Strategies of Sustainable Solid Waste Management (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781839625596)

The world is currently experiencing increased environmental contamination with solid waste, which is one of the greatest environmental threats today. Although solid waste is harmful, proper management and profitable recycling can make it beneficial to the environment. In this regard, estimation of the true quantities of solid wastes generated annually in developed and developing countries is important for evaluating suitable strategies for economic and sustainable procedures of waste management. This book presents an interesting review of the economics of solid waste management in various developing and developed countries. It examines several economic applications of solid waste, such as innovative methods to generate bioelectricity from organic waste using microbial fuel cells and using solid waste as an alternative fuel in cement kilns.

Author: Hosam M. Saleh
ISBN-10: 1839625597
ISBN-13: 9781839625596
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2021
Pages: 170
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d