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Waste Management for Small Towns in Developing Countries by G. Anand (Hardback)
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9781041091745
Published:
12 Dec 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Dimensions:
234mm
Weight:
0.000kgs
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This book provides a comprehensive technical overview of waste management strategies tailored for small towns, emphasizing innovative approaches to waste separation and integration. It explores methods to transform various waste types into value-added products, fostering circular economy practices at both micro and macro levels.
This book provides a comprehensive technical overview of waste management strategies tailored for small towns, emphasizing innovative approaches to waste separation and integration. It explores methods to transform various waste types into value-added products, fostering circular economy practices at both micro and macro levels. The text examines the implementation of waste management solutions across different countries, addressing market development, pricing strategies, and financial viability to achieve sustainability goals. Key topics include faecal sludge treatment, sewage treatment, and grey water management, supported by case studies and practical examples.Features: Reviews integrated waste management systems for small towns with a focus on circular economy principles. Highlights indigenous and sustainable waste management practices. Explores innovative techniques such as degradable waste segregation and manufacturing value-added products from waste components. Covers municipal solid waste management, faecal sludge treatment, sewage treatment, and grey water management, particularly in developing countries. Discusses project management aspects and financial implications of waste management initiatives. Includes numerical examples, practical problems, and case studies from various countries to illustrate real-world applications. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in Environmental, Chemical, and Civil Engineering.
About the Author: Anand G graduated in Chemical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Trichur, India and did a post-graduation in Environmental Science. He pursued a career in manufacturing industry for 13 years before switching to Consultancy in Environment Management. During the 30 years of active consultancy work, his field of activities included Water Supply and Treatment, Sanitation and Solid and Liquid Waste Management. His clients included various INGOs including various UN organizations, NGOs, Local self-governments and private enterprises. He had authored/co-authored several manuals and guides on Sanitation and Waste Management and a handbook on Hospital Waste Management. He has conducted several training programmes on Sanitation and Waste Management for NGOs in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. He has focused on Waste management in small towns and had been stressing on economic sustainability of waste management systems. His contributions to Waste Management includes developing value-added products from different types of wastes in small towns. Post retirement, he works as an advisor to some NGOs and government organizations.B. Lakshmikutty PhD is a professor with more than thirty years of teaching experience in Chemical Engineering, retired as the Head of the Department, from Government Engineering College Thrissur. She worked as Process Engineer in Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd, a premier fertiliser company before joining the teaching profession. She has authored/coauthored research papers, articles and two textbooks in Chemical Engineering, 'Stoichiometry and Process Calculations', 'Mass Transfer Operations', and is an active member of several professional bodies including Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and Indian society for Technical Education (ISTE). Presently doing academic consultancy work and consultancy in waste management.Sayi V. graduated in Chemical Engineering from Govt. Engineering College, Trichur, India in 1980. He had been in the processing industry for eight years before joining the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in 1987. During 27 years stint in Kerala State Pollution Control Board, which is the statutory body implementing various Pollution Control Laws in Kerala, he was instrumental in implementing rules related to water pollution, air pollution, hazardous waste pollution, biometrical waste pollution etc. and imparting training in various levels. After retiring in 2014, he worked as Solid Waste Management Expert in various Government bodies like Suchitwa Mission, Local Self Government Department and Kerala State Solid Waste Management project (KSWMP). Currently he is working as Solid Waste Management Expert in KPMG, which is the Management Consultant of KSWMP.
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