Resource Recovery Technology for Municipal and Rural Solid Waste

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.Tou Zhou is a Professor of the School of Energy and Environment of Southeast University, the director of Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, a doctoral supervisor. He has many years of experience in various national fund vertical projects and major horizontal projects, and has accumulated rich research experience. He has published more than 100 papers at home and abroad, including more than 100 SCI and EI indexed papers. He has more than 100 invention patents and copyrights, edited 4 books and participated in 2 books. Eugene Atta Nyankson is currently an adjunct lecturer at William V.S. Tubman University, Liberia. He holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. He has several publications in internationally peer reviewed journals, and is a member of various professional organizations such as the Ghana Institute of Safety and Environmental Professionals (GHISEP), and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). Currently, he is collaborating with frontlineWASTE, a Waste Management Company based in New York to disseminate technology of Waste-to-Energy to various governments in Ghana and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. His research interests include solid waste management, bioremediation and resource recovery.

• 1.Source classification of domestic solid waste in China and worldwide2. Characteristics and management of domestic solid waste in rural areas in China and worldwide3. Public perceptions and economic values of source-separated collection of rural solid waste4. Source classification model of domestic solid waste in typical rural areas5. Classification collection and demonstration of rural domestic solid waste in Cannei Township Anxi County China - a case study6. Integrated mechanical separation and parameter optimization for municipal solid waste7. Evaluation of recyclable materials in domestic solid waste8. Bag/bottle-opening machine for municipal solid waste9. Separation of municipal solid waste using trommel screen10. Separation of municipal solid waste using horizontal air separator11. Separation of aged refuse from landfill using trommel screen12. T Integrated technology for mechanical separation for mixed domestic solid waste13. Preparation of wood plastic composite using those separated from refuse14. Production of composite board using dry waste from domestic solid waste15. Cleaning for polluted plastic sorted from municipal solid wastes16. Treatment of sewage and leachate by bioreactor using dry waste and incineration bottom ash or landfill waste17. Collection and transfer of municipal solid waste for large scale city