This book introduces advanced or emerging technologies for conversion of
wastes into a variety of high-value chemicals and materials. Energy and
resources can be recovered from various residential, industrial and
commercial wastes, such as municipal wastewater and sludge, e-waste,
waste plastics and resins, crop residues, forestry residues and lignin.
Advanced waste-to-resource and energy technologies like pyrolysis,
hydrothermal liquefaction, fractionation, de-polymerization,
gasification and carbonization are also introduced. The book serves as
an essential guide to dealing with various types of wastes and the
methods of disposal, recovery, recycling and re-use. As such it is a
valuable resource for a wide readership, including graduate students,
academic researchers, industrial researchers and practitioners in
chemical engineering, waste management, waste to energy and resources
conversion and biorefinery.