Waste Treatment Technologies

Description:

Waste management is a globalproblem that continues to increase with rapid industrialization, populationgrowth, and economic development. As the world hurtles towards the urbanfuture, the amount of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is growing very fast. Wasteincludes any solid material or material that is suspended dissolved ortransported in water or deposited on land. Wastes are generally classified intosolid, liquid, & gaseous and are broadly classified as householdwaste; municipal waste; commercial and non-hazardous industrial wastes; e-waste, hazardous (toxic) industrial wastes; construction and demolition waste;health care wastes – waste generated in health care facilities (e.g. hospitals,medical research facilities); human and animal wastes; and incineratorwastes.

In the recent years, modernsociety has become more responsible when it comes to waste management. Thefast industrialization, urbanization, modern technology, and rapidly growingpopulation in India have posed a serious challenge to the waste management. InIndia, per capita generation rate of municipal solid waste ranges from 0.2 to0.5 kg/day. At present, the daily generation rate in South Asia, East Asia andthe Pacific combined is approximately 1.0 million tons per day.

The current scenario reveals thatthere is a tremendous scope for the development of waste treatment technologiesand is expected to offer significant opportunities in the near future.Sustainability of waste management is the key for providing an effectiveservice that can satisfy the need of end users. Solid Waste Management sectorin India has become a very lucrative sector for investors. With a growingurgency for efficient waste management in many cities, there will be more andmore employment opportunities in the sector. The participation of differentsectors, roll of Government and private organization is important for bettermanagement of waste.

This book describes the variouswaste treatment technologies like; Physical treatment techniques, biologicaltreatment techniques, anaerobic lagoon techniques etc.

It will be a standard referencebook for professionals, entrepreneurs, students, teachers, researchers,administrators, and planners of various disciplines who are directly orindirectly involved in the waste management.

Keywords: Industrial, Biomedical, Water, Electronic, Municipal, Household, Kitchen, Farm, Animal, Dairy, Poultry, Meat, Fish, Sea, Food, Industry, Waste, treatment, technologies, Chemical, Pollution, Fertilizer, Biological, Anaerobic, Transportation, Disposal, Biogas, Environment