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Current developments in biotechnology and bioengineering: solid waste management
This book is a part of the comprehensive series Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Editor-in-Chief: Ashok Pandey), comprising nine volumes, and presents a collection of chapters dealing with solid waste management. According to a World Health Organization report, world cities alone currently generate about 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste per year, and this figure is predicted to be around 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025. To cope with this tremendous amount of waste generated from our daily living is not just an issue of handling and treating it properly without any impact on our environment or making an eyesore for the public. Most of our wastes are being landfilled without considering the life cycle of the materials, which leads to a decline in our world’s resources. It is a matter of resource conservation and utilization. Waste represents our future resources and so waste is not waste anymore. Scientists are facing a challenging path ahead to develop innovative technologies to convert waste to valuable bio-products.
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