Waste Valorisation: Waste Streams in a Circular Economy (Wiley Series in Renewable Resource)

A guide to the wide-variety of waste valorisation techniques related to various biomass, waste materials and by products Waste Valorisation provides a comprehensive review of waste chemistry and its application to the generation of value-added products. The authors – noted experts on the topic – offer a clear understanding of waste diversity, drivers and policies governing its valorisation based on the location. The book provides information on the principles behind various valorisation schemes and offers a description of general treatment options with their evaluation guidelines in terms of cost, energy consumption and waste generation. Each of the book's chapters contain an introduction which summarises the current production and processing methods, yields, energy sources and other pertinent information for each specific type of waste. The authors focus on the most relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can readily be integrated into current waste management systems. They also provide the pertinent technical, economic, social and environmental evaluations of bioconversions as future sustainable technologies in a biorefinery. This important book: Presents the most current technologies which integrate waste and/or by-product valorisation Includes discussions on end-product purity and life-cycle assessment challenges Explores relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can be integrated into current waste management systems Offers a guide to waste reuse, a key sustainability goal for existing biorefineries wishing to reduce material and environmental costs Written for academic researchers and industrial scientists working in agricultural and food production, bioconversions and waste management professionals, Waste Valorisation is an authoritative guide to the chemistry and applications of waste materials and provides an overview of the most recent developments in the field.

A guide to the wide-variety of waste valorisation techniques related to various biomass, waste materials and by products

Waste Valorisation provides a comprehensive review of waste chemistry and its application to the generation of value-added products. The authors – noted experts on the topic – offer a clear understanding of waste diversity, drivers and policies governing its valorisation based on the location. The book provides information on the principles behind various valorisation schemes and offers a description of general treatment options with their evaluation guidelines in terms of cost, energy consumption and waste generation.

Each of the book's chapters contain an introduction which summarises the current production and processing methods, yields, energy sources and other pertinent information for each specific type of waste. The authors focus on the most relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can readily be integrated into current waste management systems. They also provide the pertinent technical, economic, social and environmental evaluations of bioconversions as future sustainable technologies in a biorefinery. This important book:

• Presents the most current technologies which integrate waste and/or by-product valorisation
• Includes discussions on end-product purity and life-cycle assessment challenges
• Explores relevant novel technologies for value-added processing of waste streams or industrial by-products which can be integrated into current waste management systems
• Offers a guide to waste reuse, a key sustainability goal for existing biorefineries wishing to reduce material and environmental costs

Written for academic researchers and industrial scientists working in agricultural and food production, bioconversions and waste management professionals, Waste Valorisation is an authoritative guide to the chemistry and applications of waste materials and provides an overview of the most recent developments in the field.

Overview of Waste Valorisation Concepts from a Circular Economy Perspective / Jinhua Mou, Chong Li, Xiaofeng Yang, Guneet Kaur, Carol Sze Ki Lin -- Waste as a Bioresource / Gayatri Suresh, Joseph Sebastian, Satinder Kaur Brar -- Treatment of Waste / Ravindran Balasubramani, Vasanthy Muthunarayanan, Karthika Arumugam, Rajiv Periakaruppan, Archana Singh, Soon Woong Chang, Thamaraiselvi Chandran, Gopal Shankar Singh, Selvakumar Muniraj -- Valorisation of Agricultural Waste Residues / Srinivas Mettu, Pobitra Halder, Savankumar Patel, Sazal Kundu, Kalpit Shah, Shunyu Yao, Zubeen Hathi, Khai Lun Ong, Sandya Athukoralalage, Namita Roy Choudhury, Naba Kumar Dutta, Carol Sze Ki Lin -- Valorisation of Woody Biomass / Md Khairul Islam, Chengyu Dong, Hsien-Yi Hsu, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Shao-Yuan Leu -- Recovery of Nutrients and Transformations of Municipal/Domestic Food Waste / Divyani Panwar, Parmjit S Panesar, Gisha Singla, Meena Krishania, Avinash Thakur -- Bioconversion of Processing Waste from Agro-Food Industries to Bioethanol: Creating a Sustainable and Circular Economy / Deepak Kumar, Vijay Singh -- Challenges with Biomass Waste Valorisation / Guihua Yan, Yunchao Feng, Sishi Long, Xianhai Zeng, Yong Sun, Xing Tang, Lu Lin -- Life cycle Approaches for Evaluating Textile Biovalorisation Processes: Sustainable Decision-making in a Circular Economy / Karpagam Subramanian, Shauhrat S Chopra, Cakin Ezgi, Xiaotong Li, Carol Sze Ki Lin -- Circular Waste-Based Biorefinery Development / Raffel Dharma Patria, Xiaotong Li, Huaimin Wang, Chenyu Du, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Guneet Kaur "Petroleum is one of the most important reserves which is used as the fundamental raw material for various industries. It has been in a predominant position in the world energy consumption structure since the 1970s. The petroleum-derived products, such as plastics, synthetic fiber and synthetic rubber, are widely utilized in agriculture, chemistry and medicine sectors, which have already become the necessities in our daily life. Most of the industries, like chemical industries and transportation, are heavily dependent on petroleum and other fossil resource"-- Provided by publisher