Biodegradable Waste Management in the Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

Biodegradable Waste Management in the Circular Economy Presents the major developments in new technologies and strategies for more effective recovery of matter, resources, and energy from biodegradable waste The volume of biodegradable waste produced worldwide is progressively increasing—a trend that is predicted to continue well into the foreseeable future. Developing sustainable, cost-effective, and eco-friendly approaches for processing food waste, agricultural and organic industrial waste, cardboard, biodegradable plastics, sewage sludge, and other types of biodegradable waste is one of the most significant challenges of the coming decades. Biodegradable Waste Management in the Circular Economy provides a detailed overview of the latest advances in the management of biomass for economic development. Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary team of experts, this comprehensive resource addresses various technologies and strategies for recycling organic matter and many other renewable compounds. In-depth chapters describe the concept of circular economy, identify new sources of biodegradable waste, explore technologies for the production of biodegradable waste end-products, discuss the positive and negative effects of end-products on soil and the environment, and more. Throughout the text, the authors explore systematic approaches for secure biodegradable management in various countries and regions around the world. Explores the social, governance, and economic aspects of "waste as a resource" Addresses metal recovery, biofuel and fertilizer production, and biosorbents and biochar derived from biomass waste Discusses nutrient recovery and energy and bio-methane production from biodegradable waste Covers use cases, collection systems, and regulation of agricultural, industrial, and municipal biodegradable waste streams Presents various technologies for the production of biodegradable waste end-products, including biorefineries, anaerobic digestion, and hybrid methods Reflecting the latest trends in the rapidly changing field, Biodegradable Waste Management in the Circular Economy is essential reading for researchers, engineers, scientists, and consultants working in waste engineering and management, resource recovery, renewable resources, environmental science, agricultural and environmental engineering, soil science, and bioenergy.

Table of Contents:
Preface 1.Circular Bioeconomy and Sustainability Işıl Aksan Kurnaz, Elif Damla Arison, and M. Levent Kurnaz 2. Cradle to Cradle Marketplace Małgorzata J. Kacpraz 3. New Products from Old Wastes Concept – Analysis of the Current State of CE in the Biodegradable Waste Management 3.1. Valorization to Energy Ewa Neczaj and Anna Grosser 3.2. Valorization to Matter Kari-Anne Lyng and Aneta Kowalska 3.3. Valorization of Food Waste to Food Kari-Anne Lyng 4. Definitions and the Procedures for Characterization of Biodegradable Waste Helena Raclavská, Jana Rů?ičková, Marek Kucbel, Barbora Švédová, and Konstantin Raclavský 5. Biodegradable Waste Streams Helena Raclavská, Jana Rů?ičková, Barbora Švédová, Marek Kucbel, Michal Šafář, Konstantin Raclavský, and Elton Luis Da Silva Abel 6. Limitation for Use of Biodegradable Waste onto Soil 6.1. Organic, Inorganic, and Microbiological Contaminations in Biodegradable Waste Krzysztof Fijałkowski and Anna Kwarciak-Kozłowska 6.2.  Toxicity Assessment Krzysztof Fijałkowski and Anna Kwarciak-Kozłowska 7. Biodegradable Waste Collection Systems Jolanta Sobik-Szołtysek 8.  Anaerobic digestion Anna Grosser and Ewa Neczaj 9. Types of Composting 9.1 Composting Shahriar Shams and Beston F. Nore 9.2. Vermicomposting Agnieszka Rorat and Franck Vandenbulcke 10. Biorefineries Anna Grosser and Ewa Neczaj 11. Impact of Processing Technology on the Chemical Contaminants Occurrence in End Products Eyob Habte Tesfamariam, Taruvinga Badza, and Craig Cogger 12. Effect of End Products on the Soil Microbial Communities 12.1. Impact of End Products on Microbial Communities with Special Reference to Pathogens Daquan Sun, Eléonore Attard, and Rémy Guyoneaud  12.2 Modification of Bio-wastes for Alteration of Soil Microbial Communities Daquan Sun 13. The Use of End Products on Soil 13.1. The Use of Biodegradable End Products on Soil – Impact on Plant Productivity Bal Ram Singh, Anna Grobelak, Aneta Kowalska, and Åsgeir Almås 13.2. Biodegradable End Products for Bioremediation of Degraded Areas Aneta Kowalska, Anna Grobelak, Åsgeir Almås, and Bal Ram Singh 13.3. The Use of Biodegradable End Products for Reclamation of Metal Contaminated Soils Åsgeir Almås, Aneta Kowalska, Anna Grobelak, and Bal Ram Singh 13.4. Biodegradable Waste: Ecotoxicological/Environmental Assessment Pauline Courtois, Axel Beauchamp, and Franck Vandenbulcke 14. Restoration, Sequestration, and Modelling of Carbon in Degraded Soils Kennedy Were, Bal Ram Singh, Eleanor Milne, and George Ayaga 15. Impact of Treatments of Biodegradable Waste for Nutrient Recovery Eyob Habte Tesfamariam, Craig Cogger, and John Ngoni Zvimba 16. Energy and Biomethane Production Dagmar Juchelková, Helena Raclavská, Maw Maw Tun, Klaus Koppe, Abdulaziz Atabani, Barbora Švédová, and Marek Kucbel 17. The Governance and Social Aspects Małgorzata Kacprzak and Iwona Kupich 18. Biofuels – More Than Electricity, Heat, and Biomethane 18.1. The Role of Biofuels in the Circular Economy Kari-Anne Lyng 18.2. Metal Recovery Agata Rosińska 18.3. Biosorbents and Biochar Production Anna Grobelak, Agata Rosińska 18.4. Other Perspectives (e.g. Chitin Recovery, Carbon-Coated Magnet-Sensitive Nanoparticles, Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Humic Acid) Agata Rosińska 18.5. Biofuel Production from Agricultural Waste Esra Meşe Erdoğan, Pınar Karagöz, Enes Yilmaz, and Melek Özkan Index

About the Author :
Professor Malgorzata Kacprzak, Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland; Dean of Faculty, Division of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT), Poland from 2016 to 2020. She is co-author of 92 papers in high cited journals, 8 patents and author of numerous expert opinions for industrial partners, local governments, and the Polish Ministry of Environment. She coordinated the International Academic Partnerships (IAP) project Environmental Safety of Bio-Waste in the Circular Economy from 2018 to 2020.