Waste to Wealth

This book focuses on value addition to various waste streams, which include industrial waste, agricultural waste, and municipal solid and liquid waste. It addresses the utilization of waste to generate valuable products such as electricity, fuel, fertilizers, and chemicals, while placing special emphasis on environmental concerns and presenting a multidisciplinary approach for handling waste. Including chapters authored by prominent national and international experts, the book will be of interest to researchers, professionals and policymakers alike.

Introduction to Waste to Wealth.- Biopolymers from Wastes to High Value Products in Biomedicine.- Biosurfactants from Processed Wastes.- Synthesis of Value Added Biomimetic Material of Hydroxyapatite using Aqueous Calcereous Fish Wastes.- Utilization of Crude Glycerol from Biodiesel Industry for the Production of Value added Bioproducts.- Utilization of Citrus Waste Biomass for Antioxidant Production by Solid-State Fermentation.- Coffee Husk: A Potential Agro-Residue for Bioprocess.- Sustainable Valorization of Seafood Processing By-Products/Discards.- Bioeconomy and Biorefinery: Valorization of Hemicellulose from Lignocellulosic Biomass and Potential Use of Avocado Residues as a Promising Resource of Bioproducts.- Land Applications of Biochar: An Emerging Area.- Vermicomposting: A Green Technology for Organic Waste Management.- Bioelectricity Generation from Organic Wastes.- Economics of Solid Waste Management.- Biodiesel from Microalgae.- Food Waste Volarization by Microalage.- HighValue Co-Products from Algae- An Innovational Way to Deal with Advance Algal Industry.- Wastewater Algae to Value Added Products.- The Pretreatment Technologies for Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass.- Bioethanol Production from Sugarcane Green Harvest Residues using Auxin Assisted Pretreatment.- Cellulosic Biomass Hydrolyzing Enzymes.- Consolidated Bioprocessing at High Temperature.- Wastes Valorization to Fuel and Chemicals through Pyrolysis: Technology, Feedstock, Products and Economic Analysis.