Environmental Waste Management
1st Edition
Published on 19. April 2016
602 pages
978-1-4987-2475-3 (ISBN)
Description
Rapid industrialization has resulted in the generation of huge quantities of hazardous waste, both solid and liquid. Despite regulatory guidelines and pollution control measures, industrial waste is being dumped on land and discharged into water bodies without adequate treatment. This gross misconduct creates serious environmental and public health
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
This book is intended for students and researchers interested in solid waste/waste water management. It would also be useful to students and researchers studying environmental sciences/engineering/biotechnology, biodegradation or bioprocess engineering and to related industry professionals.
Illustrations
218 s/w Abbildungen, 32 farbige Abbildungen, 71 s/w Tabellen
218 b/w images, 32 color images and 71 tables
File size
23,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-2475-3 (9781498724753)
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Person
Ram Chandra is currently Head and Senior Principal Scientist in the Environmental Microbiology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow. He earned his B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; started his career as scientist B at the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India; and subsequently earned his Ph.D. He then became scientist F at IITR, followed by professor and head of the Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, India. Widely published and highly decorated, Dr. Chandra is a member of the American Society for Microbiology; life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India; and a Fellow of the Academy of Environmental Biology, Association of Microbiologists of India, and Biotech Research Society, India. He has authored one book and edited two more books from reputed publishers.
Content
Use of PMDE with Sugar Industries Pressmud for Composting: A Green Technology for Safe Disposal in the Environment. Advances in the Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater. Role of Cyanobacteria for Biodegradation of Agrochemical Waste. Biomedical Waste: Its Effects and Safe Disposal. Biological Nitrogen Removal in Wastewater Treatment. Bioconversion of Industrial CO2 Emissions into Utilizable Products. Role of Bioreactor for Industrial Wastewater Treatment. Microbial Genomics and Bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater. Persistent Organic Pollutants and Bacterial Communities Present during the Treatment of Tannery Wastewater. Microbial Degradation of Lignocellulosic Waste and Its Metabolic Products. Advanced Oxidative Pretreatment of Complex Effluents for Biodegradability Enhancement and Color Reduction. Role of Microbes in Plastic Degradation. Biodegradation of Chemical Pollutants of Tannery Wastewater. Microbial Degradation Mechanism of Textile Dye and Its Metabolic Pathway for Environmental Safety. Isolation of Pure DNA for Metagenomic Study from Industrial Polluted Site: A New Approach for Monitoring of Microbial Community and Pollutants. Biotransformation and Biodegradation of Organophosphates and Organohalides. Petroleum Hydrocarbon Stress Management in Soil Using Microorganisms and Their Products. Recent Advances in the Expression and Regulation of Plant Metallothioneins for Metal Homeostasis and Tolerance.
