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WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGES, THREATS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
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WASTE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGES, THREATS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
RAJEEV PRATAP SINGH
AND
ABHIJIT SARKAR
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Recycling of Agricultural and Municipal Solid Wastes in Ghana:
Challenges, Threats and Opportunities 1
K. G. Ofosu-Budu, J. N. Hogarh and N. Adamtey
Chapter 2 Environmental Applications of Enzymes 37
Koula Doukani
Chapter 3 Resource Management: An Indian Earthworm‘s Eye
View for Composting Organic Wastes 55
Sultan Ahmed Ismail
Chapter 4 Management of Agricultural Wastes Using Microbial Agents 65
Shubhransu Nayak and Arup Kumar Mukherjee
Chapter 5 Sewage Fed Aquaculture: A Viable Proposition for Fish
Production through Nutrients Recovery and Water
Conservation, in Effect of Abating Aquatic Pollution 93
R. N. Mandal, P. P. Chakrabarti and P. Jayasankar
Chapter 6 Waste to Energy Technology 115
R. N. Singh and Shaishav Sharma
Chapter 7 Urban Solid Waste Management Processes, Implications,
Threats and Opportunities: An Overview on Related Issues
and Mitigation Measures 159
Monojit Chakraborty, Chhemendra Sharma
and Jitendra Pandey
Chapter 8 Sustainable Approach to Waste Management -
Vermicomposting Technology 183
Renuka Gupta and V. K. Garg
Chapter 9 Sustainable Utilization of Oil Palm Wastes:
Opportunities and Challenges 217
Asha Embrandiri, Shlrene Quaik, Praveen Rupani,
Vaibhav Srivastava and Pooja Singh
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Contents
viii
Chapter 10 Vermiculture Technology for Recycling of Solid
Wastes and Wastewater by Earthworms into Valuable
Resources for THEIR Reuse in Agriculture
(ORGANIC FARMING) While Saving
Water and Fertilizer 233
Rajiv K. Sinha, Nirmal K. Misra, Pancham K. Singh
Ashok Ghosh, Upendra Patel, Jainendra Kumar,
George Hahn, Brijal K. Soni and Mandar Prabhune
Chapter 11 e-Waste: Science, Society, Management 257
Anirban Biswas and Saroni Biswas
Index 269
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