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    Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Resource Recovery from Wastes
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    Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Resource Recovery from Wastes

    By Ashok Pandey and Samir Kumar Khanal

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    Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Resource Recovery from Wastes includes the latest and innovative research and technological developments in the biotechnology and bioengineering pertaining to various resource(s) recovery from wastes. The contents are organized into two broader sections covering resource recovery from industrial wastewater and resource recovery from solid wastes. Sections cover energy, bioproducts, nutrients, municipal food wastes, electronic wastes, agricultural waste and others. The state-of-the-art situation, potential advantages and limitations are also provided, along with strategies to overcome limitations. This book is a useful guide into research demands in solid and liquid waste treatment and management for environmental/economic sustainability.

    • Provides state-of-art information and applications on microbiological and biotechnological interventions for resource recovery
    • Covers municipal food wastes, electronic wastes and agricultural wastes
    • Reviews current information relating to bioremediation
    • Contains recent information, clearly illustrated with tables, figures and pictures
    • Outlines different technological and biological aspects of resource recovery from industrial waste and effluents
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJan 23, 2020
    ISBN9780444643223
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