Waste to Energy: Prospects and Applications [Hardcover]

This book addresses waste generation problems from various sectors, including industries, agriculture, and household. It focuses on how modern biotechnological approaches could help manage waste in an eco-friendly manner and generate precious bioenergy. It discusses the inadequate waste management systems damaging the environment and its adverse impacts on climate change-related problems. This book covers all the essential information regarding various types of waste and their management. It is a comprehensive compilation for understanding the efficient generation of bioenergy. It is a relevant reading material (resource) for anyone who wishes to study waste management as Chemist, Biologist, Biotechnologist, Industrialist, Ecologist, Microbiologist, Economist, and all disciplines related to the environment.

 

Part 1 Introductory Chapters.- 1 Emerging Frontiers of Microbes as Agro-waste Recycler.- 2 Microbes: the next generation bioenergy producers.- 3 Emerging and eco-friendly approaches for waste management.- 4 Ecofriendly microbial biofuel production from waste.- 5 Bioremediation: Current research trends and applications.- 6 Bioremediation: an approach for environmental pollutants detoxification.- 7 Bioethanol extraction and its production from agricultural residues for sustainable development.- Part 2 Biotechnological approaches.- 8 Byproduct valorization of vegetable oil industry through biotechnological approach.- 9 Omics tools: Approaches for microbiomes analysis to enhance bioenergy production.- 10 Omics (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc.) tools to study the environmental microbiome and Bioremediation.- Part 3 Industrial waste management.- 11 Microalgae: Omics approaches for biofuel production and biomedical research.- 12 WasteUtilization and Minimization in Food Industry.-13 LigninolSN