Mousumi Sen, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Amity University, Noida, India. She has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles in journals of high repute, as well as authored and edited books and book chapters. Her research focuses on the development of biotechnological processes for bioprocessing and conversion of waste to generate bioenergy, biofuels, and biobased chemicals.

• Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 1: Natural and Industrial Wastes for Functional Materials ApplicationsPreface xxiiiPart 1: Technologies for Converting Wastes to Energy 11 Technologies for Converting Food Waste to Energy: Current State and Prospects 3A. Asha Monicka, M. Suguna Devakumari and G. Jeevarathinam2 Biomass Materials as Potential Sources of Future Sustainability 25A. Surendra Babu, Ashok Kumar Chakka and P. Sankarganesh3 Carbon-Based Waste-Derived Functional Materials and Their Diverse Applications 53Anindya S. Manna, Rajesh Nandi, Antara Roy, Sandip Das, Nilay Karchaudhuri, Subhasis Samai and Dilip K. Maiti4 Waste to Energy (WTE) Biomass-Based Energy Systems: The Future Scope of Biomass Waste Energy Source 109Tista Sengupta, Dripta De Joarder, Poulami Hota, Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti5 Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels 145Sakthivel Sangeetha, Dineshkumar T., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.6 Techniques for Transforming Wastes Into Useful Resources 185Dineshkumar T., Sakthivel Sangeetha, Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.7 Biomass Waste Processing: Technological Progress and Upgrading 225Aditi Negi and Jeyan A. MosesPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Based Materials for Environmental Remediation 2498 Waste-Derived Carbon-Based Absorbents for Removal of Water-Soluble Organic Molecules 251Komal Gupta and Poonam Rajesh Prasad9 Biomass Wastes for Functional Material Synthesis and Their Applications 283Sudipta Kr. Kundu, Krishna Chattopadhyay, Ankita Chakraborty, Soumyadeep Mitra and Dilip K. Maiti10 Plant-Based Nanocomposites with Plant Waste 319Leya B., Nivetha T.U., Freeda Blessie R. and M.M. Pragalyaashree11 Recent Advancements in Waste-Derived Functional Materials for Wastewater Remediation 353Susmita Das, Kajari Dutta and Pritha Saha12 Waste-Derived Adsorbents for the Removal of Pollutants 375Biswajit Panda13 Photocatalysts Made from Waste to Degrade Pollutants 411Ashna Gupta, Nida Khan, Nayeem Ahmed, Waqas A. Khan and Zeba N. Siddiqui14 Carbon-Based Wastewater Treatment Material Made from Biomass Waste 457Pranav Shreyaskar and Poonam Rajesh PrasadPart 3: Waste Valorization for Functional Carbon Materials: The Latest Developments and Their Use 48715 Nature's Source of Functional Carbon: Carbon Materials Derived from Biomass and the Latest Developments in their Use 489M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka16 Extraction of Natural Polymers from Biomass Wastes through Various Approaches for Further Applications in Food, Agriculture, and Medicine 519Swetha Priya Gali, Srinivasan K. and R. Meenatchi17 Feasible and Cost-Effective Approaches for the Conversion of Biomass Wastes into Value-Added Products 567Somashree Bandyopadhaya and Debabrata Bera18 Roots, Tubers, and Bulbs: Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Potential Resource 603Arushi Phillips and Mousumi Sen19 Waste Valorization for Sustainable Value-Added Products 641Mousumi SenReferences 662Index 669Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 2: Sustainable Nanostructures Synthesis for Waste ConversionPreface xxiiiPart 1: Organic Nanostructures Synthesis from Biogenic Wastes and Their Application 11 Development of Organic Nanoparticles from Biowastes and Their Incorporation into Edible Coatings 3Antara Roy, Anindya S. Manna, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti2 Production of Nanocellulose from a Range of Agricultural Waste Biomass and Its Potential Use in the Food Industry 37Leya B., Nivetha T. U., Freeda Blessie R. and M. M. Pragalyaashree3 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Biodegradable Waste Extracts: A Green Approach and Its Applications 71Shikha Pandhi, Arpit Shrivastava, Shweta Kulshreshtha, Alok Kumar Singh and Priya Kumari4 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Different Biogenic Wastes 97Aranya Das, Poulami Hota, Sk Ajarul and Dilip K. Maiti5 Conversion of Biomass into Nanocellulose: Methods and Applications 145Mitushree Ghosh, Ram Singh Kuri, Vikas Yadav, Ashvani Yadav, Rohit Kumar and Virendra Prasad6 Fruit Waste (Peel) as Bio-Reductant to Synthesize Silver Nanoparticles with Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Activities 179Sounak Dutta and Dilip Kumar Maiti7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biowaste 217Mousumi Sen and Himakshi AdhikariPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Nanostructures: A Novel Approach 2438 Techniques for Transforming Waste Biomass into Valuable Carbon Nanomaterials: Current Advancements and Uses 245Nivetha T.U., Leya B., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.9 An Overview of Nanomaterials made from Biomass Waste for Electrochemical Devices 283Danya K., Ayisha Fidha, Leya B. and Freeda Blessie R.10 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Animal and Fisheries Wastes 319Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti11 Waste-Derived Carbon Nanostructures (WD-CNS): A Novel Approach to Waste Utilization 339M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka12 Vegetable Waste for Biosynthesis of Various Nanoparticles 361Rajarshi Sarkar, Dripta De Joarder and Dilip K. Maiti13 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biodegradable Waste Extracts and Their Applications 377Uttam Kumar Das, Tanmoy Dutta, Aniruddha Mondal and Dilip Kumar MaitiPart 3: Biowaste Mediated Inorganic Nanostructures Synthesis and Their Advanced Application 41314 Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation Using Magnetic Mixed Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Derived from Industrial Waste 415Krishna Chattopadhyay, Manas Mandal and Dilip K. Maiti15 Sustainable Synthesis of Metal, Metal Oxide, and MOF Nanoparticles from Waste-Printed Circuit Boards 435Yashmi Jain, Geetika Jain and Sandip Chakrabarti16 Biowaste-Based Nanocatalysts for Wastewater Treatment 469Rajesh Nandi, Sudipta Kr Kundu, Sukla Ghosh and Dilip K. Maiti17 Green-Synthesized Biowaste-Derived Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation 507Anindya S. Manna, Shresthashree Swain, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti18 Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanocomposite from Biowaste as Heavy Metal Adsorbent for Effluent Treatment 535Anindya S. Manna, Tanmoy Ghosh, Antara Roy, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti19 Current Trends in Biowaste-Mediated Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Site-Targeted Drug Delivery 565Tista Sengupta, Palash Pandit, Krishnanka Shekhar Gayen and Dilip K. Maiti20 Nanomaterials from Waste: Synthesis and their Advanced Applications 591Srikanta Samanta, Anindya S. Manna, Sukla Ghosh, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. MaitiAcknowledgments 610References 610Index 617

Mousumi Sen, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Amity University, Noida, India. She has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles in journals of high repute, as well as authored and edited books and book chapters. Her research focuses on the development of biotechnological processes for bioprocessing and conversion of waste to generate bioenergy, biofuels, and biobased chemicals.

• Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 1: Natural and Industrial Wastes for Functional Materials ApplicationsPreface xxiiiPart 1: Technologies for Converting Wastes to Energy 11 Technologies for Converting Food Waste to Energy: Current State and Prospects 3A. Asha Monicka, M. Suguna Devakumari and G. Jeevarathinam2 Biomass Materials as Potential Sources of Future Sustainability 25A. Surendra Babu, Ashok Kumar Chakka and P. Sankarganesh3 Carbon-Based Waste-Derived Functional Materials and Their Diverse Applications 53Anindya S. Manna, Rajesh Nandi, Antara Roy, Sandip Das, Nilay Karchaudhuri, Subhasis Samai and Dilip K. Maiti4 Waste to Energy (WTE) Biomass-Based Energy Systems: The Future Scope of Biomass Waste Energy Source 109Tista Sengupta, Dripta De Joarder, Poulami Hota, Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti5 Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels 145Sakthivel Sangeetha, Dineshkumar T., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.6 Techniques for Transforming Wastes Into Useful Resources 185Dineshkumar T., Sakthivel Sangeetha, Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.7 Biomass Waste Processing: Technological Progress and Upgrading 225Aditi Negi and Jeyan A. MosesPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Based Materials for Environmental Remediation 2498 Waste-Derived Carbon-Based Absorbents for Removal of Water-Soluble Organic Molecules 251Komal Gupta and Poonam Rajesh Prasad9 Biomass Wastes for Functional Material Synthesis and Their Applications 283Sudipta Kr. Kundu, Krishna Chattopadhyay, Ankita Chakraborty, Soumyadeep Mitra and Dilip K. Maiti10 Plant-Based Nanocomposites with Plant Waste 319Leya B., Nivetha T.U., Freeda Blessie R. and M.M. Pragalyaashree11 Recent Advancements in Waste-Derived Functional Materials for Wastewater Remediation 353Susmita Das, Kajari Dutta and Pritha Saha12 Waste-Derived Adsorbents for the Removal of Pollutants 375Biswajit Panda13 Photocatalysts Made from Waste to Degrade Pollutants 411Ashna Gupta, Nida Khan, Nayeem Ahmed, Waqas A. Khan and Zeba N. Siddiqui14 Carbon-Based Wastewater Treatment Material Made from Biomass Waste 457Pranav Shreyaskar and Poonam Rajesh PrasadPart 3: Waste Valorization for Functional Carbon Materials: The Latest Developments and Their Use 48715 Nature's Source of Functional Carbon: Carbon Materials Derived from Biomass and the Latest Developments in their Use 489M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka16 Extraction of Natural Polymers from Biomass Wastes through Various Approaches for Further Applications in Food, Agriculture, and Medicine 519Swetha Priya Gali, Srinivasan K. and R. Meenatchi17 Feasible and Cost-Effective Approaches for the Conversion of Biomass Wastes into Value-Added Products 567Somashree Bandyopadhaya and Debabrata Bera18 Roots, Tubers, and Bulbs: Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Potential Resource 603Arushi Phillips and Mousumi Sen19 Waste Valorization for Sustainable Value-Added Products 641Mousumi SenReferences 662Index 669Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 2: Sustainable Nanostructures Synthesis for Waste ConversionPreface xxiiiPart 1: Organic Nanostructures Synthesis from Biogenic Wastes and Their Application 11 Development of Organic Nanoparticles from Biowastes and Their Incorporation into Edible Coatings 3Antara Roy, Anindya S. Manna, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti2 Production of Nanocellulose from a Range of Agricultural Waste Biomass and Its Potential Use in the Food Industry 37Leya B., Nivetha T. U., Freeda Blessie R. and M. M. Pragalyaashree3 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Biodegradable Waste Extracts: A Green Approach and Its Applications 71Shikha Pandhi, Arpit Shrivastava, Shweta Kulshreshtha, Alok Kumar Singh and Priya Kumari4 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Different Biogenic Wastes 97Aranya Das, Poulami Hota, Sk Ajarul and Dilip K. Maiti5 Conversion of Biomass into Nanocellulose: Methods and Applications 145Mitushree Ghosh, Ram Singh Kuri, Vikas Yadav, Ashvani Yadav, Rohit Kumar and Virendra Prasad6 Fruit Waste (Peel) as Bio-Reductant to Synthesize Silver Nanoparticles with Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Activities 179Sounak Dutta and Dilip Kumar Maiti7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biowaste 217Mousumi Sen and Himakshi AdhikariPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Nanostructures: A Novel Approach 2438 Techniques for Transforming Waste Biomass into Valuable Carbon Nanomaterials: Current Advancements and Uses 245Nivetha T.U., Leya B., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.9 An Overview of Nanomaterials made from Biomass Waste for Electrochemical Devices 283Danya K., Ayisha Fidha, Leya B. and Freeda Blessie R.10 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Animal and Fisheries Wastes 319Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti11 Waste-Derived Carbon Nanostructures (WD-CNS): A Novel Approach to Waste Utilization 339M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka12 Vegetable Waste for Biosynthesis of Various Nanoparticles 361Rajarshi Sarkar, Dripta De Joarder and Dilip K. Maiti13 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biodegradable Waste Extracts and Their Applications 377Uttam Kumar Das, Tanmoy Dutta, Aniruddha Mondal and Dilip Kumar MaitiPart 3: Biowaste Mediated Inorganic Nanostructures Synthesis and Their Advanced Application 41314 Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation Using Magnetic Mixed Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Derived from Industrial Waste 415Krishna Chattopadhyay, Manas Mandal and Dilip K. Maiti15 Sustainable Synthesis of Metal, Metal Oxide, and MOF Nanoparticles from Waste-Printed Circuit Boards 435Yashmi Jain, Geetika Jain and Sandip Chakrabarti16 Biowaste-Based Nanocatalysts for Wastewater Treatment 469Rajesh Nandi, Sudipta Kr Kundu, Sukla Ghosh and Dilip K. Maiti17 Green-Synthesized Biowaste-Derived Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation 507Anindya S. Manna, Shresthashree Swain, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti18 Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanocomposite from Biowaste as Heavy Metal Adsorbent for Effluent Treatment 535Anindya S. Manna, Tanmoy Ghosh, Antara Roy, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti19 Current Trends in Biowaste-Mediated Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Site-Targeted Drug Delivery 565Tista Sengupta, Palash Pandit, Krishnanka Shekhar Gayen and Dilip K. Maiti20 Nanomaterials from Waste: Synthesis and their Advanced Applications 591Srikanta Samanta, Anindya S. Manna, Sukla Ghosh, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. MaitiAcknowledgments 610References 610Index 617

Mousumi Sen, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Amity University, Noida, India. She has published numerous peer-reviewed research articles in journals of high repute, as well as authored and edited books and book chapters. Her research focuses on the development of biotechnological processes for bioprocessing and conversion of waste to generate bioenergy, biofuels, and biobased chemicals.

• Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 1: Natural and Industrial Wastes for Functional Materials ApplicationsPreface xxiiiPart 1: Technologies for Converting Wastes to Energy 11 Technologies for Converting Food Waste to Energy: Current State and Prospects 3A. Asha Monicka, M. Suguna Devakumari and G. Jeevarathinam2 Biomass Materials as Potential Sources of Future Sustainability 25A. Surendra Babu, Ashok Kumar Chakka and P. Sankarganesh3 Carbon-Based Waste-Derived Functional Materials and Their Diverse Applications 53Anindya S. Manna, Rajesh Nandi, Antara Roy, Sandip Das, Nilay Karchaudhuri, Subhasis Samai and Dilip K. Maiti4 Waste to Energy (WTE) Biomass-Based Energy Systems: The Future Scope of Biomass Waste Energy Source 109Tista Sengupta, Dripta De Joarder, Poulami Hota, Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti5 Biomass Waste as Sustainable Raw Material for Energy and Fuels 145Sakthivel Sangeetha, Dineshkumar T., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.6 Techniques for Transforming Wastes Into Useful Resources 185Dineshkumar T., Sakthivel Sangeetha, Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.7 Biomass Waste Processing: Technological Progress and Upgrading 225Aditi Negi and Jeyan A. MosesPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Based Materials for Environmental Remediation 2498 Waste-Derived Carbon-Based Absorbents for Removal of Water-Soluble Organic Molecules 251Komal Gupta and Poonam Rajesh Prasad9 Biomass Wastes for Functional Material Synthesis and Their Applications 283Sudipta Kr. Kundu, Krishna Chattopadhyay, Ankita Chakraborty, Soumyadeep Mitra and Dilip K. Maiti10 Plant-Based Nanocomposites with Plant Waste 319Leya B., Nivetha T.U., Freeda Blessie R. and M.M. Pragalyaashree11 Recent Advancements in Waste-Derived Functional Materials for Wastewater Remediation 353Susmita Das, Kajari Dutta and Pritha Saha12 Waste-Derived Adsorbents for the Removal of Pollutants 375Biswajit Panda13 Photocatalysts Made from Waste to Degrade Pollutants 411Ashna Gupta, Nida Khan, Nayeem Ahmed, Waqas A. Khan and Zeba N. Siddiqui14 Carbon-Based Wastewater Treatment Material Made from Biomass Waste 457Pranav Shreyaskar and Poonam Rajesh PrasadPart 3: Waste Valorization for Functional Carbon Materials: The Latest Developments and Their Use 48715 Nature's Source of Functional Carbon: Carbon Materials Derived from Biomass and the Latest Developments in their Use 489M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka16 Extraction of Natural Polymers from Biomass Wastes through Various Approaches for Further Applications in Food, Agriculture, and Medicine 519Swetha Priya Gali, Srinivasan K. and R. Meenatchi17 Feasible and Cost-Effective Approaches for the Conversion of Biomass Wastes into Value-Added Products 567Somashree Bandyopadhaya and Debabrata Bera18 Roots, Tubers, and Bulbs: Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Potential Resource 603Arushi Phillips and Mousumi Sen19 Waste Valorization for Sustainable Value-Added Products 641Mousumi SenReferences 662Index 669Conversion and Utilization of Wastes into Sustainable Products, Volume 2: Sustainable Nanostructures Synthesis for Waste ConversionPreface xxiiiPart 1: Organic Nanostructures Synthesis from Biogenic Wastes and Their Application 11 Development of Organic Nanoparticles from Biowastes and Their Incorporation into Edible Coatings 3Antara Roy, Anindya S. Manna, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti2 Production of Nanocellulose from a Range of Agricultural Waste Biomass and Its Potential Use in the Food Industry 37Leya B., Nivetha T. U., Freeda Blessie R. and M. M. Pragalyaashree3 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Biodegradable Waste Extracts: A Green Approach and Its Applications 71Shikha Pandhi, Arpit Shrivastava, Shweta Kulshreshtha, Alok Kumar Singh and Priya Kumari4 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Different Biogenic Wastes 97Aranya Das, Poulami Hota, Sk Ajarul and Dilip K. Maiti5 Conversion of Biomass into Nanocellulose: Methods and Applications 145Mitushree Ghosh, Ram Singh Kuri, Vikas Yadav, Ashvani Yadav, Rohit Kumar and Virendra Prasad6 Fruit Waste (Peel) as Bio-Reductant to Synthesize Silver Nanoparticles with Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Activities 179Sounak Dutta and Dilip Kumar Maiti7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biowaste 217Mousumi Sen and Himakshi AdhikariPart 2: Waste Derived Carbon Nanostructures: A Novel Approach 2438 Techniques for Transforming Waste Biomass into Valuable Carbon Nanomaterials: Current Advancements and Uses 245Nivetha T.U., Leya B., Pragalyaashree M.M. and Freeda Blessie R.9 An Overview of Nanomaterials made from Biomass Waste for Electrochemical Devices 283Danya K., Ayisha Fidha, Leya B. and Freeda Blessie R.10 Synthesis of Nanoparticles Using Animal and Fisheries Wastes 319Tithi Maity and Dilip K. Maiti11 Waste-Derived Carbon Nanostructures (WD-CNS): A Novel Approach to Waste Utilization 339M. Suguna Devakumari and A. Asha Monicka12 Vegetable Waste for Biosynthesis of Various Nanoparticles 361Rajarshi Sarkar, Dripta De Joarder and Dilip K. Maiti13 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Biodegradable Waste Extracts and Their Applications 377Uttam Kumar Das, Tanmoy Dutta, Aniruddha Mondal and Dilip Kumar MaitiPart 3: Biowaste Mediated Inorganic Nanostructures Synthesis and Their Advanced Application 41314 Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation Using Magnetic Mixed Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Derived from Industrial Waste 415Krishna Chattopadhyay, Manas Mandal and Dilip K. Maiti15 Sustainable Synthesis of Metal, Metal Oxide, and MOF Nanoparticles from Waste-Printed Circuit Boards 435Yashmi Jain, Geetika Jain and Sandip Chakrabarti16 Biowaste-Based Nanocatalysts for Wastewater Treatment 469Rajesh Nandi, Sudipta Kr Kundu, Sukla Ghosh and Dilip K. Maiti17 Green-Synthesized Biowaste-Derived Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation 507Anindya S. Manna, Shresthashree Swain, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti18 Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanocomposite from Biowaste as Heavy Metal Adsorbent for Effluent Treatment 535Anindya S. Manna, Tanmoy Ghosh, Antara Roy, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. Maiti19 Current Trends in Biowaste-Mediated Metal/Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Site-Targeted Drug Delivery 565Tista Sengupta, Palash Pandit, Krishnanka Shekhar Gayen and Dilip K. Maiti20 Nanomaterials from Waste: Synthesis and their Advanced Applications 591Srikanta Samanta, Anindya S. Manna, Sukla Ghosh, Nilay Karchaudhuri and Dilip K. MaitiAcknowledgments 610References 610Index 617