Waste Management From Trash to Treasure

1. Introduction, Brief History, Waste Types, Characteristics, Regulatory Development

Rajesh Kumar, Ajay Kumar, and Shamsher S. Kanwar

2. Management of Fruit and Vegetable Waste for Potential Bio-Commodities: Conventional Utilization and Emerging Opportunities

Sumangala Narasimhamurthy, Subramani Srinivasan, Raju Murali, Devarajan Raajasubramanian, Kuppan Narendra, Nagarajan Paramaguru, and Chinna Krishnan Shanmuga Sundaram

3. Agricultural Waste: From Trash to Treasure

Agapi Vasileiadou

4. Food and Agro-Waste as an Effective Tool for the Preparation of Functional Materials

Tanuj, Rajesh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Dhiraj Singh Rawat, Neerja Kalra, and Subhash Sharma

5. Role of Termites in Waste Management: Current Progress and Future Potential

Sandeep, Narayan Singh, Rahul Kumar, Raj Bala, Indu Sharma, Ashutosh Sharma, and Sonika Sharma

6. Electronic Garbage Management: Global Challenges for Developing Countries

Sunita, Sunny Sharma, and Vijay Rana

7. Classification of Waste Objects Through Computer Vision Techniques for Efficient Waste Management

Anshul Kalia and Rishi Rana

8. Artificial Intelligence as a Money and Time Saver in Waste Management

Sunny Sharma, Sunita, Vijay Rana, and Rajesh Kumar

9. Bioplastics and Biopolymers Dreams and Reality

Dimple, Ruby, Ajay Balda, Manju Yadav, Ikbal Mandal, Rajesh Kumar, and Arup Giri

10. Microbial Enzymes Aid in Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents Making Environments Cleaner

Deepak Kumar, Aastha Khullar, Vijay Singh Gondil, Nancy Mehra, Shweta Sharma, Tanvi Sharma, and Abhishek Sharma

11. Food Waste: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Management

Sanju Bala Dhull, Anita Singh Kirrolia, Pawan Kumar Rose, Mohd. Kashif Kidwai, Jyoti Rani, and Natoavina Faliarizao

12. Vermicomposting: A Way Toward Sustainable Economy and Environment

Diksha Pathania, Indu Kumari, Neha Salaria, Suresh Kumar, and Rajesh Kumar

13. Waste Reduction, Minimization, and Its Biological Processing

Preeti Kaundil and Susheel Kumar

14. Health Impacts of Unscientific Waste Disposal, Incineration, Biological Recycling, and Processing

Sunanda Biswas, Sneha De, Bijoya Bhattacharjee, and Anindita Ghosh

Biography

Rajesh Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biosciences at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. With over 10 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Kumar has been teaching animal physiology and applied zoology to postgraduate students. His own research activities also include environmental toxicology, waste management, and the impact of environmental degradation on animal physiology. He is an expert lecturer at beekeeping training/extension activities. Dr. Kumar has completed major research projects and startup projects sponsored by government agencies and has published research articles, book chapters, abstracts, and conference papers as well as books and monographs. He has organized seminars and conferences and delivered invited talks and extension lectures. Dr. Kumar has earned 12 awards for his research in honeybees/physiology to date.

S. S. Kanwar, PhD, is Senior Professor of Biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. Dr. Kanwar has published over 225 journal papers and book chapters during a career spanned over 30 years. He has filed six patents, all of which have been published, and one of these has been granted. Dr. Kanwar is a reviewer for over 50 international and national peer-reviewed journals. His research is focused on nanotechnology, medicinal chemistry, therapeutics, and biocatalysis, and he pursues his research activities by developing bioproducts and bioprocesses for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes to assess the antitumor and anticancer activities of purified microbial enzymes. One of his current projects is on “the improvement of activities of industrially important enzymes by protein engineering, rational design, and enzyme immobilization.”