Taherzadeh / Richards Resource Recovery to Approach Zero Municipal Waste

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4036-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 359 Seiten

Reihe: Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Current development results in a linear flow from raw material to waste, which cannot be sustainable in the long term. Plus, a global population of 7 billion people means that there are 7 billion waste producers in the world. At present, dumping and landfilling are the primary practices for getting rid of municipal solid waste (MSW). However, this waste contains resources that we’ve yet to utilize. To create sustainable societies, we need to approach zero waste by recovering these resources.

There are cities and countries where zero waste is close to becoming a reality. Landfilling of organic waste is forbidden in Europe, and countries such as Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland have developed a variety of technologies to recover resources from MSW.

Resource Recovery to Approach Zero Municipal Waste explores the solid waste management laws and regulations of different countries, comparing the latest resource recovery technologies and offering future perspectives. The book tackles the many technical, social, ecological, economical, and managerial aspects of this complex subject while promoting the development of sustainable societies to achieve a greener global environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taherzadeh, Mohammad J.

Richards, Tobias

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface
Preface
Editors
Contributors
An Overview of Solid Waste Management toward Zero Landfill: A Swedish Model
Kamran Rousta, Tobias Richards, and Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Sustainable Management of Solid Waste
Kim Bolton, Barbara De Mena, and Gerhard Schories
Laws and Regulations Governing Waste Management: Institutional Arrangements Regarding Waste Management
Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist and Maria José Zapata Campos
Source Separation of Household Waste: Technology and Social Aspects
Kamran Rousta and Lisa Dahlén
Composting of Wastes
Antoni Sánchez, Xavier Gabarrell, Adriana Artola, Raquel Barrena, Joan Colón, Xavier Font, and Dimitrios Komilis
Biogas from Wastes: Processes and Applications
Maryam M. Kabir, Gergely Forgács, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, and Ilona Sárvári Horváth
Combustion of Wastes in Combined Heat and Power Plants
Anita Pettersson, Fredrik Niklasson, and Tobias Richards
Recent Developments in the Gasification and Pyrolysis of Waste
Tobias Richards
Metal Recycling
Christer Forsgren
Material and Energy Recovery from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities
Efthymios Kantarelis, Panagiotis Evangelopoulos, and Weihong Yang
Recycling of Thermoset Composites
Mikael Skrifvars and Dan Åkesson
Recycling of Papers and Fibers
Samuel Schabel, Hans-Joachim Putz, and Winfrid Rauch
Product Design for Material Recovery
Taina Flink and Mats Torring
Landfill Mining: On the Potential and Multifaceted Challenges for Implementation
Joakim Krook, Nils Johansson, and Per Frändegård
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mohammad J. Taherzadeh is a research leader at the Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, where he is working on waste biorefinery for converting wastes and residuals to ethanol, biogas, animal feed, and biopolymers and focusing on fermentation development using bacteria, yeast, and filamentous fungi. He is also the main supervisor of more than 10 Ph.D students and several postdoctoral fellows. Professor Taherzadeh holds a Ph.D in bioscience and an M.Sc in chemical engineering. He has been a professor of bioprocess technology since 2004. He has to his credit more than 170 publications in peer-reviewed science journals, 12 book chapters, and 3 patents. Professor Taherzadeh collaborates with several companies, and some of his research results have been industrialized. More information about him is available at www.adm.hb.se/~mjt/.

Tobias Richards has been a professor in energy recovery since 2010 at the Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås. He is the leader for the group working on combustion and thermal treatment. Professor Richards’ focus area is treatment by thermal processes of different materials, especially mixed materials such as waste. His aim is to get valuable products like electricity, heat, synthesis gas, and pyrolysis oil, and when necessary, destroy potential harmful substances. Professor Richards has to his credit 30 peer-reviewed and published articles and 2 book chapters and is currently supervising 5 Ph.D students.