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by Abu Zahrim Yaser (Editor), Husnul Azan Tajarudin (Editor), Asha Embrandiri (Editor)
1. The menace of plastic water bottles: Challenges and management in the African context.- 2. Waste and health: Dewatered sludge and its potential hazard to human.- 3. Life cycle analysis for solid waste management in developing countries.- 4. Characterisation of waste fractions found in landfills.- 5. Microbial factory; utilization of biological waste for the production of beneficial by-products.- 6. Solid waste utilization - A case study of the brewing process.- 7. Valorization of tropical seaweed wastes for biogas production: A review.- 8. The future promising alternative waste to renewable energy from microbial fuel cell.- 9. Waste to wealth: The importance of yeasts in a sustainable bioethanol production.- 10. Zero waste management in seafood industry: enzymatic hydrolysis perspective
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This book highlights current efforts and research on waste management, processing and valorization, particularly in Asia-Africa countries. Chapters 1-2 highlight the overview of plastic waste management and the production of waste plastic oil (WPO). Chapters 3-5 discuss the landfill characterization and application of incineration and composting for waste processing. A new achievement in adsorbent production is highlighted in Chapters 6 and 7 while Chapters 10 and 11 focus on sewage characteristic and its utilization using microalgae. Enzyme production using waste is covered by Chapters 10-12. Chapter 13-14 dedicated to the advances in production of bioenergy. The book concludes with a discussion on life cycle analysis for solid waste management (Chapter 15).
Author Biography
Abu Zahrim Yaser is Associate Professor in Waste Processing Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. He obtained his Ph.D. from Swansea University. His inventions on composting system have been adopted by Tongod and Nabawan district in Sabah. He is a visiting scientist at the University of Hull and a member of Institutions of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom), Board of Engineers (Malaysia) and MyBIOGAS.
Husnul Azan is Program Chairman and Associate Professor at the Division of Bioprocess, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in Bioprocess, from Swansea University. His research is related to sustainable waste treatment and conversion of waste to wealth via biological process.
Asha Embrandiri is currently Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Ethiopia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research interests are in the areas of environmental biotechnology, bioinformatics and waste management
