With chapters authored by leading experts, it covers the entire spectrum of waste streams- from hazardous materials and healthcare waste to e-waste and sewage sludge, offering practical and research-based insights into prevention, treatment, and resource recovery.
Table of Contents
Part I: Treatment and Recycling of Hazardous Waste1. Identification of Hazardous Waste
2. Detoxification of Hazardous Waste
3. Pretreatment of Hazardous Waste
4. Recycling of Hazardous Waste
5. Incineration of Hazardous Waste
6. Secure Landfill of Hazardous Waste
7. Treatment of Healthcare Waste
Part II: Treatment and Recycling of Industrial Waste
8. Pretreatment of Industrial Waste
9. Recycling of Industrial Waste
10. Landfill and Disposal of Industrial Waste
Part III: Treatment and Recycling of Electric and Electronic Waste
11. Source and Classification of Electric and Electronic Waste
12. Pretreatment of Electric and Electronic Waste
13. Reuse and Recycling of Electric and Electronic Waste
14. E-Waste Case Study
Part IV: Treatment and Recycling of Sewage Sludge
15. Conditioning and Dewatering of Sewage Sludge
16. Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge
17. Thermodynamics and Electron Transfer Mechanisms of CO? Bioelectroconversion to Value-Added Chemicals in Anaerobic Digestion
18. Aerobic Composting of Sewage Sludge
19. Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge
20. Drying and Incineration of Sewage Sludge
Authors
Zhao Youcai Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University,, China.Zhao Youcai, is currently a professor of environmental engineering at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He got bachelor degree from Sichuan University (1984) and Ph.D. from Institute of Chemical Metallurgy (now Institute of Process Engineering), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (1989). After finished Post-doctoral research work at Fudan University, Shanghai, he joined in Tongji University in 1991. Meanwhile, he had ever worked at Aristotle University, Greece, National University of Singapore, Tulane University, USA, and Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, for 4 years as research fellow or visiting professor. He had authored or co-authored 200 publications published in peer-reviewed internationally recognized journals, 480 publications in China journals, authored 9 English books (at Elsevier and Springer) and authored or co-authored 98 Chinese books (as an author or Editor-in-chief), 4 textbooks for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students with a fourth edition of undergraduate textbook (in Chinese). Currently, his research interests include treatment and recycling of municipal and rural solid waste, construction and demolition waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste, electric and electronic waste, and sewage sludge, and polluted soil.
Zhou Tao Assistant Research Fellow, Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China. Zhou Tao is an Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He received his bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering from Guangxi University, China in 2014 and his Ph D from Tongji University, China in 2019. He has authored or co-authored 42 peer-reviewed international papers, 15 Chinese papers, and 4 invited book chapters, 2 English book (Elsevier). His principal research interests lie in treatment and resource recovery of municipal and rural as well as industrial solid wastes.
