Waste-to-Energy: Sustainable Approaches for Emerging Economies presents the latest developments and applications for the conversion of waste into biofuels and other energy products. Divided into two parts, Section I reviews the major sources of solid waste and their management strategies in developing countries, and includes the collection, composition, segregation, and dispersal of various waste streams, as well as the generation of biogas and other value-added products. Section II examines the transformation of waste into biofuels and the management strategies required to efficiently implement waste-to-energy processes. Methods for the production of hydrogen, biomethane, biofuels, and bioenergy, as well as resource recovery are discussed in depth, and mathematical models are provided for anaerobic digestion techniques. The benefits and challenges of waste-to-energy as a waste management strategy are explored through dedicated chapters on the techno-economics, environmental and social regulation, and the operation of WtE plants. The final chapter of the book presents a lifecycle assessment and environmental impact analysis of the technologies and strategies discussed.
1. Waste-to-Energy - p. ii 2. Cover - p. ii 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xiii 7. About the editors - p. xvii 8. 1 A summary of solid waste generation and management strategy - p. 3 9. 2 Management and problems of food waste in Asian countries - p. 31 10. 3 Anaerobic digestion solutions: advancing circular economy goals in emerging economies - p. 47 11. 4 Enzymatic reactions and their impact on bioenergy in anaerobic digestion - p. 67 12. 5 Valuable components recovery in the aerobic composting of organic solid waste - p. 99 13. 6 Treatment and management of emerging contaminants in solid waste matrices - p. 121 14. 7 Microbial systems for circular food waste economy - p. 143 15. 8 Waste mitigation through synergistic solutions with plants and microbes - p. 163 16. 9 Food waste-derived biofertilizers for agriculture sustainability - p. 195 17. 10 Food waste: an emerging trend to convert waste into energy - p. 219 18. 11 Direct environmental pollution from solid waste - p. 249 19. 12 Energy from waste in the Global South and its role in achieving net zero - p. 271 20. 13 Plant-based waste treatment methods for environmental sustainability - p. 293 21. 14 Landfill waste management - p. 329 22. 15 Biorefinery and circular economy approach for organic solid waste management - p. 361 23. Index - p. 383
Waste-to-Energy: Sustainable Approaches for Emerging Economies presents the latest developments and applications for the conversion of waste into biofuels and other energy products. Divided into two parts, Section I reviews the major sources of solid waste and their management strategies in developing countries, and includes the collection, composition, segregation, and dispersal of various waste streams, as well as the generation of biogas and other value-added products. Section II examines the transformation of waste into biofuels and the management strategies required to efficiently implement waste-to-energy processes. Methods for the production of hydrogen, biomethane, biofuels, and bioenergy, as well as resource recovery are discussed in depth, and mathematical models are provided for anaerobic digestion techniques. The benefits and challenges of waste-to-energy as a waste management strategy are explored through dedicated chapters on the techno-economics, environmental and social regulation, and the operation of WtE plants. The final chapter of the book presents a lifecycle assessment and environmental impact analysis of the technologies and strategies discussed.
1. Waste-to-Energy - p. ii 2. Cover - p. ii 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. xiii 7. About the editors - p. xvii 8. 1 A summary of solid waste generation and management strategy - p. 3 9. 2 Management and problems of food waste in Asian countries - p. 31 10. 3 Anaerobic digestion solutions: advancing circular economy goals in emerging economies - p. 47 11. 4 Enzymatic reactions and their impact on bioenergy in anaerobic digestion - p. 67 12. 5 Valuable components recovery in the aerobic composting of organic solid waste - p. 99 13. 6 Treatment and management of emerging contaminants in solid waste matrices - p. 121 14. 7 Microbial systems for circular food waste economy - p. 143 15. 8 Waste mitigation through synergistic solutions with plants and microbes - p. 163 16. 9 Food waste-derived biofertilizers for agriculture sustainability - p. 195 17. 10 Food waste: an emerging trend to convert waste into energy - p. 219 18. 11 Direct environmental pollution from solid waste - p. 249 19. 12 Energy from waste in the Global South and its role in achieving net zero - p. 271 20. 13 Plant-based waste treatment methods for environmental sustainability - p. 293 21. 14 Landfill waste management - p. 329 22. 15 Biorefinery and circular economy approach for organic solid waste management - p. 361 23. Index - p. 383
