Overview

The book focuses on the challenges faced by urban areas in the context of handling waste in an environmentally and socially acceptable manner. It also discusses effective waste management approaches, which differ according to culture, climate, and socio-economic variables, as well as institutional volume. Presenting selected, high-quality papers from IconSWM 2018, the book explores a number of waste management methods with the help of case studies.  

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Author:   Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789811515453

ISBN 10:   981151545
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   10 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Three ‘R’: An Effective Sustainable Waste Management Approach.- Chapter 2. To Study Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Campaign as a Tool to Spread Awareness in Understanding the Support of 3R Concept for Waste Minimization in Indore City as the Cleanest City of India.- Chapter 3. Pathways for Ganesha Idol Immersion Process: A Review of Best Practices by BBMP.- Chapter 4. Collapse of Natural Carcass Disposal System – Kolkata Rotten Meat Incidence:  The Insight Study.- Chapter 5. Gender Transformative Planning for Urban Sanitation in India Paramita Datta Dey.- Chapter 6. Facilitating Sustainable Waste Management Strategies within the Hospital-An Explorative Study.- Chapter 7. Closing Access Loop: Situating Post-Infrastructural Assurance Circumstances.- Chapter 8. Framework for Auditing of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in India.- Chapter 9. Design of Capacity Building Strategy for Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) for Andhra Pradesh – A Case Study.- Chapter 10. Experience of Swachh Bharat Mission with focus on Swachh Energy: An Experience in Silvarpatti Village of Dindigul District, Tamilnadu, India.

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Dr. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh is a Professor & Former Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Founder Coordinator of the Centre for QMS at Jadavpur University, India. A prominent figure in the fields of waste management, circular economy, SME sustainability, green manufacturing, green factories and TQM, he served as the Director of CBWE, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, and L&T Ltd. Prof Ghosh is also the Founder and Chairman of IconSWM, the President of the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water, and the Chairman of the Indian Congress on Quality, Environment, Energy and Safety Management Systems (ICQESMS). In 2012, he was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, to work on “Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste”. He received the Boston Pledge and NABC 2006 Award for the most eco-friendly innovation “Conversion of plastics & jute waste to wealth” in the ESP/50K Business Plan Competition inHouston, Texas, USA. He holds patents on waste plastics processing technology and high-speed jute ribboning technology that prevents water wastage and occupational hazards.  

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