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Sustainable Sludge Management: Production of Value Added Products

Abstract

  • Sponsored by the Sustainable Sludge Management Task Committee of the Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

    This report collects the latest information on recent trends in the bioconversion of sludge to value-added products such as biopesticides, biosurfactants, enzymes, bioplastics, and biofertilizers/bioflocculants. Stricter regulations in many countries are driving the development of sludge management processes that promote sustainability. One viable options for resource management is the creation of value added-products from wastewater sludge. This book examines wastewater sludge characteristics, offers a road to sustainability by converting sludge into value-added products, and provides detailed information on the various types of value-added products being created from sludge.

    This easy-to-read book serves as a reference for practicing professionals and as a textbook in undergraduate or graduate courses; it also will be valuable to educators, researchers, and scientists.

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Front Matter
i–vii
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    Chapter 1:
    Introduction
    1–5
      Chapter 2:
      Wastewater Sludge Characteristics
      6–36
        Chapter 3:
        Value Added Products from Wastewater Sludge: A Road to Sustainability
        37–65
          Chapter 4:
          Emerging Value Added Products and Miscellaneous Products
          66–100
            Chapter 5:
            Biosurfactants
            101–122
              Chapter 6:
              Bioplastics from Activated Sludge
              123–145
                Chapter 7:
                Bioflocculants
                146–167
                  Chapter 8:
                  Biopesticides—Bacillus thuringiensis
                  168–202
                    Chapter 9:
                    Biofertilizers/Bioinoculants
                    203–230
                      Chapter 10:
                      Enzymes: Production and Extraction
                      231–261
                        Chapter 11:
                        Economical Consideration of Value Added Product Production
                        262–312
                          Chapter 12:
                          Fate of Priority Pollutants and Emerging Organic Compounds during Pre-Treatment and Bioconversion of Wastewater Sludge
                          313–339
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                            Index
                            341–344