Sustainable Resource Recovery and Zero Waste Approaches

Mohammad J. Taherzadeh is professor in Biotechnology since 2004 at University of Borås in Sweden. He is also director of Resource Recovery, a research profile with about 50 researchers to convert wastes to energy and value-added products. Prof. Taherzadeh has PhD in Bioscience and MSc and Bsc in Chemical Engineering. He is working on converting wastes and residuals to ethanol, biogas, fish feed and superabsorbents, in which fermentation development using bacteria, yeast and filamentous fungi has a heavy weight. Prof. Taherzadeh has more than 120 publications in scientific peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters and two patents about filamentous fungi. Mohammad is the panel chairman of “biotechnology, chemical technology and environmental technology” of Swedish Research Council, and also in the editorial board of Bioresource Technology and BioResources. Prof. Jonathan Wong is currently a Professor in the Department of Biology at the Hong Kong Baptist University, and Director of the Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, and Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment and Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre. He is also the Executive Director of Earth Tech Consultancy Co. Ltd. and Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd. Prof Wong has been working in the area of solid waste management with specialization in bioconversion of organic wastes using innovative composting and anaerobic digestion technology especially in the field of sustainable food waste treatment and conversion technologies for the production of bio-methane, compost etc. Over the years, he has received over HK$150 millions of research funding and published over 400 SCI publication and conference proceedings, 6 Books and 11 research patents with citation of > 10100 and H-index of 58. Professor Wong is an Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and fellow of Institute of Bioresource Association and Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Profession. Jonathan was bestowed with Medal of Honours by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2011 and appointed as Justice of Peace in 2014 for his service and contribution to the Environment. Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

• 1. Agricultural, industrial, municipal and forestry wastes: an overview2. Life cycle assessments of waste management3. Waste refinery4. An Overview of Solid Waste Management toward Zero Landfill: A Swedish Model5. Factors affecting development of waste management6. Sustainable Management of Solid Waste7. Laws and Regulations Governing Waste Management: Institutional Arrangements Regarding Waste Management8. Source Separation of Household Waste: Technology and Social Aspects9. Composting of Wastes10. Vermicomposting of wastes11. Biogas from Wastes: Processes and Applications12. Combustion of Wastes in Combined Heat and Power Plants13. Gasification and Pyrolysis of Waste14. Syngas fermentation for biofuels and biomaterials productions15. Metal Recycling16. Material and Energy Recovery from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities17. Recycling of Thermoset Composites and plastics18. Recycling of Papers and Fibers19. Product Design for Material Recovery20. Landfill Mining: On the Potential and Multifaceted Challenges for Implementation