Plastic Waste Valorization

Dr. Riti Thapar Kapoor is Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India. Dr. Kapoor received her Ph.D from University of Allahabad and worked as post - doctoral fellow at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Dr. Kapoor has fourteen years of teaching and research experience and her area of specialization is environmental biotechnology, bioremediation, wastewater treatment and abiotic stresses. Dr. Kapoor has published 11 books and over 105 research papers in various journals of national and international repute. Dr. Kapoor has visited 8 countries for participation in different academic programmes. Dr. Kapoor has received prestigious travel award from Bill & Melinda Gates Research Foundation under CGIAR project for participation in International training programme held at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines in 2010. She is also recipient of DST travel grant for participation in International Conference held at Sri Lanka in 2013. Dr. Kapoor has been awarded with Teacher’s Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru in 2019. She has supervised and mentored a number of research projects sanctioned by different government funding agencies such as DAE, DST and UPCST etc. She has successfully supervised three research students for Ph.D. degree besides several (more than 80) masters and graduate students for their dissertation thesis.Prof. Helen Treichel is a Research Productivity Scholar at level 1C in Environmental Sciences. She holds a degree in Food Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande (1999), a Master's and a Ph.D. in Food Engineering from the State University of Campinas (2001 and 2004, respectively). She is currently a Professor and Researcher at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS)-Campus Erechim. She works in undergraduate courses in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Agronomy and is a Permanent Professor in the Graduate Programs in Environmental Science and Technology (UFFS-Campus Erechim), Food Science and Technology (UFFS-Campus Laranjeiras do Sul) and Biotechnology and Biosciences (UFSC). She coordinates the Laboratory of Microbiology and Bioprocesses (LAMIBI) at UFFS (Erechim), working mainly on the following topics, design of experiments and statistical optimization of processes; production, purification, immobilization, and application of enzymes; use of microorganisms and enzymes in the treatment and/or recovery of effluents and residues; bioherbicides; biofuels. She acts as the leader of the Agroenergy research group. Associate Professor Jakub Zdarta graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 2010 and the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the Poznań University of Technology in 2013. In 2017, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Chemical Sciences in the field of chemical technology, and in 2021 he become an associate professor. In 2017-2018 and in 2021, he completed internships at the Technical University of Denmark, and in 2019 at the University of Technology Sydney. Since 2018, he has been employed at the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering at the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Poznań University of Technology. His research area focuses on biotechnology, biocatalysis, enzyme immobilization, biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation, organic pollutant removal, membrane processes, membrane bioreactors, biomass pretreatment and conversion, as well as hybrid materials and biomaterials.

• Section A: Plastic Pollution and application of sustainable technologies for degradation of plastic pollutants1. Plastic in the environment, properties, types and applications2. Hazardous effects of plastic wastes on the ecosystem, human-beings and animal health3. Microplastics in marine ecosystem: ecotoxicological effects, health consequences, and food chain implications4. Unveiling the effects of microplastics in marine ecosystem, current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile5. Microplastics in ocean, recent trends of environmental pollution and toxicological profile mechanism : An update6. Mechanism of plastic biodegradation : A step towards environmental sustainability7. Microbial enzymatic remediation of synthetic plastic pollutants: a present and future perspectives8. Relevance of microbes in plastic waste degradation9. Microplastics: ecological and human health risks10. Bio-chemical degradation of microplastics, its mechanisms, and methodologies11. Microalgae-bacteria consortium for microplastic biodegradation : A strategy towards plastic mitigation12. Biodegradable microplastics in soil ecosystem: effects on soil properties, plant and animal health13. Role of microbial enzymes in the degradation of plastics: A sustainable tool for waste management14. Plastic wastes in air and soil : health risks and challenges to mitigate plastic pollutantSection B: Valorization of plastic wastes into value-added products15. Use of waste plastic in preparation of value-added construction materials16. Valorization of plastic wastes: current practices, challenges and future directions17. Bioplastics production, and applications in industries : a step towards circular economy18. Plastic waste management: a review on life cycle assessment studies19. An integrated approach towards sustainable plastic waste management : case study from urban areas of Indonesia/other developing nation20. Plastic wastes and its management strategies for environmental sustainability21. Plastic recycling: applications, challenges and future prospects