Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

<i>Strategic Perspectives in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management</i> explores conventional and advanced biotechnologies for waste management, including socio-economic aspects, techno-economic feasibility, models and modeling tools, and a detailed life-cycle assessment approach in solid waste (SW) and wastewater (WW). These innovative technologies are highly applicable to current real-world situations. The enormous increase in the quantum and diversity of SW and WW - including waste materials generated due to human activity and their potentially harmful effects on the environment and public health - have led to increasing awareness about an urgent need to adopt novel technologies for appropriate management of both SW and WW.<br><br>While there is an obvious need to minimize the generation of wastes and to reuse and recycle them, the technologies for managing such wastes can play a vital role in mitigating problems. Besides recovery of substantial energy, these technologies can lead to a considerable reduction in the overall waste quantities requiring final disposal, which can be better managed for safe disposal in a controlled manner while meeting pollution control standards. <br><br><ul> <li>Outlines appropriate technologies for solid waste and wastewater management systems and their applications</li> <li>Presents and evaluates the Best Available Technology (BAT) and includes global case studies</li> <li>Provides methods for evaluating the way to use appropriate technological systems to develop the best technically and economically feasible projects worldwide</li> <li>Offers an excellent resource for university students to use for their research and dissertations</li></ul>