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Waste Management for a Sustainable Future - Technologies, Strategies and Global Perspectives: Technologies, Strategies and Global Perspectives

PUBLISHER Intechopen (03/19/2025)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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The worldwide waste crisis threatens to bring our cities, health, and planet to the brink of catastrophe. This book delivers a comprehensive exploration of waste management strategies essential for ensuring a sustainable future. The volume focuses on solutions that address the complex challenges posed by industrial, municipal, and bio-waste while highlighting future innovations in waste-to-energy technologies, recycling systems, and pollution control. Waste Management for a Sustainable Future - Technologies, Strategies and Global Perspectives revolutionizes our understanding of modern waste solutions. This groundbreaking work reveals: - Innovative solutions for managing challenging waste streams-from microplastics to e-waste. - Successful case studies of municipal waste management from around the world. - Practical considerations for implementing sustainable waste systems in both urban and rural contexts. This book is a well-structured, highly insightful, and high-quality guide based on real examples and modern research. Policymakers, environmentalists, and practitioners alike will find many nuggets that can be acted upon to make trash a resource. Waste management is no longer limited to disposal; the future of waste management entails constructing a circular economy in which today's trash is tomorrow's raw material. Through global perspectives and practical strategies, it aims to inspire innovation and collaboration towards a cleaner, greener future.
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ISBN-13: 9780850147780
ISBN-10: 0850147786
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 234
Carton Quantity: 15
Product Dimensions: 7.00 x 0.56 x 10.00 inches
Weight: 1.38 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Waste Management
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The worldwide waste crisis threatens to bring our cities, health, and planet to the brink of catastrophe. This book delivers a comprehensive exploration of waste management strategies essential for ensuring a sustainable future. The volume focuses on solutions that address the complex challenges posed by industrial, municipal, and bio-waste while highlighting future innovations in waste-to-energy technologies, recycling systems, and pollution control. Waste Management for a Sustainable Future - Technologies, Strategies and Global Perspectives revolutionizes our understanding of modern waste solutions. This groundbreaking work reveals: - Innovative solutions for managing challenging waste streams-from microplastics to e-waste. - Successful case studies of municipal waste management from around the world. - Practical considerations for implementing sustainable waste systems in both urban and rural contexts. This book is a well-structured, highly insightful, and high-quality guide based on real examples and modern research. Policymakers, environmentalists, and practitioners alike will find many nuggets that can be acted upon to make trash a resource. Waste management is no longer limited to disposal; the future of waste management entails constructing a circular economy in which today's trash is tomorrow's raw material. Through global perspectives and practical strategies, it aims to inspire innovation and collaboration towards a cleaner, greener future.
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