Solid Waste Management

Zhao Youcai, is currently a professor of environmental engineering at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He got bachelor degree from Sichuan University (1984) and Ph.D. from Institute of Chemical Metallurgy (now Institute of Process Engineering), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (1989). After finished Post-doctoral research work at Fudan University, Shanghai, he joined in Tongji University in 1991. Meanwhile, he had ever worked at Aristotle University, Greece, National University of Singapore, Tulane University, USA, and Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, for 4 years as research fellow or visiting professor. He had authored or co-authored 200 publications published in peer-reviewed internationally recognized journals, 480 publications in China journals, authored 9 English books (at Elsevier and Springer) and authored or co-authored 98 Chinese books (as an author or Editor-in-chief), 4 textbooks for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students with a fourth edition of undergraduate textbook (in Chinese). Currently, his research interests include treatment and recycling of municipal and rural solid waste, construction and demolition waste, hazardous waste, industrial waste, electric and electronic waste, and sewage sludge, and polluted soil.Zhou Tao is an Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He received his bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering from Guangxi University, China in 2014 and his Ph D from Tongji University, China in 2019. He has authored or co-authored 42 peer-reviewed international papers, 15 Chinese papers, and 4 invited book chapters, 2 English book (Elsevier). His principal research interests lie in treatment and resource recovery of municipal and rural as well as industrial solid wastes.

• Part I Introduction to solid waste1. Definition and scope of solid waste2. Introduction to treatment and recycling processes of solid waste3. Artificial intelligent application for treatment and recycling of solid waste Questions and answersPart II Treatment and recycling of municipal and rural solid waste4. Collection and transportation of municipal and rural solid waste5. Sorting and recycling of municipal and rural solid waste6. Anaerobic digestion of organic waste7. Aerobic composting of organic waste8. Pyrolysis of organic waste9. Incineration for power of municipal and rural solid waste10. Sustainable sanitary landfill for municipal and rural solid waste Questions and answersPart III Treatment and recycling of construction and demolition waste11. Sorting and classification of construction and demolition waste12. Detoxification of polluted industrial-origin construction and demolition waste13. Pretreatment of construction and demolition waste14. Recycling of construction and demolition waste Questions and answersPart IV Treatment and recycling of hazardous waste15. Identification of hazardous waste16. Detoxification of hazardous waste17. Pretreatment of hazardous waste18. Recycling of hazardous waste19. Incineration of hazardous waste20. Security landfill of hazardous waste21. Treatment of health care waste Questions and answersPart V Treatment and recycling of industrial waste22. Pretreatment of industrial waste23. Recycling of industrial waste24. Landfill of industrial waste Questions and answersPart VI Treatment and recycling of electric and electronic waste25. Source and classification of electric and electronic waste26. Pretreatment of electric and electronic waste27. Reuse and recycling of electric and electronic waste Questions and answersPart VII Treatment and recycling of sewage sludge28. Conditioning and dewatering of sewage sludge29. Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge30. Aerobic composting of sewage sludge31. Pyrolysis of sewage sludge32. Drying and incineration of sewage sludge33. Sustainable sanitary landfill for sewage sludge Questions and answer