Waste Management

Rajesh Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biosciences at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. With over 10 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Kumar has been teaching animal physiology and applied zoology to postgraduate students. His own research activities also include environmental toxicology, waste management, and the impact of environmental degradation on animal physiology. He is an expert lecturer at beekeeping training/extension activities. Dr. Kumar has completed major research projects and startup projects sponsored by government agencies and has published research articles, book chapters, abstracts, and conference papers as well as books and monographs. He has organized seminars and conferences and delivered invited talks and extension lectures. Dr. Kumar has earned 12 awards for his research in honeybees/physiology to date.S. S. Kanwar, PhD, is Senior Professor of Biotechnology at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. Dr. Kanwar has published over 225 journal papers and book chapters during a career spanned over 30 years. He has filed six patents, all of which have been published, and one of these has been granted. Dr. Kanwar is a reviewer for over 50 international and national peer-reviewed journals. His research is focused on nanotechnology, medicinal chemistry, therapeutics, and biocatalysis, and he pursues his research activities by developing bioproducts and bioprocesses for a variety of extracellular microbial enzymes to assess the antitumor and anticancer activities of purified microbial enzymes. One of his current projects is on “the improvement of activities of industrially important enzymes by protein engineering, rational design, and enzyme immobilization.”

• 1. Introduction, Brief History, Waste Types, Characteristics, Regulatory Development 2. Management of Fruit and Vegetable Waste for Potential Bio-Commodities: Conventional Utilization and Emerging Opportunities 3. Agricultural Waste: From Trash to Treasure 4. Food and Agro-Waste as an Effective Tool for the Preparation of Functional Materials 5. Role of Termites in Waste Management: Current Progress and Future Potential 6. Electronic Garbage Management: Global Challenges for Developing Countries 7. Classification of Waste Objects Through Computer Vision Techniques for Efficient Waste Management 8. Artificial Intelligence as a Money and Time Saver in Waste Management 9. Bioplastics and Biopolymers Dreams and Reality 10. Microbial Enzymes Aid in Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents Making Environments Cleaner 11. Food Waste: Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Management 12. Vermicomposting: A Way Toward Sustainable Economy and Environment 13. Waste Reduction, Minimization, and Its Biological Processing 14. Health Impacts of Unscientific Waste Disposal, Incineration, Biological Recycling, and Processing