Resource Recovery to Approach Zero Municipal Waste

This book presents the state of the art of solid waste management toward zero waste. It discusses different countries' laws and regulations, source separation of waste, and conversion of organic/biological waste into compost, biogas, and biofertilizer. It considers the combustion of waste in combined heat and power plants, as well as recent developments in waste gasification and pyrolysis. It describes various glass, metal, electronic waste, thermoset composite, paper, and fiber recycling technologies. It also examines landfill mining and encourages product design optimized for recycling.

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.

An Overview of Solid Waste Management toward Zero Landfill: A Swedish Model. Sustainable Management of Solid Waste. Laws and Regulations Governing Waste Management: Institutional Arrangements Regarding Waste Management. Source Separation of Household Waste: Technology and Social Aspects. Composting of Wastes. Biogas from Wastes: Processes and Applications. Combustion of Wastes in Combined Heat and Power Plants. Recent Developments in the Gasification and Pyrolysis of Waste. Metal Recycling. Material and Energy Recovery from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. Recycling of Thermoset Composites. Recycling of Papers and Fibers. Product Design for Material Recovery. Landfill Mining: On the Potential and Multifaceted Challenges for Implementation.