Waste Management, Processing and Valorisation

Abu Zahrim Yaser is Associate Professor in Waste Processing Technology at the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia. He obtained his Ph.D. from Swansea University. His inventions on composting system have been adopted by Tongod and Nabawan district in Sabah. He is a visiting scientist at the University of Hull and a member of Institutions of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom), Board of Engineers (Malaysia) and MyBIOGAS. Husnul Azan is Program Chairman and Associate Professor at the Division of Bioprocess, Universiti Sains Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. in Bioprocess, from Swansea University. His research is related to sustainable waste treatment and conversion of waste to wealth via biological process.  Asha Embrandiri is currently Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Wollo University, Ethiopia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Her research interests are in the areas of environmental biotechnology, bioinformatics and waste management

• 1. The menace of plastic water bottles: Challenges and  management in the African context.- 2. Waste and health: Dewatered sludge and its potential hazard to human.- 3. Life cycle analysis for solid waste management in developing countries.- 4. Characterisation of waste fractions found in landfills.- 5. Microbial factory; utilization of biological waste for the production of beneficial by-products.- 6. Solid waste utilization - A case study of the brewing process.- 7. Valorization of tropical seaweed wastes for biogas production: A review.- 8. The future promising alternative waste to renewable energy from microbial fuel cell.- 9. Waste to wealth: The importance of yeasts in a sustainable bioethanol production.- 10. Zero waste management in seafood industry: enzymatic hydrolysis perspective