Hazardous Waste Management

Dr. Deepak Yadav is presently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University (Formerly HBTI), Kanpur, India. He has earned his PhD and M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in Chemical Engineering. He has earned multidisciplinary experiences in the teaching, research, process engineering, Industrial Gases, Catalysis, Vehicular pollution abatement, Catalytic converters, Adsorption, incubation and Eutrophication (2.5 years teaching, 6 years research and 7 years industrial experience) after been graduated from Kurukshetra University, India. He has authored 1 book, 2 book chapters and 12 research papers in reputed International (SCI and Scopus) Journals. Dr. Pradeep Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. He has done his PhD from IIT Roorkee and Post-Doctoral Fellow from University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. Dr. Kumar has awarded 2 PhD degrees and 20 PG degrees. At present 3 PhD Scholars and 2 PG students are undergoing research projects. He has successfully completed Rs. 70 Lakhs projects and Rs. 30 Lakhs (in progress). He has published 35 research articles and participated 14 international conferences. He is also working on the socioeconomic dynamics governing urban energy and urban land use in secondary cities of India. Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environment Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, India in 2011 and then his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India, in 2017. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management and co-edited over 30 books with various publishers. Professor Daniel A. Vallero is a renowned environmental scientist and engineer with four decades of experience. He has advised U.S. government agencies on critical issues like PBTs, climate change, acid rain, and chemical risks. At Duke University, he led the Engineering Ethics program and taught courses on air pollution, sustainable design, and ethics. Vallero has served on the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Committee and the National Institute of Engineering Ethics. An expert in emerging technologies, he focuses on societal, ethical, and public health challenges related to nanotechnology and environmental biotechnology. His work also encompasses emergency response and homeland security, making him a leading voice in environmental risk and ethics.

• Section 1: Role of hazardous wastes and their environmental impacts1. Hazardous wastes and the environment2. Hazardous wastes treatment, storage, and disposal facilitiesSection 2: Waste management hierarchy3. Source reduction, recycling, disposal and treatment4. Measure and practices for hazardous waste management5. Policies, issues, and major safety operations in the management of hazardous wasteSection 3: Hazardous waste characteristics and regulations6. Hazardous waste characteristics and standard management approaches7. Toxicity and hazardous waste regulationsSection 4: Hazardous wastes management8. Toxicity and related engineering and biological controls9. An introduction to hazardous waste engineering10. Hazards waste monitoring and transboundary movement11. Radioactive waste managementSection 5: Future scope of hazardous waste management12. Remedial technologies for future waste management13. Cautious use of existing hazardous waste management data14. Hazardous waste bioremediation15. Cost-effective viable solutions for existing technologies16. Nanoadsorbent: An alternative to conventional adsorbent for water remediation17. Electronic waste: Environmental risks and opportunities18. Hazardous waste management in developing countries: Current status and potential trends19. Forecasting trends in the generation and management of hazardous waste