Environmental Sustainability and Industries

Technologies for Solid Waste, Wastewater, and Air Treatment

1st Edition - June 3, 2022
Editors: Pardeep Singh, João Paulo Bassin, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Ramesh Oraon, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Language: English
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Environmental Sustainability and Industries identifies and discusses critical areas related to environmentally conscious industrial development of products and services that may support more sustainable and equitable societies.

This book addresses pollution prevention by referring to the use of processes, practices, and materials that reduce or eliminate the generation of pollutants at the source of production, more efficient use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources, or by conserving natural resources by maintaining clean production. It explains industrial energy efficiency as the most cost-effective use of energy in manufacturing processes, reducing its wastage as well as the total consumption of primary energy resources.

Life cycle assessment is used as an analytical method to quantify environmental impacts, focusing on environmental considerations concerning process design and optimization, and including various sustainable manufacturing parameters in the context of industrial processes and proposes a classification of identified parameters to evaluate and optimize the manufacturing performances. The book also dives into industrial ecology, investigating how, where, and why environmental improvements can be made to develop a sustainable industry, meeting the needs of current generations without sacrificing the needs of the future ones.

This book analyzes a company’s environmental, social, and economic performance and their interrelationships, emphasizing the importance of identifying and understanding causal relationships between alternative approaches to action and their impact on financial and nonfinancial performance. It concludes with a view on the future of sustainable industrial systems stressing change as a joint effort of scientists, governments, people in business, and academicians.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
About the editors
Preface
Part I: Pollution prevention and cleaner production
Chapter 1. Processes and technologies for water reuse in the industry
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Water reuse technologies and treatment systems
1.3 Case studies
1.4 Final considerations
References
Chapter 2. Municipal water treatment with special emphasis on biosorption and nanoparticles
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Municipal wastewater treatment process
2.3 Biosorption in wastewater treatment
2.4 Bioadsorbent for municipal wastewater treatment
2.5 Green nanoparticles for biosorption of heavy metals from municipal wastewater
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Clearing the air: technologies for monitoring and control of air pollution
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Current status of air pollution
3.3 Nanotechnology for air pollution control
3.4 Nanotechnology—a boon or bane?
3.5 Requirements for the development of a control strategy
3.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4. Nanotechnology: an emerging strategy for combating air pollution
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Differences between nanomaterials and bulk materials
4.3 Characteristic of nanomaterials for air pollution prevention and control
4.4 Application of nanotechnological strategies for air pollution abatement
4.5 Benefits of application of nanotechnology in air pollution abatement over conventional methods
4.6 Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
Chapter 5. Biochar-based composting for sustainable and eco-friendly agriculture
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Production and characterization of biochar
5.3 Impact of biochar on composting of organic solid waste
5.4 Phytotoxicity
5.5 Effect of biochar on greenhouse gases emission
5.6 Benefits of applying cocomposted biochar in agriculture
5.7 Future perspectives
5.8 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 6. Sustainable bio-based technologies for waste and wastewater treatment integrated with value-added products
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Novel bio-based material for waste and wastewater treatment
6.3 Application of bio-based products
6.4 Bio-based economy
6.5 Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Chapter 7. Recent trends in the application of biowaste for hazardous radioactive waste treatment
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Overview of radioactive waste materials
7.3 Significance of biowaste in wastewater treatment
7.4 Biowastes for treatment of radioactive waste
7.5 Conclusion and future avenues
Abbreviation
References
Chapter 8. Biodegradable plastics as a substitute to traditional polythenes: a step toward a safer environment
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 History and development
8.3 Types of biodegradable plastics
8.4 Applications of biodegradable plastics
8.5 Social acceptance and certification
8.6 Future prospects and challenges
8.7 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 9. Two-dimensional nanomaterial-based chemosensors for the detection of contaminants in air and water
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Different two-dimensional materials
9.3 Sensors
9.4 Chemosensing applications of different two-dimensional nanomaterials
9.5 Future prospects
9.6 Conclusion
Acknowledgement
References
Part II: Industrial energy efficiency
Chapter 10. Nanomaterials in sustainable industrial applications
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Sustainable industrial applications
10.3 Limitations and plausible solutions
10.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 11. Applications of metal-organic framework based membranes in energy storage and conversion
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Metal-organic framework membranes in energy application
11.3 Concluding remarks
Acknowledgment
References
Part III: Life cycle assessment (LCA) of industrial processes
Chapter 12. Industry and environmental life-cycle assessment: background and perspective
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Various environmental assessment approaches
12.3 Life-cycle assessment
12.4 Application of life-cycle assessment in different industries
12.5 Future recommendations and concluding remarks
References
Chapter 13. Process system engineering and the development of tools for environmental considerations in the perspective of industrial ecology
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Industrial ecology
13.3 Industrial symbiosis
13.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 14. Life-cycle assessment of biorefinery
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Biorefinery
14.3 Life-cycle assessment
14.4 Biorefinery sustainability by life-cycle assessment: examples
14.5 Discussion, conclusion, and perspective
References
Part IV: Sustainability assessments of industry
Chapter 15. Avoiding waste and generating environmental, social and economic gains through industrial social ecology networks
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Case 1: avoiding million tons of waste: introducing rice husk in the social industrial ecology
15.3 Case 2: valuing the precious waste from gemstone/jewelry industry
15.4 Final considerations
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 16. Sustainability and process intensification in wastewater treatment
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Sustainability
16.3 Process intensification
16.4 Process intensification in wastewater treatment
16.5 Final remarks and conclusion
References
Part V: Industrial ecology
Chapter 17. Industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial parks
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Methodological approach
17.3 Development of research on industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial parks
17.4 Prospects and challenges in developing industrial symbiosis
17.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 18. Process intensification and green engineering in process industry
Abstract
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Process industry
18.3 Process intensification
18.4 Green engineering
18.5 Technologies and applications
18.6 Discussion and conclusions
References
Chapter 19. Economic development, economic complexity and environmental performance: in search of common ground
Abstract
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Economic development: why does economic complexity matter?
19.3 Economic complexity and environmental performance
19.4 Linking economic complexity to the decoupling discourse
19.5 Decoupling and economic complexity: a necessary and sufficient condition?
19.6 Concluding remarks
References
Part VI: Education for industrial sustainability
Chapter 20. Design of sustainable and environmental friendly processes for industries
Abstract
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Sustainable development
20.3 Advancement in technologies for the environmentally friendly product
20.4 Approaches for environmentally friendly product
20.5 Green technologies for sustainable development
20.6 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 21. Fruitful controversies in sustainable livestock production: beyond the intensive versus extensive livestock polarization in nonforest ecosystems
Abstract
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Actors and scenarios
21.3 Controversy: environmental impacts of different livestock production systems
21.4 Convergence: using a multicriteria analysis of sustainable livestock solutions
21.5 Conclusion: beyond polarizations
Acknowledgments
References
Part VII: Corporate sustainability
Chapter 22. Corporate sustainability: roles of technologies and business models
Abstract
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Defining sustainability
22.3 A conservationist approach: environmentalism
22.4 Inclusive approach: just sustainabilities
22.5 Role of technologies in sustainability
22.6 A sustainable business model or corporate sustainability
22.7 Conclusions
References
Index

Pardeep Singh

Dr. Pardeep Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. Dr. Singh has published more than 65 papers in international journals in the fields of waste management, environmental pollution, and agricultural nanotechnology, and has co-edited 30 books.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

João Paulo Bassin

Dr. João Paulo Bassin is currently working as Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He obtained his master degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008), and a PhD degree in Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Biotechnology from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (2012). His research is mainly focused on the development and application of innovative technologies for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters, combining biological, physicochemical and advanced oxidation processes. He is also interested in energy recovery from organic wastes via anaerobic digestion. He has published many articles in international peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters and has served as a reviewer for more than 50 international journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Adjunct Professor of the Chemical Engineering Program, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janerio, Rio de Janerio, Brazil

Sanchayita Rajkhowa

Dr. Sanchayita Rajkhowa, is currently working as Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India) and has obtained her doctorate degree from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong in the year 2017. Her research is focused on surface chemistry, surfactants, carbohydrate chemistry and their impact on drug discovery and development. Dr. Rajkhowa has published several research papers in journals of both international and national repute as well as book chapters in her research areas with international publishers.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jorhat Institute of Science and Technology, Assam, Jorhat, India

Ramesh Oraon

Ramesh Oraon is an Assistant Professor (Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, India. His research areas are synthesis, functionalization, characterization of carbon materials, metal oxides, polymers and their electrochemical analysis for applications in energy storage, sensors, etc.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, India

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 150 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.

Affiliations and expertise

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA