Resource Recovery from Wastes

Towards a Circular Economy

Edited by Lynne E Macaskie, Devin J Sapsford, Will M Mayes

Publication date:

15 October 2019

Length of book:

444 pages

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9781788018654

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

The concept of a circular economy has been gaining increasing attention in recent years. Many of the sources of chemicals we have become reliant on are dwindling and the accumulation of waste products poses a serious environmental problem. By recovering resources from these waste materials, we can reduce our dependence on virgin feedstocks that may not be sustainable as well as reducing the quantity of material going to landfill sites.

Incorporating different perspectives from a global authorship, this book aims to introduce systems thinking to the field of waste and resource management. The topics covered range from the use of biogeochemical processes in resource recovery to the application of engineered nanomaterials, with information relevant to both academia and industry.

The broad range and cross-disciplinary nature of the topics in this book make it a valuable resource for those working in circular economy research, green chemistry and waste and resource management.

A New Perspective on a Global Circular Economy; Use of Biotechnology for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Waste into Biogas and Renewable Chemicals; Biohydrogen Production from Agricultural and Food Wastes and Potential for Catalytic Side Stream Valorisation from Waste Hydrolysates; Metal Recovery Using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies; Adding Value to Ash and Digestate (AVAnD Project): Elucidating the Role and Value of Alternative Fertilisers on the Soil–Plant System; An Exploration of Key Concepts in Application of In Situ Processes for Recovery of Resources from High-volume Industrial and Mine Wastes; Integrating Remediation and Resource Recovery of Industrial Alkaline Wastes: Case Studies of Steel and Alumina Industry Residues; Potential Application of Direct and Indirect Iron Bioreduction in Resource Recovery from Iron Oxide-bearing Wastes; Biorefining of Metallic Wastes into New Nanomaterials for Green Chemistry, Environment and Energy; New Frontiers in Metallic Bio-nanoparticle Catalysis and Green Products from Remediation Processes; Applications of Engineered Nanomaterials in the Recovery of Metals from Wastewater; From Bioenergy By-products to Alternative Fertilisers: Pursuing a Circular Economy; Metallic Wastes into New Process Catalysts: Life Cycle and Environmental Benefits within Integrated Analyses Using Selected Case Histories; Complex Value Optimisation for Resource Recovery (CVORR): Assessing the Systemic Impact of Multiple Low-carbon Decisions in the Interlinked Concrete-steel-electricity Sectors; Governing Resource Flows in a Circular Economy: Rerouting Materials in an Established Policy Landscape; New Governance for Circular Economy: Policy, Regulation and Market Contexts for Resource Recovery from Waste