Green Technologies for Industrial Waste Remediation

This proposed book chapter is expected to provide the readers with wide aspects of green technologies for industrial waste remediation. The first chapter is dedicated to the introduction to the title of the book. The chapter discusses various green technologies for industrial waste remediation. After that, the second chapter emphasizes the different types of applications of microorganisms in industrial waste treatment. After that, chapters emphasize the specific area of the title, including the micro and nanofiltration technology for the treatment of industrial wastewater, methods for the recovery and removal of heavy metals from industrial effluents, algal photobioreactor technology for industrial wastewater treatment, carbon capture and energy recovery, bioremediation of radioactive wastes, membrane-based technologies for industrial waste management, valorization of agro-industrial wastes for biorefinery products, bioaccumulation and detoxification of metals through genetically engineered microorganism, application of biochar in waste remediation, constructed wetlands for industrial wastewater remediation, bioelectrochemical treatment of recalcitrant pollutants, microplastics, petrochemicals including BTEX, applications of biosorbents in industrial wastewater treatment, Microbial biofilm reactor for sustainable wastewater treatment, dye adsorption and degradation using microbial consortium, sustainable treatment of endocrine disruptive chemicals released from industries, biological nanomaterials for industrial wastewater management, vermifiltration as a natural, cost-effective and green technology for biomanagement of industrial wastewater, biocatalytic remediation of industrial pollutants, and green treatment of poly aromatic hydrocarbons released from industrial waste. All the chapters cover various aspects of sustainable management of industrial wastes covering relevant literature and data.

Further, this book discusses the various advanced techniques/methods adopted for the enhancement of waste management, like the application of nanoparticles. This book discusses other related topics such as algal photobioreactors for carbon dioxide sequestration. Further, chapters are included to discuss about life cycle assessment of the wastewater treatment tools and commercialization aspects.

Dr. Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya currently serves as the Joint Director (S)/Scientist D at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India. Previously, she held the position of Associate Professor and Head, Bio-POSITIVE and Department of Life Sciences at Sharda University, India. She holds a Master's degree in Biochemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biotechnology. Dr. Mathuriya has consistently excelled academically, achieving top positions in both college and university merit lists. Her primary research interests include bioelectrochemical systems, bioproducts, fermentation, and biological wastewater treatment. She has authored 50 high-impact factor papers and 18 books/book chapters,has applied for 41 patents related to various wastewater treatment reactor designs, in which 8 patents are granted, and handled 02 externally funded research projects from DST-ASEAN and DRDO.

Dr. Soumya Pandit is currently Senior Assistant Professor at Sharda University, India. He completed his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and postdoctoral research from Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His area of interest includes microbial electrochemical system for bioenergy harvesting, bacterial biofilm and biofouling study, biohythane production, microalgal biomass production for biofuel, nanomaterial synthesis and application in bioenergy harvesting and biofouling mitigation, etc. He has authored more than 76 research and review papers in high impact factor journals. He has authored 53 book chapters, published 8 Indian patents (1 granted), and has an H index of 25.

Dr. Neeraj Kumar Singh is currently working as Research Associate in the Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He has earned his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Environment and Sustainable Development, from Central University of Gujarat. He was a brilliant scholar and top rank holder in university merit list. He has worked under various projects funded by the Government of India like Department of Science and Technology, Defence Research and Development Organisation, and Department of Biotechnology in the field of microbial fuel cell, bioelectrochemical system, Biohydrogen, and bioethanol production. He has published numerous research papers with average impact factor 7.827 and book chapters in reputed journals. He has developed various pretreatment strategies of lignocellulosic biomass for value added product recovery and methane suppression for the enhanced hydrogen production in bioelectrochemical systems. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas in national and international conferences.