, Antonis Mavropoulos This chapter provides a general understanding of the circular economy (CE) approach…
Assessment of Quality of Compost Derived from Municipal Solid Waste M. Chandra Sekhar, G. Venkatesam This chapter attempts to provide an alternative to arrive at the quality of the compost for use…
Future Perspective of Solid Waste Management Strategy in India Samanyita Mohanty, Sushanta Saha, Gour Hari Santra, Amrita Kumari This chapter elaborates on the existing scenario of waste management in India, highlighting the major categories of…
Today, 22 February 2022 (22-02-2022), is a palindrome, an ambigram, a mirror day because the numbers read the same backward and forward (from left to right, from right to left)…
Waste Management in the Changing Climate Chanathip Pharino, Nuchcha Phonphoton This book chapter aims to explain potential impact of flooding to waste management services in cities and relevant stakeholders. Practical approaches for…
Greenways for Solid Waste Management Amrita Kumari, Anita Roy Aich, Sweta Kumari, Samanyita Mohanty The main objectives of this chapter are to: (a) Provide a clear picture of solid waste statistics globally. (b) Provide an…
Understanding Circular Economy in Solid Waste Management Monika Patel, Sweta Kumari, Neetu Kumari, Arkendu Ghosh This chapter discusses about the origin, principles of circular economy, characteristics, development strategies, assessment, practices, challenges, and barriers of…
Pretreatments of Solid Wastes for Anaerobic Digestion and Its Importance for the Circular Economy Sabrina Vieira, Jaíne Schneider, Walter José Martinez Burgos, Antônio Magalhães, Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros, Julio Cesar de Carvalho, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney This chapter covers the strategic…